Weeks 1 and 3: professionalism and scope of practice Flashcards
What is a ‘competency’?
The observable ability of a person, integrating knowledge, skills, values and beliefs in their performance of tasks; durable, trainable and measurable
Activity
An area of work that encompasses groups of related tasks; time-limited, trainable and measurable
Components of competencies
- Associated and relevant to all rehabilitation workers
- Durable
- Expressed as behaviours
Components of activities
- Associated w a role, its requirements and the scope of practice of the rehabilitation worker
- Begin and end
- Encompass tasks
- Relevant to some rehabilitation workers and not others
Example of competencies
Communicating effectively with family/caregiver, adopting rigorous approach to problem solving etc.
Example of activities
Gaining informed consent, documenting info, assessments/tools
Kinesiologist core competency profile entry to practice competencies: six domains
- Foundational knowledge
- Professional profile: assessment
- Professional practice: intervention
- Professional and ethical conduct
- Communication and collaboration
- Ongoing and professional development
Allied health
Umbrella term used to describe individuals who are trained to work individually or with others to support individuals to achieve optimal health
Association of schools advancing health professions (ASAHP) definition of allied health
Encompasses a broad group of health professionals who use specific scientific principles and evidence based practice for diagnosis, evaluation and treatment of acute and chronic diseases; promote disease prevention and wellness for optimum health and apply administration and management skills to support health care systems in a variety of settings
Is there an official definition of allied health in Canadian law?
No, but there is in U.S. federal law
Who are allied health professionals?
Non-nurse, non physician health care providers such as PTs, OTs, RTs, diagnostic medical personnel, imaging specialists, nutritionists and dieticians etc.
What do allied health professionals do?
Assessment, health promotion, provision of treatments and rehabilitation services
Help patients manage/overcome barriers related to disability
Who do allied health professionals work with?
Individually or as part of a multi-disciplinary team alongside physicians and nurses to provide access and effective care for patients
What are allied health professionals a core component of?
Patient centered care
Where do allied health professionals work?
Hospital, private practice, community care etc.
Three themes of professionalism
- Patient and patient-therapist relationship
- Knowledge, skills and practice
- Altruistic values
Theme 1: The patient and patient-therapist relationship
- Understanding and treating the individual patient.
- Placing the patient in the centre.
- Having patient trust.
Theme 2: Knowledge, skills and practice
- Recognizing and addressing limitations.
- Having, mastering and updating skills and knowledge.
- Being part of a health care team.
- Being a good communicator.
- Practicing safely.
- Getting the job done.
- Having an evidence base;
- Being educators.
- Being professional.
- Respecting professional boundaries (i.e., boundaries between professions).
- Maintaining boundaries with patients.
- Having leadership.
Theme 3: Altruistic values
- Honesty
- Making a difference
- Respecting patient’s cultures, backgrounds, values, rights, experiences, personal journeys and personal space.
- “going the extra mile”
What is a therapeutic alliance?
The working relationship between the patient and therapist
What is the therapeutic alliance established by?
Established by collaboration, communication, therapist empathy and mutual respect
Benefits of a strong therapeutic alliance?
Positively influences treatment outcomes such as improvements in symptoms, health status and patient satisfaction with care
What can effective clinician-patient communication do?
- support better history-taking, diagnoses and clinical decisions
- increase a patient’s adherence to recommendations and follow ups
- help patients self-manage a chronic condition
- influence patients to adopt a preventive health behaviours
- improve patient satisfaction and experience of care
Advantages to e-Professionalism
- treating patients from a distance via telehealth/telerehab
- social media helps like minded people communicate and share ideas
Disadvantages to e-Professionalism
- professional boundaries and patient confidentiality
- privacy, consent
- changing health behaviours from googling symptoms, misinfo online
Role of regulatory colleges
- protect public interest and enforce standards of practice
- creates standards of practice to ensure safe, ethical and competent services to the public
- ensures core principles, standards and relevant legislation are applied to practice
What is regulation?
Framework under which health professions are regulated
- supported by laws that give or limit rights and assign responsibilities
- sets out roles, rights and responsibilities of the government and regulatory agencies (colleges)
What makes a profession unregulated?
- profession is not listed in RHPA
- does not have college that protects public
- individual does not have to be a member of a regulatory college to call themselves a member of that profession
Examples of unregulated professions
- personal support workers
- physician assistants
- physiotherapy assistants
- athletic therapists
- nutritionist
Regulated health professions act (RHPA)
Legislative framework for regulating the scope of practice of health care professions in Ontario
What does the RHPA framework intend to do?
- better protect and serve the public interest
- be an accountable system of self governance
- provide modern framework for work of health professionals
- provide consumers w freedom of choice
- provide mechanisms to improve quality of care
What practical rules for colleges does the health professions procedural code (HPPC) set out?
- registering members
- handling complaints
- conducting investigations
- funding for sexual abuse of members
Profession specific acts
- establish each health profession’s college and its governing council
- defines scope of practice
- lists controlled acts
- has health professions procedural code deemed to be part of them
What does each profession have under the RHPA?
Its own act, ie. Kinesiology act 2007
What is the scope of practice of a kinesiologist?
The practice of kinesiology is the assessment of human movement and performance and its rehabilitation and management to maintain, rehabilitate or enhance movement and performance
What does the Kinesiology act 2007 include?
- Health regulatory college
- Scope of practice
- Defines the restricted titles
- Controlled acts
- Representations of qualification
Kinesiology act 2007- define the restricted titles
No person other than a member shall use the title “kinesiologist”, a variation or abbreviation or an equivalent in another language
Kinesiology act 2007- controlled acts
Procedures or activities which may pose a risk to the public if not performed by a qualified professional
How many controlled acts can a registered kinesiologist perform?
0
But they can be delegated
Kinesiology act 2007- representations of qualification
No person other than a member shall hold themself out as a person who is qualified to practice in Ontario as a kinesiologist or in a specialty of kinesiology
Health professions regulatory advisory council
An independent body to the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care with a mandate to advise the Minster of a number of items related to the regulation of health professions