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Ethics Working for You
Dr. Louise Gaston
Do you care about your patients and
work? Are you competent and seeking further competence? Along with
efficacy, is your main concern to do no harm? Do you consult regularly?
Are you HIPAA and ethically compliant?
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course aims at assisting practitioners to conduct psychotherapy, in terms of
frame and process, in accordance to ethical guidelines and standards, especially
with respect to areas where ethical and/or legal violations are most reported,
that is, confidentiality, informed consent to treatment, and
competence. The HIPAA guidelines will also be reviewed.
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Course Objectives
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Explain
how ethical principles are based on the value of caring. |
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Identify
ethical principles and standards for psychotherapy. |
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Cite
major elements of HIPAA and Privacy Rule. |
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Implement
a therapeutic contract, with informed consent to treatment. |
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Implement
record keeping that is ethical, protective, and helpful. |
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Identify
violations of doing no harm, and practicing with competence. |
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| Instructor
| Dr. Louise Gaston is the instructor for this course; view her resume. |
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regarding ethics, Dr. Gaston was an elected member of a licensing board in
1993-1994, and has served on the research ethics committee at the Department
of Psychiatry at McGill University in 1992. Since 1991, Dr. Gaston has been
teaching ethics to practitioners in training at her specialized clinic.
None of the over 3,000 patients has filed a complaint at the licensing board
against any of those practitioners, including herself, while most presented
with trauma and personality disorders. Dr. Gaston approaches ethics issues
with an interesting and positive attitude, believing that an intricate
knowledge of ethics codes helps structure treatment and treatment setting in
a way which is conducive to enhance benefits to patients and practitioners.
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| Participants' comments
| "Tremendously practical and helpful." |
| "A wonderful reminder." |
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| Credits
| Please inquire with American Continuing Education, Inc. at
1-866-489-2886. |
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Material Provided -
Forms to be HIPAA and ethically compliant
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The following forms can be downloaded to your computer in order to organize
your practice so that it becomes HIPAA compliant and compliant to your
ethics code. Dr. Gaston is not responsible if any of these forms do not
correspond to the legal or ethical requirements of your profession or
state. The form required to inform patients of the HIPAA Privacy Rule
and the form to detail your HIPAA Privacy Rule Procedure are
state-dependent; therefore, you need to obtain them through your insurance
carrier (i.e. www.apait.com) or your
professional association.
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The form required to inform patients about the HIPAA Privacy Rule and the
form to detail your HIPAA Privacy Rule Procedure are state-dependent;
therefore, you need to obtain them through your insurance carrier or
professional organization (i.e. www.apait.com). |
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