Core Values 1
Indicates demonstration of unselfish concern for the welfare of others.
What is Altruism?
Indicates that OTPs in all situations should be faithful to facts and reality.
What is Truth?
OTPs shall demonstrate a concern for the well-being and safety of persons.
What is Beneficence?
OTPs shall promote equity, inclusion, and objectivity in the provision of OT services.
What is Justice?
-Examining the facts
-What are the moral issues involved?
-Do the benefits outweigh the risks?
-Identify your options and act according to your reasoning about right and wrong.
What is Ethical Problem Solving
Indicates that all persons have fundamental human rights and the right to the same opportunities.
What is Equality?
Indicates the ability to govern and discipline oneself through the use of reason.
What is Prudence?
OTPs shall refrain from actions that cause harm.
What is Nonmaleficence?
OTPs shall provide comprehensive, accurate, and objective information when representing the profession.
What is Veracity?
Pragmatic, Procedural, Interactive, Conditional and Narrative
What is clinical reasoning?
Indicates valuing each person's right to exercise autonomy and demonstrates independence, initiative, and self-direction.
What is Freedom?
Indicates the importance of valuing, promoting, and preserving the inherent worth and uniqueness of each person.
What is Dignity?
OTPs shall respect the right of the person to self-determination, privacy, confidentiality, and consent.
What is Autonomy?
OTPs shall treat clients (persons, groups, or populations), colleagues, and other professionals with respect, fairness, discretion, and integrity.
What is Fidelity?
Use of the current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients
What is Evidence Based Practice?
Indicates that OTPs provide OT services for all persons in need of these services and maintain a goal-directed and objective relationship with recipients of service.
What is Justice?
The number of Core Values grounding the OT profession.
What is seven?
The number of Principles guiding the AOTA Occupational Therapy Code of Ethics.
What is six?
These may need to be carefully balanced and weighed according to professional values, individual and cultural beliefs, and organizational policies.
What are the Principles?
-Ask a clear question
-Seek evidence to answer the question
-Evaluate the evidence for validity and usefulness
-integrate findings w/ clinical expertise & client centered goals
-Evaluate the clinical outcome
What are the 5 steps in the Evidence Based Process?
-Seeing patients past the point of progress -If the patient has plateaued, and is not making any more gains - or has met their prior level of function - management says to keep providing services...
What is an Ethical Dilemma?
Parents
Coaches
Teachers
Fieldwork Mentors/Educators
Fellow students
Who is a Transformational Leader?
It's about leadership that creates
positive change
What is Transformational leadership?
-Help with personal or professional goal setting.
and identify opportunities and
barriers
What is a S.W.O.T?
Systematic reviews, Meta-analyses, Random controlled trials (i.e.RTC)
What is Level 1- the Strongest Level of Evidence in Research
(Consistent results -findings are strong and unlikely to be called into question by the results of future studies. (AOTA review parameters: Two or more Level 1 studies)