Ethics & Ethics Commission
This ethical principle requires OT practitioners to “do no harm.”
What is Nonmaleficence
This core value means helping others simply because it’s the right thing to do.
What is altruism?
The “father of occupational therapy.”
Who is William Rush Dunton?
The four elements of professionalism.
What are ethics, responsibility, competency, and behavior?
The national OT organization that advances practice, education, and research.
What is AOTA?
This principle requires therapists to respect clients’ rights to privacy, consent, and choice.
What is autonomy
The ability to govern oneself, use judgment, and reflect ethically.
What is prudence?
The decade during which the OTA role was established and WFOT was formed.
What are the 1950s
Wearing appropriate clothing, jewelry, and demonstrating good etiquette are examples of this.
What is professional image?
This organization advances OT science and publishes OTJR.
What is AOTF?
This AOTA body develops ethics documents, enforces standards, and issues advisory opinions.
What is the Ethics Commission
The term describing when a practitioner knows the correct ethical action but feels unable to act.
What is moral distress
This OT pioneer created Consolation House and championed the “work cure.”
Who is George Edward Barton?
Dependability and reliability fall under this category of qualities.
What are intrinsic qualities?
This organization influences the election of individuals who support OT values.
What is AOTPAC?
This is the ultimate consequence for violating the AOTA Code of Ethics
What is revocation of AOTA membership?
This is required for effective leadership and means standing up for values in the face of adversity
What is moral courage?
This global event pushed OT into physical rehabilitation due to amputations, fractures, and CNS/PNS injuries.
What is WWII?
Appropriate body language, posture, and eye contact reflect this extrinsic quality.
What is nonverbal communication?
This global OT organization collaborates with the WHO and is recognized by the UN.
What is WFOT?
These two purposes guide the AOTA Code of Ethics.
What are
(1) to provide aspirational core values
(2) to delineate enforceable standards of conduct?
This core value emphasizes faithfulness to fact and reality
What is truth?
OT’s first official name when established in 1917.
What is the National Society for the Promotion of Occupational Therapy?
The internalized sense of who you are within your profession.
What is professional identity?
This state-level organization promotes OT in Ohio.
What is OOTA?