Ethics: Health Professionalism

Materials

• Manual - 54 pages
• Multiple-choice test
• Certificate upon completion

Description

This short course gives massage therapists and bodyworkers an opportunity to reflect on their own professionalism and several important ethical considerations that relate to the health professions.

This course reviews:

• the roles and boundaries of your practice
• commonly misunderstood questions about the scientific method and how to apply them to setting the boundaries of your practice
• the correct application of each component of the therapeutic process: assessment, referral, therapeutic action and outcome evaluation
• important ethical considerations that relate to the roles and boundaries of professional massage and/or bodywork

Course Objectives

1. Identify and describe the roles and boundaries of your practice.
2. Answer commonly misunderstood questions about the scientific method and apply them to setting the boundaries of your practice.
3. Identify at least one correct application of each component of the therapeutic process: assessment, referral, therapeutic action and outcome evaluation.
4. Recognize important ethical considerations that relate to the roles and boundaries of professional massage and/or bodywork.

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Instructors

Sharon Burch, MSN, RN, NCTMB

Sharon Burch holds a Masters Degree in Nursing and has been practicing as a nurse since 1974. She is currently a Registered Nurse in the state of Arkansas. Additionally, Ms. Burch studied under many of today's leaders in massage therapy and bodywork during the 1980s, became Nationally Certified through the NCBTMB in 1993 and holds a professional membership with the AMTA.

As founder of Health Positive!, Ms. Burch has created over 60 home study nursing and massage continuing education programs, performed over 65 public, live educational presentations, has written two published books, served as a member on the NCBTMB Continuing Education committee and was a founding member of the National Association of Nurse Massage Therapists.

Sharon is an instructor on many of the Institute's programs and has authored and co-authored various ethics courses and additional titles such as Touch for the Seriously Ill, Stress Reduction Through Bodywork, Staying Well – Naturally, Cardiopulmonary Health and Illness, Chronic Pain Management, Marketing Massage in Four Easy Steps, Preventing Medical Errors, HIV Update for Massage Therapists and Bodyworkers, Understanding HIV, Massage for Edema and more.