6 Public safeguards
1) Public members
2)College
3) Government (2 bodies:Fairness commissioner and Minister fo Health and LTC)
4) Council meetings and discipline hearings
5) Committee decisions
6) Ontario Minister of Health and Long-term Care
Duties of a kinesiologist
-honesty
-good service
-explain what you're about to do
-ask for consent
-cooperate with college
-obey laws
-collaborate w/ health professionals
--respect colleagues
--share info
--attempt to coordinate treatment
--make compromises
--put best interest of patient 1st
--receive consent
duties of patients/clients (interprofessional collab)
-control extent of inter collab
-may direct kins not to share personal health info
-some exceptions
Duties of COKO
-develop policies to ensure kins act honestly and competently
-NOT to serve with self-interest (that's OKA)
-NOT to set fees or advocate to government for kins
-promote interprofessional collab
-works w/ other health colleges by sharing info on investigations and developing
standards to promote consistency
-helps kin's collab
RHPA
Regulated Health Professions Act
-requires COKO to promote interprofessional collaboration
OKA
Ontario Kinesologists Association
-serve kins with self-interest
Duties of council members
-loyalty and good faith
-serve best interests of public
Code of ethics
, *takes precedence over codes of other orgs
-be honest
-respect confidentiality
-treat ppl w/ sensitivity
-maintain competence
-enable patients to make informed choices
Professional Standards
-help practice safely, ethically and competently
-always changing
professional misconduct
-conduct falls below expectations
-e.g. practicing while not registered
-consequences:
--investigation by COKO leading to:
---discipline proceedings
---fines
---suspension/revocation of registration
incompetence
-serious lack of knowledge, skill or judgement when assessing/treating
incapacity
-health condition preventing clear thinking and safe practice
-investigated by COKO and then Fitness to Practice Committee
*not professional misconduct
Informed consent
an ethical principle that research patients be told enough to enable them to choose
whether they wish to participate in the assessment/treatment
*must be received or face criminal, civil or professional conseqs
effective communication
-listening
-asking clarifying qs
-clearly expressing what you are going to do, why and what is likely to happen
effective communication is important for 4 reasons:
1)Informed consent
2)Boundaries and sexual abuse
3) Interprofessional collaboration
4) Billing
4 criteria for valid consent (FIVS)
FACTUAL:
-no false claims, would be misrepresentation or fraud
INFORMED:
-explain everything they need to know before asking for consent
-must be aware of:
--nature of assessment/procedure (e.g. is there any touching involved)
--who will perform the procedure
--reasons for procedure (potential benefits and conseqs of not doing it)
--material risk and side-effects (s/t patient would want to know)