APTA Policies and Guidelines

Question 0

What are the 3 obligations of all PTs delineated by the APTA code of ethics?

Answer 0

1) Ethics
2) Judical/Legal
3) Practice

Question 1

APTA code of ethics

Answer 1

Delineates the ethical obligations of all PT’s as determined by the house of delegates of the APTA

Question 2

Five purposes of the code of ethics

Answer 2

• Define ethical principles
• provide standards of behavior and performance
• provide guidance for PT’s facing ethical challenges
• educate PT students and other healthcare professionals regulators in the public
• establish the standards

Question 3

Why was the code revised?

Answer 3

It did not …

• address the many rolls of PT
• provide guidance first possibilities related to anonymous practice
• address come plexuses in today’s healthcare environment
• capture the complexities of relationships among PTAs, PTAs, and others and healthcare -articulate a moral understanding unique to the profession

Question 4

What does the code of ethics now address?

Answer 4

The five roles of PT
the core values of the profession
the multiple reclaims Of ethical action

Question 5

Five roles of PT

Answer 5

Clinician, instructor, research, administration, consultant