PME Flashcards
(57 cards)
What is Biokinetics?
-health care professional
-optimizes mov. + function with preventative, rehabilitative and performance enhancing exercises
-for athletic, healthy and diseased individuals
Scope of practice
CRICKIT COT
1. Comprehensive ex assessment
2. Resolution
3. Initial assessment
4. Communication
5. Knowledge base update
6. Investigation
7. Testing and verification
8. Continuous feedback
9. Optimisation
10. Treatment Do’s
3 Ethical guidelines
- Professionalism
- Ethical reasoning
- Core ethical values
Core ethical values
- Respect
- Compassion
- Truthfullness
- Confidentiality
- Human rights
- Integrity
- Community
- Justice
- Autonomy
- Beneficence
- Non-maleficence
12 . Tolerance - Professional competence and self improvement
Patient rights
- Healthy and safe environment
- Access to health care
- Participate in decision making
- Confidentiality and privacy
- Informed consent
- Refusal of treatment
- Second opinion
- Complaints about health services
- Knowledge of ones health insurance
- Treated by a named health care provider
- Choice of health services
Fees and commission
- No commision for recommendations, return for purchase
- no payment to act in a certain way
- No fees for those not part of service
- Exolain benefits, costs and consequences of service
- No charging for services not rendered
Business models
- Sole practice
- Partnership
- Association
- Personal liability companies
- Franchises
Stationery
Name
Profession
Registered category
Field of profession
Qualifications
Email address
Telephone number
Practice hours
Code number
Canvassing
PROMOTES SELF-IMAGE/EXPERTISE
Eg. Look how skilled I am
Touting
PROMOTES OFFERS/INCENTIVES
Eg. Look at the rewards you’ll get
Advertising must be
Truthfull
Ethical
Non-deceptive
Market PROFESSION, not yourself
-follow HPCSA rule 12: no testimonials/exaggerated claims
-use factual conent
-avoid Px photos without consent
AI?
Simluate human intelligence but no use of medical ethics and human experience
Social media conduct
-Confidentiality
-Evidence based info only
-Respect everyone
-Scope of practice
-No misleading claims
-Separate personal+prof accounts
What needs to be on a referral letter?
-Px demographics
-Practitioners details
-Medical history and presenting problem
-Diagnosis and reason for referral
-Contraindications and precautions
-Recommended treatment
Other practitioners
Doctors
Physio(acute inj rehab)
Chiro(spinal alignment)
OT(functional rehab)
Psychologist(mental health)
Dietitian
Pod(foot and gait probs)
What is conflict of interest?
Personal/Financial interests influence clinical decisions
Eg. Refer Px to business owned by you
3 services Biokineticist can provide?
- Preventative
- Rehabilitative
- Performance- enhancing
Exercises
3 considerations in naming practice
- Use your own name
- No using hospital, clinic, institute
- No need to change the name if you buy a practice
Eg of tauting
Advertising sport massage as a Biokinetisist
A Biokineticist shall:
- Stick to functional and clinical diagnosis
- Practice within trained scope
- Co-operate with other healthcare prof.
- Refer when case is outside scope
Professionalism
Conduct, behavior, attitide expected of someone in prof roles
Ethical reasoning
Think through what is right/wrong in situation by applying moral principles and values to make fair and responsible decisions
Health Professions Act
*governs all health professionals in SA
*defines prof registration, ethical practice, disciplinary procedures and role of HPCSA
Health professions act 3 sections
S17: register with HPCSA
S39: no pretending to be registered
S16: establishes professional boards