DEONTOLOGY IN PHYSIOTHERAPY
Course unit partition: PARMA

Academic year 2012/13
2° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Scienze infermieristiche e tecniche neuro-psichiatriche e riabilitative (MED/48)
Field
Ambito aggregato per crediti di sede
Type of training activity
Altro
25 hours
of face-to-face activities
1 credits
hub: PARMA
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Course unit partition: DEONTOLOGY IN PHYSIOTHERAPY

Learning objectives

STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL BEHAVIOUR

La legge 1994/741
Il profilo professionale del fisioterapista

La legge 1999/42
L’autonomia e la responsabilità del fisioterapista

La legge 2000/251
Dal Diploma Universitario alla Laurea

Il codice deontologico
Gli articoli

THEORY AND WORKING PRACTICE

Prerequisites

First year exams passed

Course unit content

STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL BEHAVIOUR

La legge 1994/741
Il profilo professionale del fisioterapista

La legge 1999/42
L’autonomia e la responsabilità del fisioterapista

La legge 2000/251
Dal Diploma Universitario alla Laurea

Il codice deontologico
Gli articoli

THEORY AND WORKING PRACTICE

Full programme

 Professional responsaibility of the physiotherapist
 Law 1994/741
 Law 1999/42
 Law 2000/251
 The deontological code: AIFI (Italian physiotherapist association)

Knowing professional behaviour appropriate to physiotherapy
 Understand Relevant Codes Of Conduct
 Undertake Reflective Practicesand Self Analysis Of Professionals Abilities
 Legislatives And Common Law Requirements
 operating at all time in accordance with deontology code
 making judgement on his own capacity to provide care based on self assesement and taking appropriate action
 being respectful and sensitive to the patient and to the individual needs and adjusting comunication to meet these needs
 reflecting listening skills
 maintenance patient’s records
 working effectively in a team
 pay attention to icf
Medical law and clinical bioethics

- Regulation of the physiotherapist’s profession
- The deontological code of the profession
- Legal outline
- Sanitary law: the clinician as a public health figure responsible for public service
- Fundaments of tort law: crime and fines; main and accessory penalties; concepts of criminal intent, negligence and guilt; causes and contributory factors; reasons for non-punishment; indictment
- Common public health offences: failure to report, complaints; failure to give assistance; private abuse; child abuse, illegal use of the profession by an unauthorised person
- Patient documentation:
- The crime of false or negligent writing.
- The relationship between the patient and healthcare professional: professional confidentiality, informed consent
- Data protection act and principle obligations of healthcare professionals

Bibliography

“Professione fisioterapista”- G. Cantisani, L. Galasso, L. Lamberti.
Ed. UTET- Riabitalia Editrice
“I codici deontologici del fisioterapista: analisi e confronti” –Daniele Rodriguez - Ed.McGrew-Hill

Teaching methods

THEORY AND WORKING PRACTICE

Assessment methods and criteria

Multiple choice test

Other information

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