This one-day remote course covers ethical considerations for professionals working in the area of pediatric pelvic health. In general, health care professionals have many day to day ethical considerations to “do no harm.” This includes basic decisions for billing, patient care, safety and compliance. Pelvic Rehabilitation comes with additional layers of vulnerability and ethical challenges due to the anatomical areas being treated, topics being discussed and intimacy of sessions and this gets further complicated when that treatment involves a child and their caregivers.

The purpose of this class is to explore the ethical challenges pediatric pelvic health practitioners may experience including consent, managing situations of trauma and abuse, and managing autonomy for minors. This course is for any pelvic health professional looking to build skills for ethical evaluation, problem solving, and derivation of solutions when working with pediatric clients.

Prior to the live aspect of this course, participants will be asked to review the ethical framework and definitions via pre-recorded lecture and take Core Values Self Assessment. Live instruction will review the ways in which patients and practitioners can be vulnerable in the pelvic health treatment setting and how to address this. This will be followed by case study discussion in small groups, followed by large group discussion with input from the instructor and an ethics expert/ educator. The remainder of this course is meant to be a guided discussion through the ethical struggles of the pediatric pelvic health practitioner.

Prerequisites:

Review Core Values of Your Profession:

Physical Therapy: https://www.apta.org/siteassets/pdfs/policies/core-values-endorsement.pdf

Occupational Therapy: https://www.oregon.gov/otlb/SiteAssets/Lists/Complaints/EditForm/AOTA%20Code%20of%20Ethics.pdf

Physicians: https://www.acponline.org/about-acp/who-we-are/mission-vision-goals-core-values

Counselors/ Psychologists: https://www.apa.org/about/apa-jobs/values

Please read through and fill in the Core Values Self Assessment. This measure was created for Physical Therapists/ Physical Therapy Assistants but it has value for all health care professionals. If you are another type of health care professional, please just imagine the questions apply to your profession.

https://www.apta.org/your-practice/ethics-and-professionalism/professionalism-in-physical-therapy-core-values-self-assessment