Course Description:

Physical therapy professionals are constantly confronted with a variety of ethical and moral dilemmas. Their decisions can have long-range effects professionally and personally. Why does one value win out over another? What does the decision process involve? How do these decisions impact those involved? This course identifies methods to help resolve ethical dilemmas, incorporating elements of the American Physical Therapy Association’s core ethical documents for the physical therapist and physical therapy assistant. Learners are presented with a series of case studies to model the best actions to take when confronted with ethical and moral dilemmas. This course fulfills a three-hour requirement for ethics training for physical therapy professionals.