Legal and Ethical Issues for Recertification (6 hours)

About This Course Your Course Instructor Course Formats This 6 hour course by David Powell will provide an update on legal and ethics issues, especially as they impact on clinical supervision. The course will also provide a macro-ethical perspective for the field, especially as it works in a managed care environment. Goals/Objectives By taking this Distance Learning Course the trainee will: Describe the four key principles of medical ethics: autonomy, non-maleficence, beneficence, and justice and fairness. Identify at least three errors that occur in clinical and supervisory competence. Name at least three professional organizations involved in establishing standards for supervision and specify the standards for at least two of these organizations. Define non-maleficence and state two criteria for substandard performance. Define what a supervisor and counselor must know about informed consent and state at least three levels of informed consent. State the nature of “dangerous liai