Florida Psychology CE Requirements: Combo-Pack for License Renewal One

Combination Course Description:

A board approved combination course meeting Florida license renewal CE requirements for Licensed Psychologists. This combo contains Behavioral Health Practice Errors and Florida Ethics and Statutes Affecting the Practice of Psychology: Ethical Decision Making.

CE Broker#: HS 20-133908, OL 20-133904

Behavioral Health Practice Errors Description

This 2-hour medical errors class provides information on root-cause analysis, error reduction and prevention and patient safety in behavioral healthcare practice. JCAHO and state reporting standards and error reduction practices are reviewed. The course will include factors that contribute to the occurrence of behavioral healthcare practice errors, how to recognize at-risk situations, protocol to improve patient outcome, reporting responsibilities, and patient safety. Patient rights and other public education concerns will be addressed.

Objectives:

1. Participants will be able to list types of errors/situations in behavioral healthcare.

2. Participants will be able to discuss root cause analysis in investigation of practice error.

3. Participants will be able to identify specific behavioral health practice errors and safeguards.

4. Participants will be able to implement patient education and safety planning steps.

5. Participants will be able to describe reporting and documentation responsibilities in the event of practice errors.

CE Credits: 2

Agenda:

Hour One: Overview of purpose: Department of Health: FS 456.013, Reporting and documentation Risk terminology; Standards for patient safety (JCAHO), Risks in ambulatory health care, Root-cause analysis

Hour Two: Types of errors and causes/situations, Using patient outcome information to improve patient care safeguards, Patient education, and safety planning

Methods: Pre-test, study guide, post test and evaluation, internet sources via URLs, Q&A by email.

Content Area: Medical errors, Risk management, Research and evaluation, Legal and regulatory, Professional readiness/orientation.

Purpose: The course provides information that will facilitate identification and remediation of practice errors.

Florida Ethics & Statutes Affecting the Practice of Psychology: Ethical Decision Making Description

The Florida Board of Psychology requires a 2 CE credit continuing education course on topics concerning ethics and a 1 CE credit on Statutes. The course meets these requirements for licensed psychologists. The study acquaints s practitioners with decision-making steps for evaluating ethical dilemmas. The course discusses the principles underlying all codes of ethical conduct in the behavioral health professions. Distinctions are made between terms as they pertain to ethics. Several models for making decisions in ethical dilemmas are presented and discussed.

Objectives:

1. Participants will be able to define ethics.

2. Participants will be able to discuss the seven principles informing the code of ethics.

3. Participants will be able to identify areas of common unethical behavior.

4. Participants will be able to list nine common excuses for unethical behavior.

5. Participants will be able to discuss ten barriers to ethical decision making.

6. Participants will be able to describe and utilize five decision making models for resolving ethical dilemmas.

CE Credits: 3

Agenda:

Hour One: Definitions and principles informing counseling ethics, Four areas of common unethical behavior, Excuses for unethical behavior.

Hour Two: Ten barriers to ethical decision making, Decision making models.

Hour Three: Statutes and regulations affecting the practice of psychology.

Methods: Pre-test, study guide, post test and evaluation, internet sources via URLs, Q&A by email.

Content Area: Ethics, Risk management, Research and evaluation, Legal and regulatory, Professional readiness/orientation.

Purpose: The course provides information that will assist practitioners I using decision making models to resolve ethical dilemmas

Target audience: Psychologists