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Professional Obligations Philip Boyle, Ph.D. Vice President, Mission & Ethics www.CHE.ORG/ETHICS

Professional Obligations Philip Boyle, Ph.D. Vice President, Mission & Ethics www.CHE.ORG/ETHICS. Etiquette . Press * 6 to mute; Press # 6 to unmute Keep your phone on mute unless you are dialoging with the presenter Never place phone on hold

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Professional Obligations Philip Boyle, Ph.D. Vice President, Mission & Ethics www.CHE.ORG/ETHICS

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  1. Professional Obligations Philip Boyle, Ph.D. Vice President, Mission & Ethics www.CHE.ORG/ETHICS

  2. Etiquette • Press * 6 to mute; • Press # 6 to unmute • Keep your phone on mute unless you are dialoging with the presenter • Never place phone on hold • If you do not want to be called on please check the red mood button on the lower left of screen

  3. Goals for today’s conversation • How does one determine the extent of professional obligations? • Where do obligations come from? • Do different professions have obligations not required by other professions in similar circumstances? • Kinds of obligations • Obligations to clients • Obligations to colleagues/institution • Obligations of trustees

  4. Case of Katherine • 50-yr old quadriplegic from auto accident • 40 yr-old Edward “visits the sick” • Little known about him • Informed her best friend director of SNF about marriage and moving out • She wants staff to help buy sail boat as wedding gift • Everyone is concerned

  5. Do each of the professionals at Sunny Glen have the same obligation? • To inform • To dissuade • To refuse cooperation • Sunny Glen’s director • As a friend • As administrator • Staff

  6. General obligations of health professionals • Obligations of care • Focused on client, not self • Keep pateints out of harms way, if vulnerable • Vulnerable = diminished capacity • Placement in safe environment • Safe = physically safe

  7. Trustee obligations • Jessica Black trustee of Memorial SNF 5 yrs • Admin reduced number of aids to federal limits • Concerned about quality of care for Medicaid patients • Ask chair for special meeting • Chair places item on next regular meeting

  8. Duties of trustees • Complexity of role • Representative • Process duties • Setting agenda and processes • Oversight • Quality of care • Community resources • Carrying forward the mission

  9. Robert Harris’s Obligations • Fred friend and colleague was showing up late, disheveled, and bleary eyed • Dixie the administrator was missing in action

  10. Obligations • Robert’ obligation to a peer • How far to go if impairment? • How far to go to establish impairment? • What criteria for intervention? • Robert’s obligations related to administrator who is not fulfilling job reqponsibilities?

  11. Origin of obligations • Common human morality • Professional codes of ethics • Professional norms of quality care • Job description • Job position e.g., manager, executive • Obligations to the institution • Core values

  12. Conclusions • How do we education professionals over professional norms? • Do orientations contain example of difficult cases that will strain professional obligations?

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