PBI Education – Professional Boundaries

Description
The Professional Boundaries course addresses concerning or unprofessional conduct that is relationship-based. From dual relationships to inappropriate communication channels to misconduct or harassment, this course addresses both sexual and non-sexual boundary crossings.

Appropriate for all healthcare professionals, this course is facilitated in an interactive, small-group format, allowing the course faculty to address specific misconduct and provide individualized feedback. In the course, our expert faculty lead participants in examining how and why their professional practices, responses to stress, and personal or situational factors initially put them at risk for exercising poor judgment or rationalizing improper behavior. The course culminates in the participant’s development and
oral presentation of their Personalized Protection Plan©, a personalized, concrete action plan outlining the steps and changes they will make to avoid future wrongdoing, safeguard patients and colleagues, and honor the reputation of their profession moving forward.

Participants arrive at the seminar primed by pre-course readings, assignments, and self-assessment exercises—springboards for the process of introspection and self-critique.

Subject/objective
– Express why and how healthcare professionals are held accountable for adhering to standards of practice, codes of ethics, and state statues.
– Discuss attributes and behaviors that constitute professionalism in the context of health care, and identify specific lapses in their own professionalism.
– Explain how professional problems evolve, employing the model of a continuum of boundary impingements.
– Express how professional lapses can adversely affect clinical judgment and cause a range of other impacts and harms.
– Describe the components of the Formula and apply them to their own violation potential and, if applicable, their infraction.
– Create and implement a Personalized Protection Plan that includes strategies, safeguards, and systems to reduce the risk of relapse and improve accountability.
– Detect early warning signs of professional problems in themselves and others in order to reduce the risk of future violations.
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Affiliated or Accredited by:
PBI Education/University of California Irvine, School of Medicine
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
24-46
ABMS/ACGME Competencies
Patient Care and Procedural Skills
Interpersonal and Communication Skills
Professionalism