Boundaries
Professional Boundaries (PB-24)
BackThe 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.
Professions This Course Is Suitable For
This course is multi-disciplinary and appropriate for all licensed clinicians, including but not limited to: physicians, nurses, pharmacists, dentists, veterinarians, chiropractors, physician assistants, mental health providers, physical therapists, acupuncturists, EMT’s, midwives, optometrists, and trainees/students. Additionally, this course can also be adapted for other professionals, such as attorneys.
Reasons for Referral
- Addictions (Chemical, behavioral (i.e. gambling, pornography, etc.))
- Dual relationships (Inappropriate financial, business, or non-sexual social relationships, including with coworkers or trainees, prescribing to friends, family, or coworkers)
- Failure to use a chaperone when indicated or requested
- Inappropriate use of social media, text, or email with patients/significant third parties, coworkers, or students
- Lending or borrowing money, or giving gifts to coworkers, students, or patients or their significant third parties
- Practicing outside of scope
- Sexual boundary violations (Examination of sensitive body areas without gloves, sexualized language, looks, or physical contact, even if consensual, with current or former patients, coworkers, students, or patients’ significant third parties)
- Supervisory issues (Inadequate supervision/delegation, insubordination)
*Disruptive behavior, poor conflict management, inappropriate humor, outbursts, or other communication issues are best addressed in our Elevating Civility and Communication in Health Care Course.
Editions
- PB-24 Essential
- Three hours of pre-course assignments
- Three-day live course
- PB-24 Enhanced
- 13 hours of pre-course assignments
- Three-day live course
- PB-24 Extended
- 13 hours of pre-course assignments
- Three-day live course
- 12 hour post-course faculty-led group conference calls (MAS). One hour weekly for 12 weeks.
Learning Objectives
- Express why and how healthcare professionals are held accountable for adhering to standards of practice, codes of ethics, and state statutes
- 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
Accreditation
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint providership of the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine and Professional Boundaries, Inc. The University of California, Irvine School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of California, Irvine School of Medicine designates these live activities each for a maximum of 46 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in activity.
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