Managing Professional Boundaries

Course overview

This course is intended for healthcare professionals who provide care to clients/patients. The course discusses professional standards and principles for providing safe ethical care, how those standards are reflected in clinical boundaries, common boundary dilemmas faced by clinicians, and how to apply a decision-making model to navigate boundary situations. The course also meets the New York requirement for 3 CEUs on professional boundaries required for psychologists, social workers, mental health counselors, and marriage and family therapists. Learning Outcomes Upon completion of the course, the learner will be able to: Describe ethical standards and principles in healthcare practice. Identify and differentiate appropriate boundaries from boundary crossings and boundary violations. Analyze boundary dilemmas faced in healthcare practice. Apply a model for ethical decision-making to boundary issues that may arise in practice.