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2-hour Professional Ethics (distance learning module)

Tracking # 20-606654

$15.00

4.7 (100 ratings)
Educator PETE WHITRIDGE BA, LMT, BCTMB
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What you'll learn

  1. Students can identify 3 roles they play in the client/patient's care.
  2. Therapists can outline 2 types of communication breakdown that can lead to boundary violations.
  3. Therapists can describe an ethical dilemma that they have faced and outline what they learned for future interactions.

Definitions and Concepts:

  • 1. What are professional ethics?
  • 2. Why are we taking this class?
  • 3. How can we use this time wisely?
    • 4. Glossary of terms embedded in various codes of ethics and professional conduct documents

Areas of discussion:

  • 1. Boundaries
  • 2. Dual Relationships
  • 3. Pricing your services
  • 4. Confidentiality
  • 5. Informed Consent policies
  • 6. Scope of Practice
  • 7. Self-promotion and side business opportunities
  • 8. Checklist for ethical behavior and standards of ethical practice
  • 9. Laws and Legal ramifications of your actions and choices
  • 10. Resolving ethical dilemmas


Course overview

This module is designed to allow the busy massage therapy to complete this course with a balance of reading materials, short surveys, and a 20 question quiz. Professional ethical behaviors are the backbone of a healthy profession, this course was created to help you review some unique ethical dilemmas and to offer your suggestions for ways of handling ethical dilemmas in your practice. Handouts and documents are available when you complete your registration through the "Take it Here" program. This class meets the FL-BOMT requirement for licensure renewal. Pete is a licensed massage therapist, massage educator, and former Board of Massage member.

Subject areas

This course counts toward the state boards and subject areas below.

Florida Board of Massage Therapy

Massage Therapist

2h Professional Ethics

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Course Objectives

Upon completion the participant will:

  1. Students can identify 3 roles they play in the client/patient's care.
  2. Therapists can outline 2 types of communication breakdown that can lead to boundary violations.
  3. Therapists can describe an ethical dilemma that they have faced and outline what they learned for future interactions.

Definitions and Concepts:

  1. What are professional ethics?
  2. Why are we taking this class?
  3. How can we use this time wisely?
  4. Glossary of terms embedded in various codes of ethics and professional conduct documents

Areas of discussion:

  1. Boundaries
  2. Dual Relationships
  3. Pricing your services
  4. Confidentiality
  5. Informed Consent policies
  6. Scope of Practice
  7. Self-promotion and side business opportunities
  8. Checklist for ethical behavior and standards of ethical practice
  9. Laws and Legal ramifications of your actions and choices
  10. Resolving ethical dilemmas

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