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Informed Consent
Explore ethical and moral practice in seeking permission to treat
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Roger Kerry
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Roger Kerry

Associate Professor at The University of Nottingham; Physiotherapist. Interested in the way evidence-based medicine works. Or doesn’t.

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Introduction

Being physical therapists / physiotherapists or healthcare professionals, we are fortunate for the care and support we provide and the roles we play in helping others. But did you ever consider that your role as a physiotherapist may leave the patient with an unpleasant experience? Do you always put yourself in your patient’s shoes? Do you think you always know what's best for your patients? In this course you will learn about informed consent in light of ethical and moral practice. It will leave you reflecting on your clinical practice, how to include your patients in the decision-making process and how to respect their autonomy and dignity.

Aims

Roger Kerry, a physiotherapist and an associate professor in the University of Nottingham, introduces informed consent in clinical practice and highlights the bioethical and legal foundations with practicality and application in mind.

Outline

This course is made up of videos, reading, forum posts and a final quiz. The course content is split into the following sections:

  1. Video
  2. Reading Section
  3. Quiz

Target audience

This course is aimed at Physiotherapy and Physical Therapy clinicians, students and assistants. Other interested professionals such as athletic trainers, occupational therapists, nurses or medical doctors interested in this subject are also invited to participate.

Practicalities

Availability - this course is online and can be completed on your own schedule.

Hours of Learning - No deadlines are applied to this course and it can be started and completed in your own time according to your personal schedule. We expect the required elements to take around 1-1.5 hour depending on your schedule and learning style. Additionally there are many optional resources provided and if you choose to review these the course could take longer to complete.

Types of Activities - Watching videos, reading, a final quiz and participating in an international discussion forum.

Certificates - At the end of the course, when you have completed all of the required elements, you will be able to download a certificate of completion and 1.1 Plus points will be added to your personalised learning dashboard.

Requirements to complete this course

In order to complete this course and receive a course completion certificate plus CEUs/CCUs/CPD points you will need to:

  1. Respect the Plus Community Culture.
  2. Log all the required learning activities as complete (represented by the orange icons!).
  3. Actively and appropriately participate in the course discussions.
  4. Pass a final quiz with a score of 80% or more.
  5. Complete a course evaluation form.

Learning outcomes

At the end of this course you will be able to:

  • independently justify the type of informed consent necessary in different case scenarios
  • select at least 3 benefits of practicing informed consent
  • plan the use of informed consent in clinical practice based upon different scenarios
  • list at least 2 limitations with informed consent
  • explain the 4 pillars of ethical medical practice

Instructor financial and non-financial disclosures

No relevant relationships disclosed by instructor.

Accessibility

For special needs or accommodations please contact us with details of how we can meet your needs.

Featured reviews
It is an excellent introductory course that serves as a reminder of the importance of informed consent.
Sinothando Mngadi
Physiotherapist
South Africa
I enjoyed this short webinar/course on informed consent. It is good to refresh the mind of moral issues!
Lucinda Hampton
Physiotherapist
Australia
It was an excellent presentation and an eye-opener to the importance of good communication skills. Also, it can broaden how you see informed consent as a therapist.
Hermanus Hendrikus Klopper
Physiotherapist
South Africa
The course covers the basics of ethics related to informed consent, with concise but clear video resources demonstrating the principles practically.
Physiotherapist
South Africa
It is a great resource to refresh knowledge on ethical underpinnings related to informed consent. Rodger uses many case study examples to bring this topic out of the theoretical and into practice. He is a delightful and engaging speaker, and I thoroughly enjoyed listening to his discourse
Bronwyn Lynne Freeman
Physiotherapist
South Africa
It is a fantastic course that every student physiotherapist or practising physiotherapy should take. Implementing patient consent in the clinic is key to improving patient management skills. I am glad to have taken this course. Thank you!
EBERE OBI
Student
Nigeria
It is a comprehensive course that helps guide and improve the professionals' communication despite the barriers.
Lara Grundman
Podiatrist
South Africa
Thank you for reminding me to involve my patient more in the decision making
Gerna De Jager
Physiotherapist
Namibia
This course on informed consent was time well spent! I will really use this information and implement it as a physiotherapist.
Joharet Kahts
Physiotherapist
South Africa
The course was very insightful, and provided me with a lot of information in such a short span of time!
Olivia Purcell-Edwards
Student
United Kingdom
An essential course for all clinicians to understand the true complexity and importance of informed consent.
Katie Knapton
Physiotherapist
United Kingdom
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