5 Contact Hours
The face of healthcare is changing as clinicians are expected to do more with an increase in players (ex. third party payors and employers) and fewer resources than ever before. This course helps occupational and physical therapists better understand ethics and morality in practice while providing a tool to measure your own ethical health needed to face these challenges. This course is appropriate for clinicians of all levels.

Dr. Joanne Desotelle is a Professor of English and for the past twelve years has been Chair of the Humanities and Fine Arts Division at Keuka College, Keuka Park, NY. In over 25 years of academic service, in addition to teaching, Joanne has been involved in research, assessment strategies, course development, curriculum development, and program development including designing and writing the New Major Proposal for the New York State Department of Education for majors in American Sign Language, Visual and Verbal Art, Theatre and Drama, and ASL-English Interpreting. (All proposals were approved.)

Joel is an occupational therapist who specializes in neurological disorders in children and adults.  He received his Bachelors of Science (B.S) degree in occupational therapy from Keuka College (Keuka Park, NY) in 1995 and his post-graduate Masters of Science (M.S.) degree from Misericordia University (Dallas, PA) in 2010.  He holds a post-graduate certificate in pediatrics from Misericordia University (2006) and has worked in a variety of settings from out-patient pediatrics to in-patient adults.  Joel is an experienced author and instructor who has presented on a wide range of topics including stroke rehab, neuromuscular disorders, autism, sensory dysfunction, dementia, falls, and outcomes-based therapy.

• Interactive Online Classroom, or...


• Home Study Course - Includes self-study manual plus s&h. Two certificate options:


• Take the final exam online. You will be able to print your certificate from your computer immediately after achieving a passing score.


• Take the paper/pencil final exam at home and mail it in to your instructor. Your certificate will be mailed to you after achieving a passing score.

• A basic understanding of what is meant by ethics and morality;


• A cursory knowledge of the origins of ethics;


• A familiarity with the major ethical theories;


• An understanding of your own ethical “health;â€�