Objectives of the course:
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What is Ethics
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The principles of ethics and the expected Ethical Standards for the HCPC regulated health and care professionals – Psychologists, Physiotherapists, Podiatrists, Chiropodists, Dietician, Radiographers, Speech and Language therapists, Orthoptists, Orthotists/Prosthetists, Hearing aid dispensers, Arts therapists, Biomedical scientists, Clinical scientists, Occupational therapists, Operating department practitioners, Paramedics
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Why is Ethics and maintaining ethical standards important for health and care professionals
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What are the results of a breach of Ethics and the expected Ethical Standards
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What to do if a breach of Ethics and the expected Ethical Standards happens
NOTE: throughout this course, wherever the ‘health and care professionals’ is mentioned, it refers to any of the health and care professionals that are regulated by the HCPC. Thus any of the following professionals who are doing this course should consider the ‘health and care professionals’ to be referring to them when they are reading this course or reflecting on it:
Psychologists, Physiotherapists, Podiatrists, Chiropodists, Dietitian, Radiographers, Speech and Language therapists, Orthoptists, Orthotists/Prosthetists, Hearing aid dispensers, Arts therapists, Biomedical scientists, Clinical scientists, Occupational therapists, Operating department practitioners, Paramedics
