Ethics & Law in the Health Profession: Your Responsibilities as a Registered Practitioner of TCM
This is an excellent opportunity to bring yourself up to speed with what is legally required of you as Registered Health Professional. Please note that this was from the video recorded in Sydney in 2013
What You Will Learn
- Professional Ethics and Personal Ethics – what are the standards you need to adhere to both professionally and personally.
- Your responsibilities as a registered practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
- How to comply with the new Codes of Practice, Acts and Regulations.
- Patient Records – new requirements.
- Your Duty of Care
- What is Negligence in Chinese Medicine
- Professional Responsibility as a practitioner
- A patients Consent to Treatment
- Professional Misconduct
- A review of cases involving Chinese Medicine practitioner’s in Australia to date – what offences have been prosecuted, what were the circumstances involved, what the outcomes were and what lessons can be learned from these cases.
- The role of the Expert Witness.
- What do you do if you are required to attend a hearing – as a defendant or a witness.
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About Ann
Dip. Shiatsu Therapy – Naturecare College
Bachelor of Health Science (Acupuncture) – University of Technology, Sydney
Masters of Herbal Medicine – University of Sydney
Masters of Law and Legal Practice – University of Technology, Syd.
Ann completed a Diploma of Shiatsu Therapy at Naturecare College in 1990, and then in 1991 commenced studying Chinese Medicine with the Sydney College of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
In 1994 the University of Technology commenced their B. Health Science (Acupuncture) degree and Ann switched courses. Ann commenced practice as an Acupuncturist in 1997 specialising in Paediatrics and in 2000 completed a Masters of Herbal Medicine at Sydney University. In 2002, looking for a new challenge, Ann commenced a Law degree on a part-time basis and was admitted as a Solicitor in 2007, working as a Legal Researcher for a Judge of the Industrial Relations Commission, whilst continuing her Acupuncture practice on a part-time basis. Ann currently works in the Industrial and Employment law area for the NSW Department of Education and Communities and continues to work part-time as an Acupuncturist.