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Why Can't We Be Friends? Legal and Ethical Use of Social Media in Occupational Therapy

Course: #9362Level: Intermediate 1.5 Hours 4315 Reviews
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This session discusses the benefits of social media and how occupational therapy practitioners can properly use social media to augment practice and patient/client care. It explains the difference between one’s professional social media profile and one’s personal social media profile. It also discusses case law and reports of legal blunders that have led to arrest, loss of license, and/or job termination because of poor judgment, lack of professionalism, and unknowing misuse of social media – and how to avoid these blunders.

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CEUs/Hours Offered: AOTA/0.15 Intermediate, Professional Issues; CE Broker/1.5 Home Study, General (FL), Management (AL), Ethics Of Occupational Therapy (GA), Professional/Health Care Related (SC), Related To OT (AZ), Related To OT (LA), Directly Related To OT (MS), Ethics (TN), CE Broker #20-732492; IACET/0.2; NBCOT PDUs/1.88 Intermediate, Admin And Management

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Learning Outcomes

  • checkmarkAfter this course, participants will be able to identify and describe six different reasons for occupational therapy practitioners to use social media and how they can use social media for professional development, and patient education and patient engagement.
  • checkmarkAfter this course, participants will be able to differentiate personal use from professional use of social media.
  • checkmarkAfter this course, participants will be able to describe three ways social media can violate HIPAA, three social media interactions that can interfere with the patient relationship, and how to avoid them both.

Course created on September 4, 2018

Agenda

0-10 Minutes Introduction; Research on key uses for social media in health communications
10-20 Minutes Overview of types of social media;Six reasons Occupational therapists should use social media; Filter Information & Lead Patients to Reliable Information & Better Websites
20-30 Minutes Connect With Colleagues With Similar Interests and Specialties; Social media to connect with Thought leaders, Research, Job searches, and national and international organizations, virtual journal clubs, closed Facebook communities
30-40 Minutes Reach Policymakers & Have Your Voice Heard (twitterstorms, blogs, etc); Provide Vehicles for Patient Peer Support to Increase Patient Engagement (Youtube videos, closed Facebook and other support groups)
40-50 Minutes Promote the Profession, Yourself & Your Practice; Tailored Educational Opportunities and Takeaway Pearls
50-60 Minutes What Not To Do In Social Media; Separating Personal and Private Social Media Participation
60-70 Minutes Things to Avoid on Facebook and Social Media Blunders that can get you fired/interfere with Patient Relationships; Legal Issues in Social Media
70-80 Minutes HIPAA and social media; Tips to avoid problems on social media
80-90 Minutes How to avoid the pitfalls of social media; Summary, Q &A

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Presenter Disclosure: Barbara Kornblau received a honorarium for presenting this course.

Sponsor Disclosure: This Course is presented by OccupationalTherapy.com, a Continued site.

Content Disclosure: This learning event does not focus exclusively on any specific product or service.

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American Occupational Therapy Association

American Occupational Therapy Association

OccupationalTherapy.com is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development, #7659. This distance learning - independent course is offered at 0.15 CEUs/contact hours (Intermediate level, Professional Issues Area). The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.


CE Broker

CE Broker

OccupationalTherapy.com is an approved provider for CE Broker, provider #50-14558. This course is offered for 1.5 hours. If you are an OT/OTA in Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina or Tennessee, CE Broker may be of interest to you.


International Association for Continuing Education and Training

International Association for Continuing Education and Training

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National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy

National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy

OccupationalTherapy.com is a NBCOT® Professional Development Provider. This course is offered for 1.88 NBCOT PDUs (Intermediate level, Admin and Management Area). NBCOT® is a registered trademark of The National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, Inc.


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