Why Can't We Be Friends? Legal and Ethical Use of Social Media in Occupational Therapy
Course: #9362Level: Intermediate 1.5 Hours 4353 Reviews
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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Course Type: Video
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
- After 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.
- After this course, participants will be able to differentiate personal use from professional use of social media.
- After 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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4353 ReviewsPresented By
Barbara Kornblau
JD OT/L, FAOTA
Barbara L. Kornblau, JD, OTR/L, FAOTA, DASPE, CCM, CDMS, CPE is an attorney, an occupational therapist, a certified case manager, a certified disability management specialist, and a person with a disability. She is a Professor, (working remotely) and Program Director of Idaho State University’s Occupational Therapy Program and a consultant to the United Spinal Association’s Pathways to Employment Program
Dr. Kornblau is a former Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow in the U.S. Senate, where she worked on disability issues. She is a Past President of the American Occupational Therapy Association and a past chair of the AOTA Commission on Standards and Ethics. She is the current Advocacy and Policy Coordinator of AOTA’s Rehabilitation and Disability Special Interest Section. As an attorney, she litigated cases under the Americans with Disabilities Act, involving discrimination in employment, state and local government services, and health care services. Dr. Kornblau has presented nationally and internationally and is widely published.
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