OCTH 620 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Moral Reasoning, Moral Character, Primum Non Nocere
18 Dec 2020
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Ethical reasoning judged by consequences of actions. Ethical reasoning judged by right actions towards others. Ethical reasoning judged by dynamic relationship between self and social setting. How do we handle an ethical dilemma: identify ethical dilemma, analyze options and conflicts, evaluate proposed course of action, build consensus, select/ implement plan, reflect an action. Emerging ideas about how clinical decisions made. Problem: we cannot improve or teach what we do if we cannot explain it. Initial research therapists couldn"t describe why they did what they did. Discuss how to investigate clinical knowledge and expertise in the profession . Belief that effective practice was a combination of of technical know- how and reflection during practice. Aota and aotf funded clinical reasoning study . Cherly mattingly (schon"s graduate student) worked with maurren fleming (ot faculty at tufts) Found there are several clinical reasoning processes in ot practice. The process used by practitioners to plan ,direct, perform and reflect on client care.
