Informed Consent: What You Need to Know

This class teaches acupuncture practitioners the principles and process of informed consent, including its ethical and legal components and how to properly obtain patient authorization for treatment.

Honora Lee Wolfe
Honora Lee Wolfe

Course Overview

Please Note: This is a Reading Course.

 

Informed consent is more than simply getting a patient to sign a written consent form. It is a process of communication between a patient and practitioner that results in the patient’s authorization to undergo treatment. This communication process is both an ethical obligation and a legal requirement in all fifty states. This class will teach you what constitutes informed consent, what the necessary components of informed consent are, and how to obtain it.

Objectives

  • Practitioners will understand what constitutes informed consent

  • Practitioners will understand the necessary components of informed consent

  • Practitioners will understand how to obtain informed consent

Outline

  • 0 hrs - 15 min

    Reading - What is informed consent

  • 15 min - 45 min

    Reading - Components of informed consent

  • 45 min - 1 hrs

    Reading - How to properly obtain informed consent

Teacher

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Full Biography

Honora Lee Wolfe

Honora Lee Wolfe began her studies in alternative health in 1975, becoming a founder and the first Director of the Boulder College of Massage Therapy. Ms. Wolfe went on to study tuina massage at the Shanghai College of TCM and completed her acupuncture training in 1988.

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More Details

  • CPDs:

    Approved By: AACMA (1), ANTA (1), ATMS (1), Acupuncture NZ (1), Standard Certificate (1), NCCAOM (1)

  • Language: English

  • Course Type: Reading

  • Course Length: 1 h

  • Course Notes: There are no notes provided with this course.

  • Access Period: Lifetime

$50.17