David R. Denton, J.D., M.A. CCC-SLP |
Abstract:
Audiologists and speech-language pathologists need to develop sensitivity to ethics and acquire decision-making strategies when confronted with ethical dilemmas. One without the other is insufficient. This session will review common ethical dilemmas facing practitioners today and strategies audiologists and speech-language pathologists can employ to ensure compliance with professional responsibilities.
Learning Objectives:
- Participants will be able to identify the types and trends of contemporary professional issues that give rise to ethical dilemmas.
- Participants will be to identify ethical decision-making strategies for applying ethical principles and rules to ensure compliance with professional responsibilities.
- Participants will be able to describe general malpractice risk management strategies and how abiding by their ethical duties may lessen malpractice exposure.
- Participants will be able to describe the scope and nature of ASHA's ethics program and the work of its Board of Ethics and how to gain access to ethics resources.
- Participants will be able to identify those instances where they have an obligation to report unethical/unprofessional conduct to their professional associations and/or state regulatory agencies.
Biosketch:
David Denton, J.D., M.A. CCC-SLP is the Director of Ethics of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and an ex-officio member of the association’s Board of Ethics. In addition to overseeing ASHA’s ethics program, David’s duties include providing administrative support to the association’s ethics education activities and ethics complaint adjudication procedures.
David’s professional background is in speech-language pathology and law. He holds ASHA certification in speech-language pathology and practiced as a SLP with the Veterans Administration from 1975 to 1986. Following that experience, David was a prosecutor and civil trial lawyer for twelve years before joining the ASHA National Office in early 2001. David also has a Certificate of Graduate Studies in Health Care Ethics from Rush University.
Of particular interest to David is the development of ethics education activities to enhance the critical thinking skills of students in our training programs before they enter the crush of professional practice. |
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