Advanced Ethics: The Anatomy of Professional Disciplinary Actions-How to Protect Yourself [Continuous Seminar]
Credits: [4 ]
Dates:
Continuous
Cost: $117 SIGN-UP
$117,
Test still a separate fee, in testing center
Mental health professionals are aware of the importance of understanding the increased complexity of professional ethics. What is oftentimes omitted from courses on professional ethics is a description of the processes used when questions arise about ethics and professional competence. There are three primary forums where these are addressed: a. malpractice lawsuits b. state licensing board complaints and c. professional organization ethics committees. An understanding of these three forums can be critical to the mental health professional who wants to be sure to practice ethically and safely. In this course, you will learn from psychologist/attorney Bryant Welch how these procedures work and what you need to know now to protect yourself from the hazards they represent to your practice and livelihood. Real case illustrations will be provided from Dr. Welch’s experiences in malpractice and licensing board cases and in professional ethics committee hearings.
The course will describe the life cycle of a malpractice suit and help to demystify the experience as well as provide specific tips on how to minimize the risk of a malpractice action. It will provide concrete suggestions of what you need to do along the way to make sure that you effectively address the issues and acquit yourself should the need ever arise.
The course will also explain why a licensure board complaint is actually a more serious threat to your professional livelihood than a malpractice action and will explain what factors are considered and weighed most heavily by licensing boards. It will also explain why some lawyers get their clients in more trouble than they already are by not appreciating the culture of the mental health licensing board.
Finally, the course will consider the unique aspects of ethics investigations by professional societies with a particular emphasis on the hidden pitfalls mental health professionals often encounter in interacting with their professional ethics committees.
The course will draw on Dr. Welch’s writings and allow ample opportunity for class discussion with him.
Registration Fee: $117 (for non-members)
Test for CE Credits: $20 (free for PsyBC members)
(Test purchased separately in PsyBC Testing Center)
Educational Objectives:
The student in this course will learn:
1. Why a licensing board complaint is a much more serious threat to a practitioner’s career than a malpractice action.
2. How to protect yourself from a licensing board complaint both before the problem arises and after
3. What areas of practice make one particularly vulnerable to lawsuits, ethics complaints, and licensure actions and what one should do to minimize the risks.
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Faculty
Bryant Welch, J.D., Ph.D.
Dr. Welch is an attorney and diplomate in clinical psychology. He has been a leading advocate for psychology and mental health professionals for over twenty-five years. Dr. Welch initiated and ran the APA Practice Directorate from 1986 to 1993 leading organized psychology through one of its most successful eras in professional advocacy. He was also one of the first to recognize the devastating effects of managed care. Since 1993 he has had his own law firm litigating against managed care companies and representing mental health professionals before licensing boards and in malpractice cases across the country.
Dr. Welch is a graduate of Harvard College, Harvard Law School, and the University of North Carolina doctoral program in clinical psychology. He is also a research associate graduate of the Washington Psychoanalytic Institute. Dr. Welch was involved in the full time private practice for psychology from 1976 through 1986 in Chapel Hill, N.C. and has served on the faculties at the University of North Carolina Medical School and the George Washington University Center for Professional Psychology. He currently resides and practices in Hilton Head, South Carolina.
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