Professional Boundaries: It's complicated - Looking at relationships through a legal and ethical lens

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Abstract:
Recently, the high-profile case involving boundary crossing and sexual misconduct has had far-reaching affects. In the aftermath, we remind ourselves of the importance of maintaining appropriate professional boundaries. This webinar will examine the appropriate professional relationship, boundary crossing, and the legal, ethical, regulatory (LER) issues tied with boundary violations and sexual misconduct. The NATA Committee on Professional Ethics is responsible for adjudicating ethics complaints, thereby ensuring members are held accountable when they violate the NATA Code of Ethics and NATA Membership Standards. This committee is comprised of members with interests or backgrounds in ethics. 

Objectives:

  • Participants will be able to describe the professional AT-patient relationship., 
  • Participants will be able to describe professional boundaries., 
  • Participants will be able to use LER standards, compare and contrast boundary violations and sexual misconduct/abuse.

Level:
Essential

Domains:
Domain 5: Health Care Administration and Professional Responsibility

CEUs:
1.0 Category A

Keywords: ethics, boundaries, sexual misconduct, harassment, legal, LER, regulatory issues, violation, abuse

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Gretchen Schlabach, PhD, ATC, LAT

My academic scholarship and professional service is in the area of professional ethics, values, and responsible reasoning in athletic training. I am recognized with the Professor Emerita status from Northern Illinois University (NIU) and now an adjunct lecturer in the Doctor of Athletic Training (DAT) program at Florida International University (FIU) and Master's of Science in Athletic Training (MSAT) program at Old Dominion (ODU). Furthermore, my assigned courses include Navigating Academia (FIU) and Professional Ethics in Healthcare (ODU).

Skills and Interests
Experienced Professor with a demonstrated history of working in the higher education industry. Skilled in Athletic Training Accreditation Compliance, Program Evaluation, Curriculum Development, and Public Speaking. Research and professional services include legal, ethical, and regulatory issues in athletic training and promoting awareness, analysis, action, and adherence.

Timothy Neal, MS, ATC, CCISM

Tim is an athletic trainer, and a member of the NATA Hall of Fame who currently serves as an Assistant professor and the director of the athletic training program at Concordia University in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He previously spent 35 years as a clinical athletic trainer and adjunct professor at Syracuse University and has been named a NATA Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer. Tim has chaired NATA Inter-Association Consensus Statements on psychological concerns in student-athletes, and served on the writing group for the 2014 NATA Position Statement on Pre Participation Physical Examinations and Medically Disqualifying Conditions. He has also been a NATA Liaison to the NCAA football rules committee, a member of the NCAA task forces on student-athlete mental health and wellness, sleep and wellness and is the immediate past chair of the NATA Committee on Professional Ethics. Tim is a founding member of the NATA ATs Care Committee, and a member of the NATA Professional Responsibility in Athletic Training Committee. He has dozens of articles in peer and non-peer reviewed journals, and has presented to numerous audiences on various sports medicine, ethical, and risk management topics. He earned his Master's degree at Syracuse University, and his Bachelor's degree from Ohio University.

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