Ethics CEU Courses

Professionals in the hearing healthcare industry must follow a code of ethics established by the organizations that govern the profession. This course will discuss the differences between laws and ethics, the purpose of an ethics protocol in a hearing healthcare practice, and review an ethical decision-making matrix to guide professionals.

Practical information on ethical conduct and decision making for audiologists. Specific topics include models for ethical decision making in health care professions, ethical provision of audiology services via teleaudiology, ensuring ethical behavior of audiology support personnel, and real-life case study examples of unethical behavior in audiology.

Professionals in the hearing healthcare industry must follow a code of ethics. Ethical guidelines can vary based on experiences and perspectives; therefore, each practice should create their own specific code of ethics. These should be based on professional organization’s guidelines such as the American Academy of Audiology or the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. This course will discuss the difference between laws and ethics and the purpose of an ethics protocol in a hearing healthcare practice. An ethical decision-making matrix was also reviewed.

In this two-part series, a review of unique ethical challenges that can arise will be covered to provide audiologists with a framework for evaluating and resolving ethical quandaries that may occur in pediatric audiology. Discussion of specific elements that will ensure that humanitarian outreach programs reach sustainability and success will be reviewed.

As the expense of travel has been reduced, so too has the access to very remote regions and countries. This course will delve into specific elements that will ensure that humanitarian outreach programs in hearing healthcare reach sustainability and success.

Providing audiological care for children with hearing loss and their families is rewarding, but unique ethical challenges can arise. The goal of this presentation is to provide audiologists with a framework for evaluating and resolving ethical quandaries that may occur in pediatric audiology.

This presentation provides audiologists with practical information on ethical conduct and decision making in clinical and educational settings. Specific topics include ethical concerns and considerations important in the interaction of audiologists with clinical and academic professionals, students, industry representatives, and patients and their families.

This course will present a global view of ethical issues facing audiologists and other hearing professionals. However, its major focus will be on the recognition and resolution of work-place ethical issues before they are reported to a regulatory board or professional association.

In this presentation, we will discuss the foundations of ethics and compliance in audiology, as well as U.S. regulations. We will explore the AAA and ASHA Codes of Ethics, state ethical guidelines contained in several state licensure laws, Medicare, HIPAA, the FDA Guidelines, Stark laws, and Anti-kickback laws and explain, in detail, how they relate to specific scenarios we encounter in audiology.

This 3-part course will examine ethics in various contexts for audiologists, from development of protocols, to discussions of typical real-world scenarios that face professionals in patient care and practice management.