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29 Cards in this Set
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How many hours of continuing ed is required per biennium? |
24 hours |
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What courses are approved by the board? |
1. by an accredited college/university providing a curriculum for PTs/PTAs 2. approved by FPTA or APTA |
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When may CE requirements be exempt? |
during emergency or hardship cases as provided by rule |
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How many clock hours are required of HIV/AIDS? |
1 |
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When must HIV/AIDS requirements be completed? |
By the end of the 1st biennial renewal of licensure |
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What subject areas must be covered for the HIV/AIDS course? |
1. Modes of transmission 2. Infection Control Procedures 3. Clinical management 4. Prevention 5. Florida Laws on AIDS and the impact of testing, confidentiality, and treatment |
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Is a home study allowed to fulfill the HIV/AIDS requirement? |
Yes |
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How long must medical error prevention courses be? |
2 contact hours |
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What must medical error prevention courses include? |
1. A study of root-cause analysis 2. error reduction and prevention 3. Patient safety |
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What must the patient safety component of a medical errors course contain? |
1. medical documentation and communication 2. contraindications and indications for PT management 3. pharmacological components of PT and patient managament |
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T/F: the Board won't accept coursework from accredited schools regarding medical errors |
False; they will if it was completed after 1/1/2002 |
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If a hospital offers a med errors course, how much of the time is allowed to be applied? |
1 |
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Can you use the medical errors courses as part of the home study CE hours? |
Yes |
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What does one contact hour consist of? |
50 clock minutes |
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How many minutes is a half contact hour? |
25 |
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How many contact hours are equivalent to one CEU? |
10 |
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What are acceptable subject areas for continuing ed? |
professional ethics, clinical education, clinical practice, clinical research, clinical management clinical science, FL law relating to PT, basic sciences, risk management, HIV/AIDS |
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How many contact hours of HIV/AIDS education may be included in the 24 hours? |
3 |
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How many medical errors contact hours may be included? |
3 |
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How many hours of home study are allowed per biennium? |
12 |
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How many contact hours may course instructors receive for teaching continuing ed? |
6 |
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How are contact hours awarded for course instructors teaching continuing ed? |
A contact hour for each contact hour prevented *** teaching their normal course does not count |
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CI can receive a maximum of how many hours per instructing? |
6 |
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How many hours of clinical internship equal 1 contact hour? |
160 |
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T/F: a licensee may receive risk management contact hours for attending a Florida Board meeting where disciplinary cases are being heard |
True if the licensee is not on the agenda or appearing for another purpose |
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How many hours of risk management are received for former board members who serve on the Board's Probable Cause Panel |
5 |
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T/F: an initial licensee gets 2 hours of CE for passing the FL laws and rules exam |
False; only if previously licensed Also not reward if a result of a disciplinary proceeding or as a board ordered condition of initial licensure, re-activation, or reinstatement |
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What constitutes emergency or hardship cases? |
1. long term personal illness or illness involving a close relative or person for whom the licensee has caregiving responsibility 2. licensee can demonstrate that the required course is not reasonably available 3. other demonstrated economic, technological or legal hardships that substantially relate to the ability to perform or complete the CE requirements |
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What is the max number per biennium for risk management contact hours? |
5 |
