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FOUNDATIONS LEARNING MODULE

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Family Care Teams Foundations: Professional Roles and Scopes of Practice

About 25 min 14 pages

The goal of this module, the third in our preferred order for the Foundations program, is to provide an overview of the regulatory scopes of practice for health care professionals as they apply for Family Care Teams.

Learning objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

  1. Define scope of practice in regulatory, social, and interprofessional contexts.
  2. Distinguish between professional roles and scopes of practice specifically in team-based primary care settings
  3. Describe the scopes of practice of professionals who commonly work in Family Care Teams, where they overlap, and the consequences for clients.

What this module covers

  1. Defining Professional Scopes and Roles
  2. 3 Sociological Perspectives on Professional Roles
  3. The Competency of Role Clarification & Negotiation
  4. Scopes and Roles in Primary Care Settings
  5. Roles and Responsibilities in Primary Care Settings
  6. Describe the Scopes of Practice
  7. Activity
  8. Ward et al
  9. The Patient’s / Client’s Role in the Team
  10. Module Summary