RCP 800 - Resp Therapy Mgmt & Ethics

1. Demonstrate skills necessary to obtain employment
   1. Explain how a person may determine where employment opportunities exist
   2. Explain how a person may make contact with potential employers
   3. Identify skills they have which will be valuable to potential employers
   4. Prepare a resume which can assist in obtaining employment
   5. Compose a letter of application
   6. Interview for a position
   7. Follow up an application and interview
   8. Determine if a particular job opportunity meets their personal needs
   9. Obtain employment in the respiratory care profession
2. Apply ethical principles of healthcare to situations which may be encountered
   1. Explain basic ethical principles as they apply to healthcare
   2. Determine how specific situations support or contradict ethical principles
   3. Project how a hypothetical situation may be resolved based on ethical principles
   4. Explain how a respiratory care professional should be involved in ethical decision making in healthcare
3. Demonstrate basic skills needed to conduct research
   1. Explain the need for increased research in respiratory care
   2. Conduct a literature search
   3. Identify a problem which is of research interest
   4. Identify important variables of a study
   5. Control important variables in a research study
   6. Conduct a research study
   7. Analyze data obtained from the study
   8. publish results of the study
   9. Identify additional questions brought up by the study
4. Utilize good written communication skills
   1. Describe the purposes for written communication
   2. Identify the proper format for selected communications
   3. Compose written communications to accomplish specific purposes
   4. Evaluate deficiencies in written communications
   5. Write and revise forms for written documentation of respiratory care
5. Use verbal communication skills to provide instruction
   1. Describe advantages and limitations to verbal communication
   2. Demonstrate effective verbal communication
   3. Evaluate deficiencies of verbal communication
   4. Explain need for follow up of verbal communication to assure effectiveness
   5. Prepare a video presentation to teach a technique or skill using verbal communication
6. Explain the basic functions of a manager
   1. Identify the 7 basic functions of a manager
   2. Explain the involvement of a manager in each of the seven basic functions
   3. Prepare a schedule for employees in a department
7. Solve problems in a systematic manner
   1. Describe the steps of systematic problem solving
   2. Demonstrate the steps of systematic problem solving
   3. Explain the importance of each step in the problem solving process
   4. Evaluate deficiencies in the process of problem solving
8. Explain the effect of federal and state laws relative to healthcare and management
   1. Identify current laws which have an impact on healthcare
   2. Describe how current laws have impacted the current healthcare system
   3. Explain how proposed laws have impacted healthcare
   4. Explain how the respiratory care profession should respond to the current legal situation
   5. Explain how the respiratory care profession should proactively determine its