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Ethical Issues in Neuropsychological Rehabilitation Practice and Research
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Presented by:
Russell M. Bauer, Ph.D., ABPP
Preeminence Professor of Clinical & Health Psychology and Neurology
University of Florida
Credit
CE:1.5

Description
Although many neuropsychologists attempt to avoid ethical dilemmas at all costs, encountering ethical issues is to be expected in the competent practice of neuropsychology. This presentation will focus on key ethical issues faced by neuropsychologists in rehabilitation practice and research settings. I will address issues related to protecting the welfare of rehabilitation research participants including assignment to active and ‘placebo’ arms of rehabilitation trials, the selection and measurement of appropriate outcomes, informed consent in decisionally impaired patients, and decisions to terminate participation in research. From a practice perspective, issues related to matching patients to appropriate treatments, managing disruptive or harmful behavior, and addressing conflicts arising between the patient and family members affected by neuropsychological disability. The presentation will begin by introducing a framework for ethical decision-making, and the major topical areas described above will be illustrated with hypothetical case scenarios. Using an interactive format, participants will be encouraged to consider and assess the efficacy of alternative resolutions to ethical challenges.
After the session, participants will be able to:
After the session, participants will be able to:
1. Identify key ethical issues confronting the neuropsychologist in rehabilitation research and practice settings.
2. Articulate a viable model for identifying, analyzing, implementing, and evaluating potential solutions to ethical problems encountered in the rehabilitation setting.
3. Offer solutions to commonly-encountered ethical problems using a model-driven approach to ethical decision-making
Target Audience: Neuropsychologists and trainees
Instructional Level: Intermediate
Russell M. Bauer, Ph.D. is Preeminence Professor of Clinical & Health Psychology and Neurology at the University of Florida Academic Health Center in Gainesville, FL, where he also is Director of the Brain Rehabilitation Research Center of Excellence (BRRC) at the Malcom Randall Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He has served as President of the Society for Clinical Neuropsychology (APA Division 40) and the International Neuropsychological Society. He is Board Certified in Clinical Neuropsychology by the American Board of Clinical Neuropsychology/ABPP, and has served on the ABCN’s oral examination cadre for over 10 years. Dr. Bauer’s clinical work takes place in a patient-centric interdisciplinary TBI clinic in which neurology, neuropsychology, occupational therapists and physical therapists collaborate to develop diagnosis and management plans for persons with complicated recoveries after concussion/TBI. His research program uses novel neurocognitive probes along with structural and functional MRI to develop early markers of neurocognitive decline in aging and TBI. He also studies risk and injury factors that predispose to complicated recovery or chronic symptoms after concussion/mild TBI.