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ETH062 Ethics - Medical Errors (inactive)
Ethics issues regarding medical errors.
Course Objective
This program provides clinicians with the opportunity to learn about:
• How medical errors are different than malpractice
• Sentinel events
• Primary errors in mental health practice
• Cultural miscommunication
• Medical errors as cause of death
Intended Audience
Nurses, Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, Addiction Therapists 
Author Bio
Margot Escott, LCSW, is a clinical social worker with twenty-five years of experience in various settings including working as a general medical social worker, working in dialysis, in adoption and in hospice. In addition to her private practice, she is a recognized national speaker on topics ranging from DMS4 at the movies to medical errors and end of life issues.  She has been presenting medical errors workshops and courses in Florida and Ohio and has published numerous articles on therapeutic humor, addition recovery and cinema therapy. She received the Social Worker of the Year award from the Collier Country, Florida NASW chapter and from the Southwest Florida, NASW chapter. 
Certificates
ASWB ASWB
NBCC NBCC

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