Title: Apply medical ethics in a clinical setting.
Course: Medical Assistant II (14151-II) > Section: Communicating in the Workplace

Application should include behaviors such as

- ensuring patients' rights
- maintaining confidentiality
- exhibiting honesty in all transactions
- ensuring that medical procedures (e.g., medical asepsis, testing, and medical record-keeping) are carried out to the best of one's ability
- developing a plan for separation of personal and professional ethics.

Application should also include

- paying careful attention to stay within the scope of practice as a member of the medical team
- identifying the legality and/or ethics surrounding medical issues involved in current controversies.

Teacher Resource:

- AMAA Code of Ethics for Medical Assistants, American Association of Medical Assistants

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is the difference between law and ethics?
- What is the purpose of a code of professional ethics? What ethical principles are medical assistants expected to uphold?
- What should a medical assistant do if he or she believes that a patient's rights have been violated?
- How can a medical assistant be sued for malpractice?