Beth is an occupational therapy student in the 11th week of her 1st Level II Fieldwork. She has a full caseload of her own that she is responsible for on a daily basis. Her fieldwork educator, Corinne, has a few patients that she sees on her own, without Beth in the room. At the end of the day, Corinne states that she has to leave early that day and asks Beth to write all the treatment notes, even for those clients that Beth did not see.
Corinne states that she wrote down what she did with each client, and Beth can base her notes on that. Corinne will then sign the notes the next morning. When Beth says she is not comfortable writing the notes, Corinne states that no one will ever know that Beth wrote them, and if anyone asks, to just lie.
Ethical Dilemma 1: This case displays a lack of the principle Veracity within the AOTA Code of Ethics (AOTA, 2015). The CI is asking the student to be dishonest by writing a note fro patients she did not see.
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Ethical Dilemma 2: Fidelity is not being displayed in this scenario. Corrine is displaying a lack of integrity and respect by asking Beth to document over patients she did not see.
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