A physician engaged in a personal relationship with a patient. During the course of the personal relationship, the physician prescribed Ativan, Tylenol III, Lorazepam, and, Vicodin medications. The physician wrote a prescription order to the patient for Ativan on a prescription order form from one of the medical offices which had been closed for some time. The physician did not record or maintain a patient record of his evaluation and treatment of this patient, nor chart prescription orders prescribed to this patient.
Examinee Instructions
Compose an essay response for the case scenario below. The essay response is divided into four components: introductory opinion statements, consequences, public protection, and solutions. One hour is allotted for completion. While grammar, punctuation, and spelling are considered, the content and expression of your response carry more weight in scoring.
Introductory Opinion Statements
Present statements about the ethical issues and concerns involved in the given scenario. Additionally, identify when and how the licensee in the scenario disregarded professional conduct standards.
Consequences
Discuss the consequences that could arise from the scenario to all direct and indirect parties
Public Protection
Explain how and why the actions of the licensee in the scenario compromise community safety and welfare.
Solutions
Identify the actions needed to resolve the ethical violation(s) described in the scenario and include what could prevent such violation(s) from occurring in the future.
Rubric
Intro opinion statements
Consequences
Public protection
Solutions
Outstanding
Score: 4
comprehensively identifies and summarizes the ethical issues
comprehensively explains when and how the ethical issues are problematic or questionable
identifies embedded or implicit issues, addressing their relationships to each other
comprehensively identifies short-term, long-term, tangible, and intangible consequences of the ethical violation(s), including those implicit in the assumptions and implications of positions and arguments
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