Assignment task: Evaluation and Accountability
Over the past several years, there has been an increasing focus on evidence-based practice and measurable outcomes for clinical interventions. Discuss why these concepts are important to clinical practice.
1. What are some of the ethical challenges that exist when there are no clearly defined outcomes?
2. How have managed care practices impacted requirements for measurable outcomes?
3. How have managed care practices limited clinical interventions?
Cite from at least one professional code of ethics and from the course text to support your post.
In your Ethical Practice in the Human Services textbook, read the following:
- Chapter 11, "Efficacy of Treatment," pages 267-290.
- Chapter 12, "Evaluation and Accountability," pages 297-315.
Use the Capella University Library to read the following:
- Quarto, C. J. (2002). Supervisors' and supervisees' perceptions of control and conflict in counseling supervision. The Clinical Supervisor, 21(2), 21-37.