tutorial one: Information technology

The first tutorial was based on information technology and ethical issues around these.

A definition of information technology is: The production, storage and communication of information using computer and microelectronic.
Hanks, P. (ed). (1989) Collins Concise Dictionaries. Glasgow: Bath Press.

IT is certainly prevalent in our society and commonplace. It is used in almost every setting you are part of, even in the open cameras may be operating such as down main streets in towns.

IT devices I feel comfortable using: Telephones (mobile and landlines), computers - internet (general browsing, internet banking, search engines etc) word possessing, music and games. Television, DVD players cameras etc

How IT is being used in Occupational Therapy practice: Able to save notes electronically, which makes it easier to read and backed up. Use phone and email for communication to clients and around staff to clarify appointments

Ethical implications: Security - the display if personal information such as photo. May breech humans privacy as it is easily accessible once it is on the internet or been recorded in some form.
Defintion of computer ethics: A set of moral principles that regulate the use of computers.Retrieved from http://www.techterms.com/definition/computerethics
Definition of Intellectual property: Intangible property that is the result of creativity (e.g. patents or copyrights)
Compact Oxford English Dictionary. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.askoxford.com:80/concise_oed/intellectual property?view=uk
Definition of social justice: The virtue which guides us in creating those organised human interactions we call institutions.
Center for Economic and Social Justice. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.cesj.org/thirdway/economicjustice_defined.htm
Defintion of informed consent: Consent by a patient to undergo a medical or surgical treatment or to participate in an experiment after the patient understands the risks involved.
Retrieved from http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=informed%20consent
Summeries why it a great understanding of ITC and the ethical issues it encompases will help us in our practice and daily lives: It is important or us as OT's to have a great understanding of ITC and the ethical issues as it has the potential for such good and such harm, understanding ITC will make for safe, sound and ethical practice as an OT.