{"id":1839,"date":"2023-10-01T19:09:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-01T23:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-coto.pantheonsite.io\/?post_type=resource&#038;p=1839"},"modified":"2025-01-29T16:01:30","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T21:01:30","slug":"managing-unavoidable-conflicts-of-interest","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/resources\/managing-unavoidable-conflicts-of-interest\/","title":{"rendered":"Managing Unavoidable Conflicts of Interest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Question:<\/strong>&nbsp;<em>I live in a smaller community and work as the only occupational therapist at the primary health team clinic. Sometimes I am asked to see a client I know in the community.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>What should I do if this conflict of interest is unavoidable?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Answer:&nbsp;<\/strong>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/standards-and-resources\/resources\/standard-for-the-prevention-and-management-of-conflicts-of-interest-2023#aece1c87-5ed0-40de-9fe8-078c3ff0baaf\">Standard for the Prevention and Management of Conflicts of Interest<\/a>&nbsp;outlines the expectations when an occupational therapist is unable to avoid a conflict of interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Performance indicator 2.7&nbsp;<\/strong>states:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If avoiding a conflict of interest is not possible, manage it by taking these steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Discuss the conflict of interest with the client, other professionals, partners, and interested parties before providing services.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Advise the client of their right to decline services at any time and, if possible, suggest alternatives.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Document in the client record the steps taken to address the conflict.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>For any questions, please contact our&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/registrants\/practice-support\">Practice Resource Service<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;at 1-800-890-6570 ext. 240 or&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:practice@coto.org\">practice@coto.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question:&nbsp;I live in a smaller community and work as the only occupational therapist at the primary health team clinic. Sometimes I am asked to see a client I know in the community. What should I do if this conflict of interest is unavoidable? Answer:&nbsp;The&nbsp;Standard for the Prevention and Management of Conflicts of Interest&nbsp;outlines the expectations [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"advanced_seo_description":"Read the College of Occupational Therapists of Ontario's Q&A on managing unavoidable conflicts of interest.","jetpack_seo_html_title":"Managing Unavoidable Conflicts of Interest","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":""},"resource-audience":[17],"resource-topic":[35],"resource-type":[12],"class_list":["post-1839","resource","type-resource","status-publish","hentry","resource-audience-registrants","resource-topic-working-as-an-ot","resource-type-q-and-a"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource\/1839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/resource"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource\/1839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5012,"href":"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource\/1839\/revisions\/5012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"resource-audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource-audience?post=1839"},{"taxonomy":"resource-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource-topic?post=1839"},{"taxonomy":"resource-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource-type?post=1839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}