The National Wellness Institute offers nine interactive online Wellness Promotion Competency Model Courses intentionally designed to support knowledge acquisition and skill-building in the five competency domains of the NWI Wellness Promotion Competency Model. This course is developed for individuals seeking professional development in the model's fifth and final competency domain: "Legal & Ethical Principles."
Increase your understanding of compliance, confidentiality, scope of practice and more to protect yourself and those you serve. Case studies, scenarios, and a variety of interactive methods are employed during the course to help you understand ways to develop and maintain ethical relationships and practices within the fast-expanding moral and ethical wellness landscape. This course supports the following wellness promotion competencies:

• Comply with legal standards for confidentiality, compliance, and mandated reporting.
• Work within your scope of practice and in accordance with your profession-specific code of conduct.
• Maintain ethical relationships.

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Within this self-paced interactive eLearning course, you’ll find knowledge checks or activities to enhance your learning as well as a variety of tools and resources you can apply in your work.

Time to complete the course varies by learner, but we suggest planning for a total of three to five hours to complete all the learning elements, including any application activities and self-reflections.