Course description
Law and Medical Ethics
This flexible online programme of short modules covers the fundamental aspects of contemporary health care and law for health care and allied professionals.
This programme aims to provide you with an overview of the main medico-legal concepts and issues in the practice of modern healthcare. It addresses the fundamental questions affecting health care and allied professionals today:
- What is legally valid consent?
- What standards of care does the law expect of your profession?
- When is it lawful to withhold or withdraw medical treatment?
- When is it permissible to breach patient confidentiality?
- How have human rights changed the face of modern medicine?
The programme consists of 10 individual modules. The full programme of 10 modules, or the slightly shorter seven-module programme, will give you a comprehensive overview. If you prefer to focus on an area that reflects specific professional and personal interests, you have the option of studying an individual module or a combination of single modules.
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Outcome / Qualification etc.
Certificate
After completing your module(s) please contact our online learning team who will be able to issue you with an e-certificate of completion on evidence that you have successfully completed all of the interactive quizzes for the modules which you have registered for.
Professional accreditation bodies may impose requirements over and above those of the School of Law.
Training Course Content
Course Syllabus
- Introduction to Law and Medical Ethics
- Consent to Medical Treatment
- Refusal of Medical Treatment
- Withholding and Withdrawing Care
- Medical Negligence
- Patient Confidentiality
- Human Rights and Medical Practice
- Research and Ethical Approval
- Mental Capacity and Mental Health
- Genetics, Reproduction and the Law
Expenses
You can book a single module or variety of modules depending on your interests. We offer discounted fees for 7 and 10 module bookings.
- Single module: £115
- You will have two weeks access for each module you book.
- Seven modules: £645 (Includes free ebook of Mason and McCall-Smith's Law and Medical Ethics)
- You will have 14 weeks access to your modules.
- Ten modules: course £920 (Includes free ebook of Mason and McCall-Smith's Law and Medical Ethics)
- You will have 20 weeks access to your modules.