|
A.1 |
Understanding the Libyan health care system |
|
A.2 |
Understanding Physician – patient relationship |
|
A.3 |
Discussion of laws and ethics in health care |
B. Intellectual Skills
|
B.1 |
Summarize important issues about Ethics |
|
B.2 |
Reading and information from reliable web site |
|
B.3 |
Analyze issues of law and ethics as related to health care.
|
|
B.4 |
Case study about Ethical Situation in Local Health Care |
|
B.5 |
Appreciate why an understanding of the legal profession is necessary for a healthcare professional |
C. Professional and Practical Skills
|
C.1 |
Students will know how to deal with patient's information |
|
C.2 |
Compare and contrast the roles of various members of the health care team in terms of standard of care. |
|
C.3 |
Analyze the impact that Libyan legislation have on practices found in health care |
|
C.4 |
Evaluate the effect of personal ethics on personal job performance in a health care setting. |
D. General/Transferable Skills
|
D.1 |
Differentiate between a physician’s rights in the practice of medicine and the patient’s Bill of Rights. |
|
D.2 |
Assess the importance of confidentiality in the health care setting from both a legal and ethical standpoint. |
|
D.3 |
Debate ethical and moral issues in health care as relates to professional liability and medical malpractice. |
|
D.4 |
Determine the role of cultural, social, and ethnic diversity within health care. |
Teaching and learning methods
1. Face to face Lectures
2. Debate some ethical problems
3. Writing assignment about ethics
4. Summarize Libyan Medical Ethics
Methods of assessments
|
s.n. |
Assessment Method |
Due (week) |
Weight (%) |
Notes |
|
1 |
Midterm exam |
Week fifth and tenth |
20% |
Written |
|
2 |
Oral exam |
|
|
|
|
3 |
Practical exam |
|
|
|
|
4 |
Final exam |
Week seventeen and eighteen |
70% |
Written |
|
5 |
Assignments/HWs |
Week four and week twelve |
10% |
Quizzes |
|
Total (%) |
|
100 % |
|
|
Course References
|
Type |
Title |
Publisher |
Edition |
Author |
Availability |
|
Lecture notes |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Textbook |
Legal and Ethical Issues for Health professionals |
Jones Bartlett |
2nd edition 2010 |
Pozgar Goerge D. |
|
|
Reference books |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Periodicals |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Websites |
Medical Ethics Manual |
World Medical Association |
3rd |
|
Online free |
|
Other |
|
|
|
|
|