Medical Law (MED326) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Medical Law MED326 2 0 0 1 2
Pre-requisite Course(s)
MED192, MED292
Course Language English
Course Type N/A
Course Level Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery Distance, Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture, Discussion, Observation Case Study.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
  • Prof. Dr. Ahmet SALTIK
Course Assistants
Course Objectives Medical law and ethics is a relatively new area of law that is growing in complexity by the day. Controversial and contemporary, medical law and ethics often acts as a reflection of our own society, as it is hoped the lectures in the this Course. Throughout the Course, the medical professional is referred to as ‘he’ and the patient as ‘she’. While the stereotypical nature of the analogy is regretted, the descriptions are accepted and commonplace.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Gain a basic understanding of the nature of medical law and ethics.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of where to locate the law
  • Appreciate the importance of reading primary sources.
  • Understand the relevance of ethical theories within bioethics.
  • Appreciate different ethical theories.
  • Demonstrate an ability to recognise ethical dilemmas & apply ethical theories in an attempt to solve them.
  • Appreciate the ethical basis for the role of confidentiality and be able to appreciate the role of professional guidance.
  • Understand the exceptions to the principle that medical records remain confidential.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the role of confidentiality in the competent child.
  • Appreciate the reality of resource allocation.
  • Understand the relevance of the daly & qaly.
  • Understand the judicial approach towards cases of judicial review.
  • Appreciate the application of the exceptionality criteria.
  • Understand when a duty of care is established between the patient and the medical professional.
  • Appreciate when a breach of duty of care arises.
  • Appreciate the rules of causation / causality.
  • Demonstrate a thorough understanding of medical negligence.
  • Appreciate the importance of consent and identify the key elements.
  • Appreciate the importance of informed consent.
  • Demonstrate some understanding of advance decisions.
  • Appreciate the circumstances in which a minor can consent to medical treatment.
  • Understand the court’s approach to a child’s refusal of medical treatment.
  • Develop an appreciation of the complexities of the issues.
  • Understand the provisions of the turkish population planning act 1983.
  • Understand the legal status of a foetus.
  • Consider whether the body is property and understand the issues surrounding organ donation
  • Understand the difference between euthanasia and assisted suicide.
  • Appreciate the statutory definition of assisted suicide & understand the ethical arguments.
  • Understand issues relating to withholding or withdrawing treatment from a patient in a persistent vegetative state.
  • Conceive medical malpractice as a legal concept and its legal basis within the judicary.
Course Content Medical law and ethics, ethical theories, confidentiality, resource allocation, medical negligence, consent, capacity and information disclosure, consent and the incompetent patient, mental health law, assisted conception, abortion, organ donation, end of life decisions: assisted suicide and euthanasia, DNR and others, medical malpractice.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Introduction to medical law and ethics -
2 Introduction to ethical theories -
3 Confidentiality -
4 Resource allocation -
5 Medical negligence -
6 Consent, capacity and information disclosure -
7 Consent and the incompetent patient -
8 Midterm -
9 Mental health law -
10 Assisted conception -
11 Abortion -
12 Organ donation -
13 End of life decisions (1): Assisted suicide and euthanasia -
14 End of life decisions (2) : DNR and others -
15 Medical Malpractice -
16 Final Exam -

Sources

Course Book 1. Beginning Medical Law. C. Carr, 1st published 2015 by Routledge, NY, ISBN: 978-1-138-01301-8 (hbk)
2. Medical Ethics and Law, A curriculum for the 21st Century. D. Wilkinson, J. Herring, J. Savulescu, 3rd Ed., 2019, eBook ISBN: 9780702075971, Paperback ISBN: 9780702075964
3. Medical Law: A Very Short Introduction. Charles Foster. 1at ed. 2013 by Oxford Univ. ISBN-13: 978-0199660445
4. Tıp ve Sağlık Hukuku El Kitabı. Hakan Hakeri. 2022, Seçkin Yay. Ankara.
5. Hekimin Hukuki ve Cezai Sorumluluğu. Kerem İlgün, 1. Bs. 2021, Seçkin Yay. 2021

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation - -
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments 1 30
Presentation - -
Project - -
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury 1 30
Final Exam/Final Jury 1 40
Toplam 3 100
Percentage of Semester Work 60
Percentage of Final Work 40
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses X
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

# Program Qualifications / Competencies Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 Integrates and utilizes the information, skills, and approaches obtained from basic, clinical, and medical sciences, behavioral sciences, and social sciences when offering healthcare services. X
2 Offers healthcare services to patients with a biopsychosocial approach where the sociodemographic and sociocultural backgrounds of these individuals are taken into consideration, focusing on the universal human values, ethical principles, and professional duties; without exercising discrimination on the basis of language, religion, race, or sex. X
3 Aims to protect, improve, and develop individual and public health when offering healthcare services. X
4 Performs the necessary studies in sustaining and improving health, taking into the individual, public, social, and environmental factors to affect it. X
5 Trains healthy individuals/ patients, their relatives, and other healthcare workers in healthcare upon determining the features, requirements, and expectations of their target audience. X
6 Exercises a safe, rational, and effective approach in the procedures of prevention, diagnosis, treatment, follow-up, and rehabilitation; while offering healthcare services. X
7 Implements interventional and/or non-interventional practices in a way that is safe and effective for patients during the procedures of diagnosis, treatment, follow-up, and rehabilitation. X
8 Offers healthcare services taking into account the health and safety of patients and employees. X
9 Takes the regional and global changes in physical and socioeconomic settings to affect health, as well as the changes in the individual features and behaviors of patients referring to them into account, while offering healthcare. X
10 Takes the good medical practices into account while performing their duties. X
11 Undertakes the tasks and duties within the framework of their professional ethical rules, as well as their legal rights and duties. X
12 Stands for the improvements in the manner in which healthcare services are offered, taking into account the concepts of social reliability and social duty, in an effort to protect and improve individual and public health. X
13 Evaluates the effects of health policies and healthcare practices on public health indicators, and, where required, amends their evaluation on the grounds of scientific and social needs; in an effort to help improve the quality of healthcare services. X
14 Leads their healthcare team while offering healthcare services, in a participative, and collaborative manner. X
15 Establishes positive relationships within their healthcare team; and where needed, easily adapts to various positions among their team. X
16 Exercises effective communication with patients, the relatives of patients, healthcare professionals, and groups from other professions, as well as institutions and organizations. X
17 Plans and conducts scientific studies on the society to which they serve, and use the results of these, or those from other studies, to benefit the society. X
18 Accesses the current literature on their profession, and evaluates them with a critical approach. X
19 Chooses the correct sources of learning to improve the healthcare services that they offer, and regulates their own learning process. X
20 Demonstrates the skills of obtaining and evaluating new information, integrating newer pieces of information with their current ones, as well as adapting to changing conditions throughout their professional life. X

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 16 2 32
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 16 1 16
Presentation/Seminar Prepration
Project
Report
Homework Assignments 2 1 2
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury 1 4 4
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 1 4 4
Total Workload 58