Clinical Studies – Ethics/Humanities/Health Law Foundations Course

Course Outline

Fall 2002

 

Instructors:  Andrew Latus, Community Health 2835, 777-6720, alatus@mun.ca

John Crellin, Health Sciences Library 1630, 777-6592, jcrellin@mun.ca

Barbara Barrowman, barb.peter@thezone.net

 

Texts: Ethics/Humanities/Health Law Foundations 2002-2003 (provided)

Doing Right: A Practical Guide to Ethics for Medical Trainees and Physicians, Philip C. Hebert, Oxford University Press, 1995. (available at the bookstore)

 

Evaluation:  See separate handout

 

Course Schedule

 

Date/Time           Topic                                                                       Assigned Reading

 

Wed, Aug 28         General Intro to E/H                                                 

10:00-10:50                                                                                           

                                                                                                            

Thurs, Aug 29       Physician as a Professional                                     E/H/HL Foundations

10:00-10:50            Professional Codes—Is the Hippocratic Oath              Sections 1-3

                            Enough?                                                                   

 

Fri, Aug 30            Physician as Moral Decision Maker                        E/H/HL Foundations  

10:00-10:50            Small Group Discussion—"Playing God"                      Section 7

 

11:00-11:50            Introduction to Ethical Theory and Moral                     E/H/HL Foundations

                            Decision Making                                                        Section 4-5

 

Fri, Sept 6             Introduction to Health Law                                                

10:00-10:50

 

Mon. Sept 9          Physician as Moral Decision Maker                        E/H/HL Foundations

10:00-10:50            Introduction to Ethical Theory and Moral                     Section 6; Doing Right

                            Decision Making Continued                                        Chapter 1

 

Thurs, Sept 26       Physician as Communicator/                                    Doing Right Chapter 3

                            Moral Decision Maker                                                                   

11:00-11:40            Small Group—Follow-up CS Case 1,

                            related cases, and E/H readings

11:45-12:20            Plenary discussion—Confidentiality


Mon, Oct 7           Physician as Communicator

10:00-10:50           Public Expectations of the Medical Doctor                 

                            Guest Speaker: Jeff Blackwood                                                

 

Thurs, Oct 17        Physician as Communicator                                     

10:00-10:50            Small Group Discussion                                                


Thurs. Oct. 25        Group Discussion:  Strikes & Professionalism
3:00-3:50                                              

 

Mon,  Oct 28         Physician as Communicator                                       Doing Right Chapters 5 & 6

10:00-11:00            Informed Consent and Due Care                                            

 

Thurs, Oct 31        Physician as Healer

11:00-11:50            Some Historical Perspectives                                                

                           

Mon, Nov 4           Physician as Healer                                                

10:00-10:50            Spirituality and Patient Care

                            Native Spirituality

 

Thurs, Nov 14       Physician as Clinical Decision Maker                     Doing Right Chapter 2

11:00-11:40            Autonomy and Paternalism

                            Small Group Case Discussion

11:45-12:20            Plenary Session

 

Thurs, Nov 21       Physician as Clinical Decision Maker

10:00-10:50            Ethical Decision Making with the

                            Difficult Patient (Mental Health Issues)

                            Small Group Discussion

 

Thurs, Nov 28       Physician as Person/Scientist/                                  E/H/HL Foundations

                            Technologist                                                             Section 10

11:00-11:50            Medical Technology

 


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