Introduction to Health and Medical Law (JF_489)
About Study Course
Objective
To introduce students to the issues of health and medical law, giving the basics of the legal regulations in particular field as well as giving both theoretical and practical understanding of the field.
Prerequisites
Administrative law, Criminal law
Learning outcomes
Students will have basic knowledge of current legal issues in the field of Health and medical law. Students will be able to use the acquired knowledge as a basis for further research in law studies or in health care practice. Students will be able to incorporate and summarize knowledge of different branches of law in the field of health and medical law, as well as contribute to the creation of new knowledge, research and professional activities.
As a result of the study students are able to identify legal problems in the field of legal relationships between a patient and medical practitioners, as well as in health law field. Students are able to apply the relevant legal norms in solving specific legal situations, prepare procedural documents, analyze problematic issues and give them independent and motivated assessment, propose a solution of the situation. Know what kind of legal regulations regulates patients 'rights and obligations, what is the mechanism for protecting patients' rights.
Students are able independently analyze and identify problem areas in the field of health and medical law. May apply current sources of law in the field of health and medical law, independently obtain, select and analyze the necessary information on a specific legal issue, as well as carry out theoretical and practical analysis and research. Students are able to apply knowledge and skills in professional activities, independently improve their qualification, to analyze legal information on health and medical law, to make proposals for improvement of legal regulation, to identify and analyze current issues in the particular field.
