COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LAWFUL RESPONSIBILITY OF HEALTH PROFESSIONAL

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ACS 2003 LAWFUL RESPONSIBILITY OF HEALTH PROFESSIONAL ELECTIVE 1 0 0 2

Offered By

First And Emergency Aid

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AYLA AÇIKGÖZ

Offered to

First And Emergency Aid

Course Objective

It is aimed to increase the responsibility and knowledge level of health technicians in health services about health legislation and to have information about the legal situations they will encounter while performing health services in their professional life.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To define ethical principles
2   To follow health legislation and current developments in the field of health in our country
3   To define their own rights and responsibilities
4   To explain patients' rights
5   To inference about the results of possible errors made while performing service

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction; acquaintance, presentation of learning objectives of the course
2 The right to health
3 Law, regulation, legislation. With health services relevant legislation
4 Rights and responsibilities of civil servant
5 Disciplinary offenses and investigation
6 Criminal responsibility of health workers
7 Legal responsibilities of health workers
8 Compensation responsibilities
9 Informed consent
10 Patient rights
11 Responsibility for the violation of patients' rights
12 Medical malpractice;case examples

Recomended or Required Reading

Aykın AC, Çınarlı S. Sağlık Personelinin Hukuki Sorumluluğu. Seçki Yayıncılık 2016.
Hekimlik Meslek Etiği Kuralları (Principles Of Medical Ethics), Türk Tabipler Birliği Yayınları, 2012
Hasta Hakları Yönetmeliği (Patients' Rights Directive)
Yataklı Tedavi Kurumları Yönetmeliği (Directive of Inpatient Treatment Institutions)
Other health legislation
Presentations Course Notes

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture presentations, interactive question-answer, case discussions.

Assessment Methods

To be announced!


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Midterm exam grade: 40% + Final/Make-up exam grade: 60%. End of term success grade must be 60 and above

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The course is conducted and evaluated within the framework of SHMYO Teaching and
Examination Principles.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Doç. Dr. Ayla AÇIKGÖZ
ayla.acikgoz@deu.edu.tr
0232 4124738

Office Hours

SHMYO: Wednesday: 13:00-13:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 1 12
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 48

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.145
LO.245
LO.345
LO.445
LO.545