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Introduction to Health and Medical Law

Explore important health law fundamentals, including ethics, record keeping, workplace safety, and malpractice with this online course from the College of Law.

Duration

4 weeks

Weekly study

3 hours

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Understand and apply core health and medical law concepts

A working knowledge of medical law is essential for every health professional, support staff member, and legal practitioner interested in taking on health law cases.

This four-week course will give you a good introduction to the legal rights and responsibilities of healthcare practitioners, and of their patients and clients.

Get a firm grasp on important medical law fundamentals

The course is divided into four easily accessible modules, which lay out the material clearly and make it simple to understand.

You’ll learn about health professionals’ regulations and requirements, patients’ privacy laws, the processes involved in medical malpractice, and the health and safety legal rights and responsibilities of the working health professional.

Learn health law in an environment that suits all students

Healthcare and legal practitioners alike will benefit from this course, and the flexible structure of online learning combined with excellent support from the College of Law make it ideal for busy working professionals. The subjects are all presented by leaders in the field and will engage you from the moment you start.

Take the next step in your legal or health professional career

With this course, you’ll be able to take your legal or healthcare role to the next level. If you’re looking to advance in your profession, and reap all the rewards that come with that, this is perfect for you

Week 1
Introduction to Law for Health Professionals
- Getting started
  Meet our educators and see what this course has to offer.
- Health Law Basics
  How does the law apply to healthcare and healthcare workers?
- Registration and regulation of health professionals
  What are the requirements for registration, and who are the bodies that oversee regulation of the industry in Australia and across the world?
- Law and ethics
  Explore ethical considerations for health professionals
- Weekly feedback from the educators
  See James and Raphael's feedback on various issues and questions that have arisen from discussions throughout the week.
Week 2
Privacy laws in healthcare
- Privacy and Confidentiality
  Gain a firm understanding of your data privacy responsibilities under the law.
- Health data governance
  Explore the process of managing the availability, usability, integrity and security of the data in enterprise systems.
- Legal action relating to privacy and confidentiality
  Understand how legal action may be relevant to a health professional
- Feedback from the educators
  Let's review what we've studied this week
Week 3
Medical malpractice
- Medical malpractice
  What is the definition of malpractice and how is it measured and applied in court?
- Intentional torts
  How to respond to incidents of intentional abuse or harm within a healthcare context
- Medical litigation
  Let's go to court!
- Feedback from the educators
  See James and Raphael's feedback on various issues and questions that have arisen from discussions throughout the week.
Week 4
Health and safety for health professionals
- Workplace health and safety
  Understand the workplace health and safety legal duties concerning health professionals.
- Well-being and mental health for health professionals
  Mental health problems are common within health professions, what are the legal frameworks to deal with this and ensure issues are diagnosed and supported effectively.
- Resilience for health professionals
  How can we build resilience for health professionals?
- Wrapping up
  Look back at our 4 weeks of learning and complete the final quiz and reflection.