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Introduction to Health and Medical Law 

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Introduction to Health and Medical Law
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Overview

Duration

4 weeks

Total fee

2,763

Mode of learning

Online

Credential

Certificate

Introduction to Health and Medical Law
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Introduction to Health and Medical Law
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Highlights

  • Weekly study 3 hours
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Introduction to Health and Medical Law
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Course details

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

Introduction to Health and Medical Law
 at 
FutureLearn 
Curriculum

Introduction to Law for Health Professionals

Getting started

Health Law Basics

Registration and regulation of health professionals

Law and ethics

Weekly feedback from the educators

Privacy laws in healthcare

Privacy and Confidentiality

Health data governance

Legal action relating to privacy and confidentiality

Feedback from the educators

Medical malpractice

Medical malpractice

Intentional torts

Medical litigation

Feedback from the educators

Health and safety for health professionals

Workplace health and safety

Well-being and mental health for health professionals

Resilience for health professionals

Wrapping up

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