OT4003 - Health Law and Ethics, Reflective Practice
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
| Administered by: | College of Healthcare Sciences |
This subject will identify legislative and ethical requirements for health professionals service delivery in the community and institutional setting. Rural, remote, urban and metropolitan situations will be explored using a variety of techniques to enable reflective practice and clinical reasoning to be demonstrated. The rights and responsibilities of the individual, service provider and society at large will be explored in relation to cultural and ethnic belief systems in a multicultural society such as Australia. Students will participate in the development of core skills for professional competence i.e. effective communication, appreciation of clinical and ethical reasoning, reflective practice, critical thinking and professional practice.
Learning Outcomes
- apply clinical reasoning to conceptual thinking and reflective practice;
- demonstrate effective communication skills;
- demonstrate knowledge of relevant government legislation effecting all areas of health professional practice;
- demonstrate personal growth in legal and ethical decision making for professional service delivery in a multicultural society whether urban or rural and remote;
- identify ethical issues and apply ethical theories and professional guidelines to clinical reasoning for health professional service delivery.
| Prerequisites: | Students must have completed all third year subjects |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | PS4003 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Block, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 25-Aug-2016 | |
| Face to face teaching (on campus) | |
| Coord/Lect: | Mr Daniel Lowrie. |
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| Assessment: | other exams (40%); facilitation of workshop activities 20%; ethical review of case study 40%; (60%). |
| Special Assessment Requirements: | 80% attendance and participation in subject - pass/fail |
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