COURSE SYLLABUS

INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH LAW

1	Course Title:	INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH LAW
2	Course Code:	TTE5006
3	Type of Course:	Compulsory
4	Level of Course:	Second Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	2
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	3
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. MUSTAFA MURAT CİVANER
16	Course Lecturers:	Prof.Dr. M. Murat Civaner
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	mcivaner@gmail.com Tel: 224.295 4272 Adres: Uludağ Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Tıp Tarihi ve Etik AD Görükle, 16059, Bursa
18	Website:	deontoloji.uludag.edu.tr
19	Objective of the Course:	By the end of this course, students will be informed about the rights and responsibilities according to legal regulations, and able to determine the right behaviour when facing with legal actions against them.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	This training will give the student the ability to know the basic regulations related to health law, to access and interpret the necessary regulations, thus taking into account the relevant regulations while making ethical analysis.

Learning Outcomes:

1	- comprehend the basic concepts and approaches of Law as a discipline;
2	- describe physicians’ compensation liabilities ;
3	- describe physicians’ criminal liabilities ;
4	- describe physicians’ governmental / administrative liabilities ;
5	- define the coverage and content of Health Law;
6	- explain the rights and liabilities of healthcare providers, and patients and the society in general;
7	- describe the terms “malpractice”, “healthcare-caused harm”, “complication”, “medical error” etc, their meanings, and explanatory models for their development - comprehend the viewpoint of related legal arrangements ;
8	- define legal, criminal, and administrative trial mechanisms and sanctions.;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Introduction to Law / Basic concepts – I
2	Introduction to Law / Basic concepts – II
3	Introduction to Law / General principles – I
4	Introduction to Law / General principles – II
5	Introduction to Law / Crime and Punishment
6	Physician’s responsilibity – I
7	Physician’s responsilibity – II
8	Legal arrangements in health law
9	The rights of the people accessed to healthcare
10	The rights of healthcare providers
11	Physician’s liabilities derived from contract - I
12	Physician’s liabilities derived from contract - II
13	Healthcare-caused harm
14	Trial of physicians and legal sanctions

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	- Akıntürk T. Hukuka Giriş. Anadolu Üniversitesi yayınları, Eskişehir, 2006. - Güriz A. Hukuk Başlangıcı. Siyasal Kitabevi, Ankara, 2006. - Şenocak Z. Özel Hukukta Hekimin Sorumluluğu, Ankara Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi yayınlar - İpekyüz, FY. Türk Hukukunda Hekimlik Sözleşmesi, İstanbul, 2006. - Aşçıoğlu, Ç. Doktorların Hukuki ve Cezai Sorumluluğu, Ankara, 1982. - Tıp Etiği El Kitabı. (http://www.ttb.org.tr/kutuphane/tip_etigi.pdf) - Disiplin Soruşturması ve Kovuşturmasında Yöntem (http://www.ttb.org.tr/kutuphane/disiplin_sorusturma_09.pdf) - Mevzuat Bilgi Sistemi (http://www.mevzuat.gov.tr/)
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	0	0
Quiz	10	40
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	60
Total	11	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course	Quiz and multiple choice questions
Information

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High