Course Title: Law and Ethics for Health Professionals
Credit Points: 12.00
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
OHTH2163 |
Bundoora Campus |
Undergraduate |
150H Health Sciences |
Face-to-Face |
Sem 1 2014, Sem 1 2015, Sem 1 2016 |
OHTH2163 |
Bundoora Campus |
Undergraduate |
173H School of Health and Biomed |
Face-to-Face |
Sem 1 2017, Sem 1 2019, Sem 1 2020, Sem 1 2022, Sem 1 2023, Sem 1 2024 |
OHTH2163 |
Bundoora Campus |
Undergraduate |
173H School of Health and Biomed |
Internet |
Sem 1 2021 |
Course Coordinator: Marcus McDonald
Course Coordinator Phone: + 61 3 9925
Course Coordinator Email: marcus.mcdonald@rmit.edu.au
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
None
Course Description
Law and Ethics for Health Professionals is a multi-disciplinary one-semester course that will encourage you to critically examine the legal framework that underpins the accountabilities imposed on healthcare practitioners to promote safe patient-centred practice. You will refine your own ethical thinking and develop a deeper understanding of professionally acceptable behaviours appropriate to practice in the Australian primary healthcare system with application to the private sector. This course is designed to contribute to the development of evidence-based approaches to professional practice across streams within the School of Health and Biomedical Sciences
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
This course contributes to the development of evidence-based approaches to professional practice across a number of programs in the School of Health and Biomedical Sciences.
This course contributes to the following Program Learning Outcomes for BP278 Bachelor of Health Science/Bachelor of Applied Science (Chinese Medicine)
This course contributes to the following Program Learning Outcomes for BP279 Bachelor of Health Science/Bachelor of Applied Science (Osteopathy):
This course contributes to the following Program Learning Outcomes for BP280 Bachelor of Health Science/Bachelor of Applied Science (Chiropractic):
This course contributes to the following Program Learning Outcomes for the BP032P04 Bachelor of Nursing Program in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Australia, Registered Nurse Standards for Practice:
(2016) Registered nurse standards for practice. Melbourne, Australia.
On successful completion of this course, you should be able to:
Overview of Learning Activities
This course will use a range of blended learning activities including recorded lectures, online lectorials, readings and self-directed learning. Throughout the course, you will be able to work both independently and in groups to solve problems involving aspects of patient-centred professional practice covered in the course.
Recorded content, online lectorials, and readings are the principal modes of content delivery and will present you with the key concepts and information relevant to the understanding of core content.
Self-Directed Learning: Completion of formative online review activities and summative assessments will enable you to better develop your independent learning skills and will support the material covered in the sessions.
You are encouraged to be proactive and self-directed in your learning, asking questions of your lecturer and/or peers and seeking out information as required, especially from the numerous sources available through the RMIT library, and through links and material specific to this course that is available through myRMIT Studies Course.
Overview of Learning Resources
RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through myRMIT Studies Course.
There are services available to support your learning through the University Library. The Library provides guides on academic referencing and subject specialist help as well as a range of study support services. For further information, please visit the Library page on the RMIT University website and the myRMIT student portal.
Overview of Assessment
Assessment Tasks
Assessment Task 1: Assignment
Weighting 35%
This assessment task supports CLO 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5
Assessment Task 2: Assignment
Weighting 50%
This assessment task supports CLOs 2, 3 & 5
Assessment Task 3: Invigilated online quiz
Weighting 15%
This assessment task supports CLO 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5
If you have a long-term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.