Course

(40 Hours)

1. Medical ethics -History of medical ethics- Definition – Goal – Scope
2. The Hippocratic Oath and its relevance to AHS profession
3. Introduction to Code of conduct
4. Understanding life and death
5. Patient’s access to medical care-with focus on equity, equality and bias
6. The healthcare provider’s responsibility to oneself, to the patients and to the society
7. Basic principles of medical ethics – Confidentiality
8. Malpractice and negligence – Rational and irrational drug therapy
9. Autonomy and informed consent – Right of patients
10. Care of the terminally ill- Euthanasia
11. Organ transplantation
12. Medico legal aspects of medical records – Medico legal case and type-
13. Records and document related to MLC – ownership of medical records –
14. Confidentiality Privilege communication – Release of medical information -Unauthorized disclosure – retention of medical records – other various
15. aspects
16. Professional Indemnity insurance policy
17. Development of standardized protocol to avoid near miss or sentinel events
18. Obtaining an informed consent.
19. Medico-legal Aspects its relation to consumer Protection act
20. Ethics and Laws Governing mental health, pre-natal diagnostics, contraceptions, end of life care, euthanasia, HIV, genetic testing and counseling, surrogacy, organ transplantation

Practical:

Group discussions and presentations on different issues discussed in theory

classes-taking case examples from hospitals where the associates are trained

and also from media