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Why Law and Ethics?

• Legal and Ethical Aspects of Health Care

• Ethical and Legal scrutiny of students and professionals
• Law and Ethics are intertwined
• Both set expected standards of behaviour
• Understanding both will be helpful to you in future
• To help you to think through, in a systematic way, ethical dilemmas you face
• To understand the legal obligations of your future roles
• To advocate for service users

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Purpose of the topic

• Develop strategies for resolving ethical dilemmas and ethical

decision making with a focus on work in the health and social care
sectors
• To assist you to develop an appreciation of the
• legal governance of allied health and community services, and
• professional governance of the ethical conduct of practitioners across a
range of professional areas.
• Introduce legal, ethical and administrative frameworks

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Structure of the topic

• Lectures (one or more weekly) and tutorials (fortnightly)

• Lectures: pre-recorded, published on Canvas. Will be

accompanied by PowerPoint slides.

• Tutorials: face-to-face in your scheduled tutorial session

• Start in week 2 Attending your scheduled tutorial is highly recommended.

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The HLTH3116 Canvas site
• The HLTH3116 Canvas site is in weekly modules
• Each module will have:
• Weekly overview
• Information about learning activities to be completed each week within the
module including recommended readings
• Lecture recording and associated PowerPoint slide
• Assessment information will located in the Assessment Hub/Module

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Readings

• There is no prescribed text for the

subject

• Readings are specified in each week

• Readings available using the Readings
tab in the topic navigation menu.

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Assessment
Assessment Type % of total Consequences for late Hurdle
Brief description NGP marks submission task?*

Oral Presentation Video presentation of a description of No 20 5% per 24-hour period for every No
ethical dilemma and proposed framework day late
for analysis.
Feedback on one peer oral presentation No 10

Essay Using the same ethical dilemma from No 40 5% per 24-hour period for every No
previous assessments provide an ethical day late
analysis to resolve your dilemma.

Report Recognition and analysis of legal No 30 5% per 24-hour period for every No
obligations and professional codes of day late
conduct as a health or social care
practitioner in response to scenarios.

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That’s all folks!!!

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