MVP002K Legal Clinic of Medical Law

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2021
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
JUDr. Kateřina Šimáčková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Sandra Pašková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. et Mgr. Matěj Stříteský, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
MUDr. Tereza Vafková (seminar tutor)
JUDr. Zuzana Vikarská, MJur, MPhil, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
JUDr. Zuzana Vikarská, MJur, MPhil, Ph.D.
Department of Constitutional Law and Political Science – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Andrea Špačková, DiS.
Supplier department: Department of Constitutional Law and Political Science – Faculty of Law
Timetable of Seminar Groups
MVP002K/01: Wed 29. 9. 16:00–17:40 148, 18:00–19:40 148, Wed 13. 10. 16:00–17:40 148, 18:00–19:40 148, Wed 27. 10. 16:00–17:40 148, 18:00–19:40 148, Wed 10. 11. 16:00–17:40 148, 18:00–19:40 148, Wed 24. 11. 16:00–17:40 148, 18:00–19:40 148, Wed 8. 12. 16:00–17:40 148, 18:00–19:40 148, S. Pašková, Z. Vikarská
Prerequisites
SOUHLAS
No prerequisites. The course is open also to students from other faculties. The only prerequisite for this course is interest in the field of medical law and willingness to engage actively in the seminars, not only by means of being active in discussions but also by means of "role plays". These are the best method for acquiring skills such as the skill to obtain all the necessary information from the client/patient, or the skill to inform any person in a comprehensible way.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 7/15, only registered: 4/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of this course is to offer students of law faculty and medical faculty some basic information in the area of medical law and ethics.
Learning outcomes
Having taken this course, students should be able to answer the following questions:
- What are the rights of patients and of doctors?
- What are the conditions of medical procedures?
- What is 'lege artis'?
- What is 'informed consent' and how is it given in cases of children, patients without legal capacity or unconscious patients?
- How should one work with medical documentation?
- How to prevent medical disputes? How best to conduct medical disputes in case they cannot be prevented?
Syllabus
  • Students will obtain information about the following issues:
  • - Patients' right to information, doctors' duty of confidentiality
  • - Conditions of medical procedures
  • - Informed consent, lege artis procedures
  • - Liability in medical law: damages, protection of personality, complaints
  • - Financing healthcare: above-standard services, reg. fees
  • - Clinically recomended procedures
  • Students will learn:
  • - How to prevent medical disputes
  • - How best to pursue a medical dispute
  • - How to conduct an interview with a client and a patient
  • - How to answer questions in a legal clinic
  • - How to make comments on draft legislative bills
  • - How to work with medical documentation
  • - How to orientate in legal norms in the area of medical law
Literature
    required literature
  • KOPSA TĚŠINOVÁ, Jolana, Tomáš DOLEŽAL and Radek POLICAR. Medicínské právo. 2. vydání. V Praze: C.H. Beck, 2019, xxxiii, 46. ISBN 9788071793182. info
  • ŠUSTEK, Petr and Tomáš HOLČAPEK. Zdravotnické právo. Vydání první. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2016, 850 stran. ISBN 9788075523211. info
    recommended literature
  • PRUDIL, Lukáš and André DEN EXTER. The Czech Republic: Medical Law. 1st ed. The Netherlands: Kluwer Law International BV, 2019, 70 pp. International Encyclopaedia of Laws. ISBN 978-90-6544-943-6. info
  • HERRING, Jonathan. Medical law and ethics. Sixth edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016, xxxix, 674. ISBN 9780198747659. info
  • MACH, Jan. Medicínské právo - co a jak : praktické rady pro lékaře a zdravotníky. První vydání. Praha: Galén, 2015, 135 stran. ISBN 9788074922183. URL info
  • ČERVENÁ, Kateřina, Zuzana CANDIGLIOTA, Zahumenský DAVID and Kopalová MICHAELA. Jak být pacientem v České republice a zachovat si lidskou důstojnost. 1st ed. Brno: Liga lidských práv, 2010, 191 pp. ISBN 978-80-903473-7-3. URL info
  • CANDIGLIOTA, Zuzana, Kateřina ČERVENÁ, David ZAHUMENSKÝ, Lukáš KŘIVKA and Andrej LOBOTKA. Ochrana práv pacientů (Protection of Patients´ rights). Brno: Liga lidských práv, 2010. Práva v souvislostech. ISBN 978-80-87414-03-3. URL info
  • ČERVENÁ, Kateřina and Michaela KOPALOVÁ. Jak správně poradit pacientům (How to advise patients). Brno: Liga lidských práv, 2009. URL info
Teaching methods
Solving case studies from www.ferovanemocnice.cz
Working with medical documentation
Training of practical skills - interview with a client, commenting on draft legislation
Assessment methods
Regular attendance (with the possibility of one absence), active participation in the seminars, submission of the written tasks.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Studenti lékařské fakulty mohou požádat o zapsání do předmětu i nad limit prostřednictvím tzv. žádosti o výjimku s odůvodněním - viz https://is.muni.cz/auth/napoveda/student/registrace#s_reg_vyjimka
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2012, Spring 2013, Autumn 2013, Spring 2014, Autumn 2014, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019, Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024, Spring 2025.
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