LF:BFPZ051 Law in Medicine - Course Information

BFPZ051 Law in Medicine

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Jaroslav Divoký (lecturer)
Mgr. Bc. Michal Koščík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. MUDr. Bc. Zuzana Derflerová Brázdová, DrSc. (assistant)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Bc. Michal Koščík, Ph.D.
Department of Public Health – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Supplier department: Department of Public Health – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine

Timetable

Tue 18. 9. 16:00–17:40 B22/116 aula, Tue 25. 9. 16:00–17:40 B22/116 aula, Tue 2. 10. 16:00–17:40 B22/116 aula, Tue 9. 10. 16:00–17:40 B22/116 aula, Tue 16. 10. 16:00–17:40 B22/116 aula, Tue 23. 10. 16:00–17:40 B22/116 aula, Tue 30. 10. 16:00–17:40 B22/116 aula, Tue 6. 11. 16:00–17:40 B22/116 aula, Tue 13. 11. 16:00–17:40 B22/116 aula, Tue 20. 11. 16:00–17:40 B22/116 aula

Prerequisites

BKPF031 Clin.Physiology general
The subject has no prerequisites and builds upon the knowledge from previous courses on public health.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Physiotherapy (programme LF, B-SZ)

Course objectives

The main objective of the subject is to make student familiar with the with legal regulation on the provision of health services and the performance of the medical professions. The second goal is to acquaint the student with the role of selected public authorities in the field of health care and public health insurance.

Learning outcomes

After the completing of the subject, the student knows: - patient's rights - the issues covered by the Law on Health Services - the roles and competences of respective public institutions active in the health sector - the most important labor law rules

Syllabus

• 1. The system of law in the Czech Republic, the method of regulation of health care, the most important legal regulations from the point of view of a medical practitioner. Searching for up-to-date information and legal standards 2. Act on Health Services - Systematic and Relationship to Other Legal Standards, Act on Specific Health Services - Systematic 3. Patient's Rights, Rights of Specially Protected Patients - Children and the Disabled, Patient and Patient Relationship at Contract Level, Patient Rights for Specific Health Services 4. Informed consent, disagreement with the provision of health services, reversal, refusal to provide health care by the provider and the health care professional 5. Confidentiality, privacy, handling of personal data, communication with relatives and close persons, rules of communication with public authorities in questions about patient information 6. Legal liability in healthcare 7. Performance of public administration in the field of health. Competencies of individual public authorities and self-governing institutions. 8. Financing of health care and health insurance issues. Claims of the insured 9. The role of the health service provider, prerequisites for the provision of health services, the obligations of the provider. Provider's contractual relationships. 10. Performance of regulated professions, legislation and qualifications. 11. Labor law, shift scheduling, Health and safety standards

Literature

recommended literature
• ŠUSTEK, Petr and Tomáš HOLČAPEK. Zdravotnické právo. Vydání první. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2016, 850 stran. ISBN 9788075523211. info

Teaching methods

lecture

Assessment methods

The course is concluded on the basis of a written test

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 30.

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