IDE 45020 - Legal Issues in Healthcare

Cr Hrs: 6
Session Length: 4 weeks

This is a face to face clinical rotation receiving 6 credit hours. This elective prepares students to meet the legal challenges that will face them in the practice of medicine. Using a team-based, case study method, the students will be able to identify, describe, and apply basic legal/medical principles, including the physician-patient relationship, consent, confidentiality, medical records, competency, surrogate decision-makers, reporting communicable diseases, advance directives and other end-of-life documents, liability and risk management, the legal issues of mental health, the business side of medicine, and prescribing practices. The method of instruction relies heavily on team-based learning principles, but includes interactive lectures and group discussion. Objectives: Students will be able to (1) identify basic legal/medical issues that may arise in the care and treatment of patients; (2) describe the legal /ethical consequences of failing to conform to accepted standards of practice; (3) improve risk management techniques employed in their practice; and (4) minimize the potential for lawsuits and/or disciplinary actions filed against them. Attendance is required for this elective, and if a student knows in advance that he or she cannot attend all class periods, enrollment in the elective is discouraged. Please note block 11 will be in person in Memphis while other blocks will be offered virtually. Course can also be offered remotely (East campuses) during any block but the student must reach out to Professor Schwab for approval. The remote option requires at least 3 students in order to have one team.

Grade Mode: Standard
Max per section: 20
Instructional Method: Clinical-Elective

Location offered: Memphis
Hospital: Not Applicable
Prerequisites: Completion of 5 CORE Clerkships
Term offered: Spring

Fall - Instructor of Record: Carol Schwab - cschwab@uthsc.edu - 901-448-2201

Spring - Instructor of Record: Carol Schwab - cschwab@uthsc.edu - 901-448-2201

Prior Authorization: No prior authorization is required, except if class size maximum has been reached
Blocks Not Offered: 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 1, and 3
Off-cycle timing allowed: No
Deadline for Excused Absence: Thirty days before start of elective/rotation
Deadline for Cancellation: Thirty days before start of elective/rotation
Overnight Call and/or Float: No
Time off for interviews: No