Postgraduate MUR-SHP510-2023
Bioethics and Law for Health Care Leadership
Become a true leader with studies in decision making. Consider decisions from every angle – including the ethics and legalities behind them, how they are justified, and when they need review. Learn to lead with a collaborative approach.
$1,965 $2,215
Your upfront cost: $0
Duration
15 weeks
Study method
100% Online
Available loans
- FEE-HELP
Assessments
100% online
Prior study
Not required
Start dates
- 31 Jul 2023
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Subject details
On successful completion of the subject you will be able to:
- Interpret the professional values that influence your professional practice and contribute to legal and ethical decision-making
- Reflect in practice in a professional role, the responsibilities regarding legal and ethical decision-making
- Analyse how educational, contextual, political and economic factors may influence legal and ethical decision-making within health care
- Communicate knowledge of clients’ rights, and the right of competent clients to be active participants in decision-making about their care, and how this may be achieved
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- A week-by-week guide to the topics you will explore in this subject will be provided in your study materials.
Equivalent subjects
You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:
- MUR-SHP510U-Bioethics and Law for Health Care Leadership (No longer available)
Others
Enrolment in a Graduate degree.
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
This subject will prepare you to take a leadership role in the workplace that allows collaboration in ethical decision-making. The focus is on recognising actual and potential ethico-legal dilemmas in professional practice, and how decisions are made, justified and reviewed. A conceptual framework will be used to explore the decision making process while examining actual and perceived roles, professional values, and communication and collaboration practices when decisions with an ethical and/or legal dimension have to be made.
Please Note: All students studying at Murdoch University will need to complete the compulsory unit, Murdoch Academic Passport (MAP100), which only takes 2-3 hours to complete online. Find out more: http://goto.murdoch.edu.au/MurdochAcademicPassport.
The assessment component of this subject includes: (i) Case study analysis involving peer discussion of the two cases on LMS with a final write up for each case study (30%) (ii) Ethical problem solving essay (40%) (iii) Contributions to online discussion topics (30%) Written feedback will be provided on the first three assessments to facilitate student learning and the achievement of unit outcomes.
- Online Discussion (30%)
- Ethical problem solving essay (40%)
- Analysis (30%)
For textbook details check your university's handbook, website or learning management system (LMS).