CH8110:Health Care Ethics

Lecture hours: 1
Lab hours: 0
Hours: 15
Credit hours: 1

Description:

This hybrid course provides the student with an opportunity to learn both the basic principles of health care ethics and the application of the ethics of care. The principles of professionalism, professional responsibilities, patient communication, boundary setting and optimal behaviors are featured.

Weekly on-line references and readings accompanied by in-class quizzes and written assignments develop course content which is then applied to several Standardized Patient encounters in the assessment center. Emphases are placed on the doctor-patient relationship, prevention of sexual misconduct and fraud in the chiropractic profession.

PREREQUISITE: Classification as Trimester 5 or higher

Course Syllabus