Medical Law and Ethics - BHL0124

Assessment 1: Other

Activities providing opportunities for formative assessment will generally be integrated into the teaching and learning process and apply to all components of summative assessment.  The nature of the formative assessment tasks used will be at the discretion of the tutor, to include for example, workshop exercises, quizzes, group discussions.

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Assessment 1: Written Assignment

Written Assignment

This module takes an interdisciplinary and comparative approach to medical law and ethics.  It considers a range of contemporary issues where medicine, ethics and the law intersect, including a selection of the following: the regulation of professional negligence, informed consent, abortion, end of life decision-making (including assisted dying and non-treatment decisions), advance decision-making, foetal protection policies and embryo research.  Consideration of how the same legal problems have been resolved in different jurisdictions can help both in the critical comprehension of the issues of medical ethics and the law within England and Wales, but also in the development of a critical ability to discover the best possible way of reforming the law. 
Diverse delivery models and use of technology will enhance the student learning experience and inclusivity.  Lectures will be used to introduce students to the key debates and themes in the research literature at a high level appropriate to level 3 students.  Seminars will be used to discuss the key issues and will encourage a high level of participation from all the students by discussing previously circulated questions.  They will incorporate an element of peer-to-peer learning, allowing students to become conversant with the main theories in the literature and to share that knowledge with their peers whilst practicing their presentation and critical analysis skills, core transferable skills that address the employability agenda.

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BHL0124 - Medical Law and Ethics

Medical Law and Ethics

Effectively communicate tailored solutions to problems, arguments and analysis in a variety of forms within the context of medical law.

Apply sustained critique of potential arguments, develop novel conclusions and identify synthesis and problem areas.

Demonstrate a sustained analysis of potential arguments identifying synthesis and problem areas and reaching clearly developed and pertinent conclusions.

Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the specialist legal principles of medical law, within relevant aspects of their social, institutional and cultural contexts.

Demonstrate an ability to critically evaluate and apply theoretical concepts, principles and rules of medical law to complex legal problems and scenarios.

Demonstrate an ability to select, evaluate, critically analyse and use a wide range of appropriate and novel primary and secondary legal materials, with accurate legal referencing. 