NUR-40122 - Module Specification
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25

Available as a Free Standing Elective

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

NUR-30152

Description for 2024/25

This module is suitable for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals who wish to acquire an introduction to healthcare ethics and law.
The module focuses on the fundamental aspects ethical issues and the underpinning legal statures that support our professional practice. You will also have enhanced your ability to think critically about this speciality and develop your reasoning skills.

The module will facilitate you to critically analyse, explore and debate ethical and legal concepts, issues and theories relating to health and social care. It will provide knowledge and understanding of ethical and medico-legal theories, and the skills needed to apply them to real-world scenarios in a diverse range of healthcare contexts.

Intended Learning Outcomes

Critically examine ethical issues related to health care practice, critically analysing different approaches to ethical theory, values and reasoning that inform decisions in healthcare practice, policy, and law: 2
Critically appraise and apply the legal framework (statutes and case law) relevant to the jurisdiction that applies to health care practice: 1
Critically analyse the rights and responsibilities of health care professionals and patients as the consumers of healthcare, acknowledging the importance of considering the patient¿s dignity and perspective is critical to all clinical encounters: 1
Critically analyse and examine personal professional practice in relation to healthcare ethics and law: 1

Study hours

F3- Active Learning hours: Lead lectures, seminars, problem-based learning (40 hours), group tutorials, group work, (10 hours) reflective sessions on learning, personal tutorials and group tutorial for assessment preparation (10 hours) asynchronous activities : (30 hours) = 90 hours
F4-Independent study = 60 hours

School Rules

Available to health care professionals registered with their appropriate statutory body, eg. Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)

Description of Module Assessment