Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Current Issues in the Protection of Rights of Medical Staff and Patients
Course Code
JF_091
Branch of Science
Law
ECTS
3.00
Target Audience
Juridical Science
LQF
Level 7
Study Type And Form
Full-Time
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Laura Šāberte
Structure Unit Manager
Ieva Puzo
Structural Unit
Faculty of Social Sciences
Contacts
Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf@rsu.lv
About Study Course
Objective
To provide master students with knowledge on current issues in healthcare, on challenges in the rights of practitioners and patients. To promote understanding of the practice of implementing the rights of healthcare professionals and patients. To develop the ability to identify problems, challenges and solutions through independent work and to foster an interest in medical law.
Preliminary Knowledge
Civil Law and Civil Procedure, Administrative Law and Administrative Process, Criminal Law and Criminal Process, Human Rights. Recommended: Patients’ Rights, Social Law, Law in Medicine, and Health Care Organisation Rights.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.As a result of completing the course, students will have a basic knowledge of current legal issues in the health sector and the legislation governing the rights of medical staff and patients. Students will be able to use the acquired knowledge as a basis for further research in law studies. Also, as a result of completing the study course, students will be able to incorporate and compile knowledge of different branches of law in the field of health and medical law, as well as to contribute to the creation of new knowledge, research, and professional activities. Students will be able to demonstrate understanding, knowledge, and skills in the field and the impact thereof on processes in society and on different groups in society.
Skills
1.As a result of the study course, students will be able to identify problems of legal nature in the health sector, in the activities of medical practitioners and to find solutions. As a result of the course, students will have acquired the problem-solving skills necessary for research to generate new knowledge on uncertain issues. They will be able to analyse, argue and debate a variety of complex issues in the field of health and medical law with both professionals and lay members.
Competences
1.Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to independently analyse legal issues in the health sector. Students will be able to independently obtain, select, and analyse the necessary information and sources of law for theoretical and practical analysis and research on a particular legal issue. Students will be able to analyse socially legal processes in a creative and constructive manner, to debate using logical and well-grounded arguments, as well as to use knowledge of various fields to solve problems and find solutions legally and responsibly.
Assessment
Individual work
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A more detailed bibliography, problematic issues, assignments or cases will be provided before each class or lecture.
During the study course, students have to write a paper on some of the most pressing problems in the health sector. The minimum volume of the paper shall be 1500 words. The student’s ability to identify a current problem, apply the knowledge gained in their work, as well as to analyse the selected problem using different types of sources will be assessed.
In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal.
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Examination
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During the study course, the students must prepare an essay on one of the current problems in the health sector. The volume of written work is a minimum of 1500 words.
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Attendance of lectures and classes is a must. The student will not be admitted to the final examination if the lectures and classes are not attended and summaries of the missed lectures and classes are not submitted, if the independent written paper is not duly submitted in the e-study environment.
According to the RSU Academic Regulations I.
The final grade is made up of the following components:
- The mark for the written work is 50% of the final mark.
- The examination is 50% of the final mark.
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Introduction – current issues in the health sector.
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The right of the medical practitioner and the patient to freedom of thought, conscience and religion: current issues and legal challenges.
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A simulation-based educational approach to practitioner and patient safety as a basis for early prevention of problems in the health sector
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A simulation-based educational approach to practitioner and patient safety as a basis for early prevention of problems in the health sector
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Public procurement in the health sector: current issues and legal challenges
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Artificial intelligence and new technologies in healthcare: privacy and GDPR challenges in the health sector. Patient representation in the context of health data processing.
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Protecting the rights and legal interests of the healthcare professional and the patient: current issues and legal challe
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Protecting the rights and legal interests of the healthcare professional and the patient: current issues and legal challe
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Simulations: lawyer involvement in legal conflict resolution in healthcare
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
20 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam (Written)
Bibliography
Required Reading
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Ārstniecības likums
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Pacientu tiesību likums
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Medicīnas tiesības. Autoru kolektīvs S.Ašnevicas-Slokenbergas zin.red. Tiesu namu aģentūra. Rīga, 2015
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Pacientu tiesību likuma komentāri. Autoru kolektīvs S.Slokenbergas zin.red. Latvijas Vēstnesis. Rīga, 2019
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Autoru kolektīvs. 2022. Medicīnas tiesības. Otrais papildinātais izdevums. Mācību grāmata. S. Slokenbergas un S. Olsenas zinātniskajā redakcijā. Rīga: Tiesu namu aģentūra.
Additional Reading
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Eiropas Padomes (EP) Cilvēktiesību un pamatbrīvību aizsardzības konvencija
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Latvijas Republikas Satversme: LR likums. Latvijas Vēstnesis, 1993, Nr. 43.
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Fizisko personu datu apstrādes likums
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Eiropas Cilvēktiesību tiesas judikatūra: www.hudoc.echr.coe.int
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Apvienoto Nāciju Organizācija. Starptautiskais pakts par pilsoņu un politiskajām tiesībām.
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Eiropas Parlamenta un Padomes Regula (ES) 2016/679 (2016. gada 27. aprīlis) par fizisku personu aizsardzību attiecībā uz personas datu apstrādi un šādu datu brīvu apriti un ar ko atceļ Direktīvu 95/46/EK (Vispārīgā datu aizsardzības regula).
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Publisko iepirkumu likums
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Šāberte, L. 2017. Ārstniecības personas tiesības uz reliģiskās pārliecības brīvību un to īstenošana, sniedzot veselības aprūpes pakalpojumus Latvijā: konstitucionālās aizsardzības ietvars, 105. Socrates: Rīgas Stradiņa universitātes Juridiskās fakultātes elektroniskais juridisko zinātnisko rakstu žurnāls. Rīga: RSU, 2017, 2 (8). Iegūts no: https://dspace.rsu.lv/jspui/handle/123456789/1040
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Šāberte, L. Vai ārsts slimnīcā ir Dievs? Jurista Vārds. 29.05.2018. 22 (1028), 22–26. Iegūts no: https://juristavards.lv/doc/272789-vai-arsts-slimnica-ir-dievs/
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Šāberte, L. 2021. Pacienta tiesības saņemt pārrobežu veselības aprūpes pakalpojumu, ja pacienta piederības dalībvalstī ir pieejama efektīva stacionārā ārstēšana, taču izmantotā ārstēšanas metode neatbilst pacienta reliģiskajai pārliecībai, 162. Socrates: Rīgas Stradiņa universitātes Juridiskās fakultātes elektroniskais juridisko zinātnisko rakstu žurnāls, Rīga: RSU, 2021, 2 (20), 160–187. ISSN: 2256 – 0548, 162. Iegūts no: https://doi.org/10.25143/socr.20.2021.2.160-187.
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Šāberte, L., Tarasova, D., Palkova, K. 2021. Ārstniecības personas tiesības paust savu reliģisko pārliecību darba tiesiskajās attiecībās, 191. Socrates: Rīgas Stradiņa universitātes Juridiskās fakultātes elektroniskais juridisko zinātnisko rakstu žurnāls. 2021. Rīga: RSU, 2 (20). Iegūts no: https://doi.org/10.25143/socr.20.2021.2.188-211
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Broks, E. Pacientu prioritizēšanas tiesiskie aspekti nacionālajā tiesību sistēmā. 27. APRĪLIS 2021 /NR. 17/18 (1179/1180).
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Madara Blumberga, Nora Jansone-Ratinika, Evita Grigoroviča, Raimonds Strods, Andreta Slavinska, Māris Brants. Simulated Hospital for Medical Students as an Essential Step Towards Guality in Clinical Work and Patient Safety
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Al-Elq AH. Simulation-based medical teaching and learning. J Family Community Med. 2010 Jan;17(1):35-40. doi: 10.4103/1319-1683.68787. PMID: 22022669; PMCID: PMC3195067.
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Ayaz O, Ismail FW. Healthcare Simulation: A Key to the Future of Medical Education – A Review. Adv Med Educ Pract. 2022;13:301-308 https://doi.org/10.2147/AMEP.S353777
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Slokenberga, S. 2022. Jaunas ēras sākums pacientu tiesību aizsardzībā. Jurista Vārds. 09.08.2022. 32 (1246). Iegūts no: https://juristavards.lv/doc/281755-jaunas-eras-sakums-pacientu-tiesibu-aizsardziba/