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Online Continuing Professional Development Courses in Ethics and Law

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Message from the Course Director

Rebecca Bennett

I am delighted to be able to offer these short online courses that are developed with busy professionals in mind. These courses have been developed by the leading Centre in Healtcare Ethics and Law in Europe and provide stimulating and focused CPD education in this area.

What people are saying about these online courses

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Medical Decision-Making: Ethics and Law student Dr Louise Turnball: “I have thoroughly enjoyed this course. It has given me a good grounding in the basics of medical ethics and law. The content is interesting and written in a clear and concise manner. Being an online course I can pick it up and put it down whenever convenient and having a short online quiz at the end of each section is brilliant to test my recall.  Having no essays to write made this course possible for me as I generally have a very busy schedule already!”

 

 

Introduction

Introduction

These courses are designed to replace traditional CPD ‘study days’ with targeted electronic courses that can be completed at the convenience of participants from any internet enabled computer. This allows healthcare professionals to maintain their continuing professional development using innovative and stimulating material of the highest quality in a flexible way that fits easily around other commitments. These courses have a number of advantages of other CPD courses in this area:

  • You can study when suits you and from home.
  • You get plenty of time to do the online courses and so can spread your study over weeks and months.
  • You can complete the courses quickly online without the need to visit a library or consult any other material.
  • If you wish to follow up any of the work that you do on these courses you will have full library access (including e-journals) while working on these courses.
  • The courses are developed by leading academics in this field from one of the most prestigious Centres and Institutes in the world.
  • The courses are easily accessible and require no prior knowledge.
  • The courses are targeted at healthcare professionals but also open to non-healthcare professionals with an interest in these areas.
  • 10% discount for Alumni of University of Manchester
  • Substantial discounts available for block booking

For more information contact Dr Rebecca Bennett or use the navigation bar on the left hand side of this page.

 

Decision making

Medical Decision-Making: Ethics and Law (approximately 32 online study hours)

This package of courses is available now and covers all aspects of medical and healthcare decision-making including:

  • Introduction to ethics and law
  • Introduction to law and legal research
  • The moral and legal importance of the principle of respect for individual autonomy
  • The importance of obtaining valid legal consent
  • How much information is enough?
  • Mental Capacity, competence and consent
  • Refusal and withdrawal of treatment.
  • Treating children and adolescents
  • Confidentiality

This course is suitable for all healthcare professionals and others with an interest in this area and requires no previous training but provides a focused and engaging exploration of these issues will full access to all the University resources including online journals and databases. This package has now been accredited by the Royal College of Physicians (10 DL hours) and the Royal College of Nursing (33 hours). There is scope to add further personal credits and use this course towards CPD accreditation for different colleges.

Ethics

Introduction to Research Ethics (approximately 10 study hours)

This course will be available in April 2012.

This package of courses covers the following issues:

  • The Current International Research Ethics Framework
  • Medical Research and UK Law - including the legal principles governing children and the mentally incapacitated
  • Research Ethics Committees - including the role and structure of the Research Ethics Commitee and the process of review
  • Informed Consent: The Cornerstone of Modern Research Ethics
  • Ethical Issues Relating to Medical Research on Vulnerable Participants
  • Participation in Research: To pay or not to pay?
  • Ethical Issues Relating to the Use of Unethically Obtained Data
  • Research Ethics Outside of the Healthcare Field: Ethical Issues in Social Science and Psychology Research
  • Research Ethics Outside of the Healthcare Field: Research Ethics Committees and Guidelines in Non-Health Care Areas

This course is suitable for all healthcare professionals and others with an interest in this area and requires no previous training but provides a focused and engaging exploration of these issues with full access to all the University resources including online journals and databases. This course is suitable to use as the basis of personal CPD credits. As will all our courses we can offer substantial discounts on block bookings and discounts for Alumni of the University of Manchester.

Mental health law

COMING SOON 2012

Medical Ethics Modular package - first five modules available in May 2012

We will soon be launching an additional package of modular medical ethics CPD online courses. Students complete a short online introductory course on medical ethics and ethical reasoning and then practice the skills they have learnt by choosing from other short online courses in an area they have a particular interest in choosing from areas such as research ethics, confidentiality, treating children and adolescents with further courses on ethanasia and end of life issues, the moral status of the embryo and it's implications, organ donation, autonomy and pregnancy, genetic testing and information, genetic manipulation and enhancement, stem cell research and therapy, research on animals to follow. There will also be additional courses for those wishing to get a deeper understanding of some of the theoretical foundations of bioethics including: Moral reasoning and argument, consequentalism and utilitarianism, Kant and Deontology, Aristotle and Virtue Ethics and Feminism and care ethics. Each course will be available for £95 with discounts available for block bookings and Alumni of the University. For more information contact Dr Rebecca Bennett or go to the following link:

 

Mental Health Law - Coming soon 2012

We are currently developing a online CPD course on Mental Heatlh Law covering all aspects of this subject. This course will be available later in 2012. For more information contact Dr Rebecca Bennett.

 

 

 

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