I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Ethics and Issues
2. Course Prefix & Number:
MEDA 1130
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 1
Lecture Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 0
4. Course Description:
This course will cover legal and ethical issues as they relate to the medical field. The importance of legal knowledge to medical office personnel, standard of care, HIPPA, negligence, malpractice, and informed consent represent some of the topics that will be discussed.
5. Placement Tests Required:
6. Prerequisite Courses:
MEDA 1130 - Ethics and Issues
There are no prerequisites for this course.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
MEDA 1130 - Ethics and Issues
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:
2. Transfer - regional institutions with which this course has a written articulation agreement:
III. Course Purpose
Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):
Medical Assistant, Diploma
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
Demonstrate written communication skills |
Research a bioethical issue and compose a research paper |
Demonstrate interpersonal communication skills |
Role play empathetic therapeutic communication with patients faced with life threatening illnesses |
Apply ethical principles in decision-making |
Analyze and determine when they need to put their personal feelings aside when faced with an ethical issue involving patients through group discussion |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
Expected Outcome |
MnTC Goal Area |
Determine and respond to issues of patient confidentiality. |
|
Compare and contrast difference between non-professional and professional attitudes. |
|
Demonstrate knowledge of ethical boundaries. |
|
Differentiate differences between federal and state regulations. |
|
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
Ethical Considerations
- What is Ethics?
- Bioethics
- Ethical Guidelines for Health Care Providers
- Bioethical Dilemmas
- Legal Considerations
- Sources Of Law
- Administrative Law
- Contract Law
- Tort Law
- Informed Consent
- Risk Management
- Civil Litigation Process
- Public Duties
- Advance Directives
- The Therapeutic Approach to the Patient with Life-Threatening Illness
- Life-Threatening Illness
- Choices in Life-Threatening Illness
- The Range of Psychological Suffering
- The Therapeutic Response to Patients with HIV/AIDS
- The Therapeutic Response to Patients with Cancer
- The Therapeutic Response to Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease
- The Stages of Grief
- Challenges for the Medical Assistant
- Therapeutic Communication Skills
- Importance of Communication
- The Communication Cycle
- Types of Communication
- Factors Affecting Therapeutic Communication
- Establishing Multicultural Communication
- Therapeutic Communication in Action
- Community Resources
- Coping Skills for the Medical Assistant
- What is Stress?
- Management of Stress
- What Is Burnout?
- Goal Setting as a Stress Reliever
2. Laboratory/Studio Sessions
I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Ethics and Issues
2. Course Prefix & Number:
MEDA 1130
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 1
Lecture Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 0
4. Course Description:
This course will cover legal and ethical issues as they relate to the medical field. The importance of legal knowledge to medical office personnel, standard of care, HIPPA, negligence, malpractice, and informed consent represent some of the topics that will be discussed.
5. Placement Tests Required:
6. Prerequisite Courses:
MEDA 1130 - Ethics and Issues
There are no prerequisites for this course.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
MEDA 1130 - Ethics and Issues
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:
2. Transfer - regional institutions with which this course has a written articulation agreement:
III. Course Purpose
1. Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):
Medical Assistant, Diploma
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
Demonstrate written communication skills |
Research a bioethical issue and compose a research paper |
Demonstrate interpersonal communication skills |
Role play empathetic therapeutic communication with patients faced with life threatening illnesses |
Apply ethical principles in decision-making |
Analyze and determine when they need to put their personal feelings aside when faced with an ethical issue involving patients through group discussion |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
Expected Outcome |
MnTC Goal Area |
Determine and respond to issues of patient confidentiality. |
|
Compare and contrast difference between non-professional and professional attitudes. |
|
Demonstrate knowledge of ethical boundaries. |
|
Differentiate differences between federal and state regulations. |
|
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
Ethical Considerations
- What is Ethics?
- Bioethics
- Ethical Guidelines for Health Care Providers
- Bioethical Dilemmas
- Legal Considerations
- Sources Of Law
- Administrative Law
- Contract Law
- Tort Law
- Informed Consent
- Risk Management
- Civil Litigation Process
- Public Duties
- Advance Directives
- The Therapeutic Approach to the Patient with Life-Threatening Illness
- Life-Threatening Illness
- Choices in Life-Threatening Illness
- The Range of Psychological Suffering
- The Therapeutic Response to Patients with HIV/AIDS
- The Therapeutic Response to Patients with Cancer
- The Therapeutic Response to Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease
- The Stages of Grief
- Challenges for the Medical Assistant
- Therapeutic Communication Skills
- Importance of Communication
- The Communication Cycle
- Types of Communication
- Factors Affecting Therapeutic Communication
- Establishing Multicultural Communication
- Therapeutic Communication in Action
- Community Resources
- Coping Skills for the Medical Assistant
- What is Stress?
- Management of Stress
- What Is Burnout?
- Goal Setting as a Stress Reliever
2. Laboratory/Studio Sessions