Erciyes University - Info Package

Course unit title	Level of course unit	Course unit code	Type of course unit	Semester of course unit	Local credit	ECTS credit	Syllabus
HEALTH LAW	Third cycle	SEC 116		1	3.00	3.00	Print

Description of course unit

Prerequisites and course requisities	None
Language of instruction	Turkish
Coordinator	M. SEYDA OZAN
Lecturer(s)	M. SEYDA OZAN
Teaching assitant(s)	Research Assistant Harun Mirsad GÜNDAY
Mode of delivery	Faco to Face
Course objective	Studying the conditions of patient rights, doctor rights and physician''''''''s legal liability in civil law and their analysis in the light of court verdicts is the main focus. Practical solutions to disputes in the area of the relationship between doctor and patient is also included.
Course description	This course aims to teach basic concepts of healthcare, patient and doctor rights and obligations in the light of civil law.

Course contents

1	Introduction to Health Law
2	Basic Concepts (Health, Medicine, Physician, Patient, Treatment)
3	Legal Sources of Health Law
4	Patient Rights
5	Physician Rights
6	Liability of Physicians and Legal Basis of Liability
7	Types of Physician''''s Civil Liability (Defect Liability, Strict Liability)
8	Exam
9	Sources of Physician''''s Civil Liability (Contractual Liability)
10	Sources of Physician''''s Civil Liability (Tort Liability)
11	Legal Nature of the Relationship between Physician and Patient
12	Physician''''s Liability for Contract of Mandate
13	Physician''''s Liability for Negotiorum Gestio
14	Tort Liability of Physicians
15	Strict Liability of Physicians
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Learning outcomes of the course unit

1	This course aims to teach the foundations and basic concepts of health law.
2	To teach the relationship between health law and other branches
3	To teach basic information with regard to patient rights.
4	To teach basic information with regard to physician rights
5	To teach basic information with regard to physician''''s civil liability.
6	To teach basic ways the patient can practice their rights.
7	To teach basic ways the physician can practice their rights.
8	To teach basic information with regard to the relationship between physician and patient
9	To teach the practical solutions suitable for possible patient-physician disputes.
10	To familiarize the students to verdicts of courts on Health Law and their debates in theory

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Number of stars refer to level of contribution from 1 (the least) to 5 (the most)

Planned learning activities, teaching methods and ECTS work load

	Quantity	Time (hour)	Quantity*Time (hour)
Lectures (face to face teaching)	14	2	28
Study hours out of classroom (study before and after the class)	14	1	14
Homework	0	0	0
Presentation / seminar	0	0	0
Quiz	0	0	0
Preparation for midterm exams	1	8	8
Midterm exams	1	1	1
Project (term paper)	0	0	0
Laboratuar	0	0	0
Field study	0	0	0
Preparation for final exam	1	12	12
Final exam	1	1	1
Research	0	0	0
Total work load			64
ECTS			3.00

Assessment methods and criteria

Evaluation during semester	Quantity	Percentage
Midterm exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homework	0	0
Semester total		40
Contribution ratio of evaluation during semester to success		40
Contribution ratio of final exam to success		60
General total		100

Recommended and required reading

Textbook	Hakan Hakeri, Tıp Hukuku, 5. Baskı, Ankara, 2012. Zarife Şenocak, Özel Hukukta Hekimin Sorumluluğu, Ankara, 1998.
Additional references	Lessons notes.

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