Integrated care and ethics in clinical pathways

Topic 1: The context of integrated care.

Primary (municipal care) and secondary care (hospital care)

Professions

Legislation

The coordination reform

Topic 2: Clinical pathways.

Clincal pathways and quality management

Patient participation

Coordination related to patients with different clinical pathways

Interprofessional cooperation related to clinical pathways

Patient safety

Topic 3: Ethics.

Principle ethics versus relational ethics

Ethical dilemmas, models for analysis and decision making

Paternalism versus patient participation

Ethical dilemmas in the crossing point between person and society

Ethical perspectives on organ donation

Ethical issues at the end of life

Læringsutbytte - Kunnskap:

has organizational knowledge and knowledge about integrated care

has detailed knowledge regarding clinical pathways and patient safety

has detailed knowledge regarding ethical and legal challenges

Læringsutbytte - Ferdigheter:

can cooperate along clinical pathways in intergrated care

can identify and analyze etihcal dilemmas in relation to prevention, treatment and rehabilitation

Læringsutbytte - Kompetanse:

competence to exercise professional judgment

competence to cooperate in integrated care

can communicate ethical issues from their clinical practice

Pedagogiske metoder:

There will be lectures, and students will be studying and working in groups, as well as individually. Guided clinical practice by using cases and events.

Obligatoriske arbeidskrav:

The students will perform a group assignment over a period of 2 weeks, and the assignment must have a scope of 6000 words (+ / - 10%). The groups consist of 3-5 students. The written assignment will be evaluated as passed / not passed.