Course Code	Semester	Course Name	LE/RC/LA	Course Type	Language of Instruction	ECTS
HUK0312		Physician's Legal Responsibility	2/0/0	DE	Turkish	2

Course Goals	The main goal of the course is to explain legal relationship and characteristics between patient and physician and learning the rights of patients, learning the liability of physicians, state and private hospitals.
Prerequisite(s)	NONE
Corequisite(s)	NONE
Special Requisite(s)	NONE
Instructor(s)	Assist. Prof. Dr. Güler GÜMÜŞSOY KARAKURT
Course Assistant(s)	Res. Asst. Zeynep GÜLER; Arş. Gör. Ayşe ZİYAN
Schedule	Tuesday 10:00-11:45, Cats
Office Hour(s)	g.gumussoy@iku.edu.tr
Teaching Methods and Techniques	-Oral presantation, discussion
Principle Sources	-
Other Sources	-YILMAZ Battal; Hekimin Hukuki Sorumluluğu, Şubat 2017; KILIÇ GÜNEŞ Bahu; Hekimin Hukuki Sorumluluğu, İstanbul 2016.

Course Schedules
Week	Contents	Learning Methods
1. Week	Basic principle	OP
2. Week	Types of physician medical responsibilities	OP
3. Week	Legal nature of medical contract	OP
4. Week	Aesthetic operations	OP
5. Week	Obligations of PhysIcians	OP
6. Week	Obligations of PhysIcians	OP
7. Week	Obligations of PhysIcians	OP
8. Week	Consent of the patient	OP
9. Week	Illumination of the patient	OP
10. Week	Liability of the private health-care institutions	OP
11. Week	Responsibility for faulty medical interventions of physicians working in public hospitals	OP
12. Week	Consequences of legal liability	OP
13. Week	Damages	OP
14. Week	Authorized and competent court	OP
15. Week	Final Exam
16. Week	Final Exam
17. Week	Final Exam

Assessments
Evaluation tools	Quantity	Weight(%)
Final Exam	1	100

Program Outcomes PO-1 1. Have the ability to reach and evaluate information sources PO-2 2. Have the ability to use, compare, interpret, deduce from and apply scientific data PO-3 3. Have historical knowledge enabling to interpret modern law achievements PO-4 4. Have the ability to use Turkish efficiently verbally and in written PO-5 5. Have the ability to follow up professional literature at least in a foreign language PO-6 6. Have acquired professional and ethical sense of responsibility PO-7 7. Have the ability to use vocational information technologies efficiently for solution of legal problems PO-8 8. Have the ability to apply information acquired to solution of a concrete case PO-9 9. Have full knowledge of legal rules which regulate relationship among natural legal persons and have the ability to interpret such rules PO-10 10. Have full knowledge of legal rules which regulate relationship between individual and state and have the ability to interpret such rules PO-11 11. Have the ability to practice the profession as a lawyer who adopts universal principles of law PO-12 12. Have full knowledge of basic concepts and rules regarding structure and relationship manners of international community; have the ability to interpret and discuss about the foregoing PO-13 13. Have basic knowledge enabling to evaluate international community’s common issues and their possible solutions PO-14 14. Have knowledge enabling to apply to human rights bodies having a supranational judicial quality and to follow up the process PO-15 15. Have knowledge on the European Union (EU) 'Acquis Communautaire' and operation of the EU institutions PO-16 16. Have a world view enabling to question, criticize and develop law in direction with needs of humanity PO-17 17. Have knowledge on historical development process of jurisprudence and judicial systems PO-18 18. Have the ability to solve actual legal problems within the frame of contemporary legal approaches PO-19 19. Be at the level of understanding and knowledge which reflects all qualities in the best way required by the profession on national and international scale PO-20 20. Have full knowledge of legal arrangements and practices regarding economic and financial mechanisms PO-21 21. Have knowledge on historical development of rights of individuals and societies and on basic texts adopted during the process PO-22 22. Have the ability to express himself individually and before a group PO-23 23. Have the ability to use, compare, interpret, deduce from and apply scientific data PO-24 24. Have the ability to follow up regulations and legal quests in order to meet new needs appeared within the frame of relationships between individuals PO-25 25. Have the ability to cooperate by implementing activities during courses, hypothetical law suits and judicial studies and other vocational and academic visits PO-26 26. Have the ability to understand and handle national and international dimensions of law, jurisprudence and practices by means of follow up PO-27 27. Have knowledge of international judicial bodies and their ways of operation

Learning Outcomes LO-1 Explain patient's rights and obligations LO-2 Solves the legal disputes between the patient and the physician LO-3 The responsibilities and rights and obligations of the patient and the health institution LO-4 Classifies health institutions

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