Training Course on Legal Aspects of Health Care in Nairobi and Mombasa; Kenya

This complete and in-depth course is fundamental in both health law and ethics, providing a solid foundation in a wide variety of current healthcare issues in an understandable format that carefully guides the delegates through practical ways in order to improve the quality and safety in the delivery of patient care.

Who Should Apply?

This course is meant for public health practitioners, students, middle- to senior-level managers working in public health.

Duration

5 Days

Course Objectives

On completion of this course you should be able to:

i.                    Describe a brief history of the development of hospitals as influenced by medical progress and determine their successes and failures over centuries.

ii.                  Define government organization, sources of law, and government ethics.

iii.               Discuss ethical theories, principles, virtues values, and related topics.

iv.               Define negligent and intentional torts, as well as criminal aspects of healthcare.

v.                  Get a solid basis for a more complete understanding of patient consent, legal reporting requirements, medical records, procreation and ethical issues.

Course Content

a.      Reflections on the Past

b.      Government, Law, and Ethics

c.       Health Ethics

d.     Tort Law – Negligence

e.      Intentional Torts

f.        Criminal Aspects of Health Care

g.      Contracts and Anti-trust

h.      Civil Procedure and Trial Practice

i.        Corporate Structure and Legal Issues

j.        Medical Staff Organization and Physician Liability

k.      Nursing and the Law

l.        Hospital Departments and Allied Professional

m.   Patient Consent

n.      Legal Reporting Requirements

o.      Medical Records

p.     Procreation and Ethical Dilemmas

q.      End-of-Life Issues

r.       Patient rights and responsibilities

s.       Labor relations

t.        Employment at Will and Discharge

u.     Employee Rights and Responsibilities

v.      Professional Liability Insurance

w.    National Health Insurance Managed Care

x.      Tort Reform and Risk Reduction

Methodology

The instructor led trainings are delivered using a blended learning approach and comprises of presentations, guided sessions of practical exercise, web-based tutorials and group work. Our facilitators are seasoned industry experts with years of experience, working as professional and trainers in these fields.

Key Notes

i. The participant must be conversant with English.

ii. Upon completion of training the participant will be issued with an Authorized Training Certificate

iii. Course duration is flexible and the contents can be modified to fit any number of days.

iv. The course fee includes facilitation training materials, 2 coffee breaks, buffet lunch and a Certificate upon successful completion of Training.

v. One-year post-training support Consultation and Coaching provided after the course.

vi. Payment should be done at least a week before commence of the training, to DATASTAT CONSULTANCY LTD account, as indicated in the invoice so as to enable us prepare better for you.