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Syllabus for Law and Ethics in Dentistry
1. Imprint
Faculty name:
The Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
Education program:
English Dentistry Division, full time
Academic year:
2016-17
Module/subject name:
Law and Ethics in Dentistry
Subject code (from the Pensum system):
29375
Zakład Bioetyki i Humanistycznych Podstaw Medycyny
Chair of Bioethics and Medical Humanities
Educational units:
Żwirki i Wigury 63
02-091 Warszawa
tel.: (+48 22) 57 20 568
Head of the unit/s:
Prof. dr hab. Tomasz Pasierski
Study year:
2
Study semester:
4
Module/subject:
basic
Teachers:
Prof. dr hab. Paweł Łuków
ERASMUS YES/NO:
YES
A person responsible for the syllabus:
Prof. dr hab. Paweł Łuków; tel. 22 572 05 68
Number of ECTS credits:
1
2. Educational goals and aims
Lectures: to acquaint students with the basic ethical and legal concepts that apply to dentistry and with the
interactions between the two forms of regulation in dental practice.
Seminars: to develop the skills of application of ethical and legal standards to dental practice.
3. Initial requirements
None
4. Learning outcomes corresponding to the subject
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A list of course learning outcomes
Symbol of course learning
outcomes
Description of course learning outcomes
The reference to
programme learning
outcomes (number)
W1
understands the dentist’s social role
D.W5
W2
knows the principles of altruism and clinical
responsibility
D.W12
W3
knows the principles of functioning of the
therapeutic team
D.W13
W4
knows the imperative and model of dentist’s
behavior set by self-regulatory bodies of dentists
D.W14
W5
knows patient’s rights
D.W15
U1
in the therapeutic process takes into account
patient’s subjective needs and expectations that
result form social and cultural determinants
D.U1
U2
in professional activities observes legal regulations
and the ethical guidelines set by professional
corporation
D.U11
U3
observes patient’s rights, including: the right to
personal data protection, the right to privacy, the
right to information concerning the patient’s health,
the right to informed consent to treatment or refusal
of treatment, the right to death with dignity
D.U12
U4
takes responsibility for his/her own continued
education and for dissemination of knowledge
D.U13
U5
recognizes his/her own limitations, determines
his/her own educational deficits and needs, plans
his/her own educational activity
D.U14
5. Forms of classes
Form
Number of hours
Number of groups
Lecture
10
1
Seminar
5
1
Practical classes
0
0
6. Subject topics and educational contents
L1-Lecture 1: Medical professionalism; W1, W2
L2-Lecture 2: The ethical concepts, principles and regulations that apply to dentists; W1, W4
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L3-Lecture 3: Dentistry and the market; professional duties of dentists; W1, W2
L4-Lecture 4: Informed consent; W4, W5
L5-Lecture 5: Patient’s autonomy and decisional competency; W2, W4, W5
L6-Lecture 6: Provision of information to patients, truth telling; W4, W5
L7-Lecture 7: Confidentiality, protection of medical documentation; W5
L8-Lecture 8: Principles of clinical altruism and professional responsibility; W2
L9-Lecture 9: Patient rights (e.g. right to health care, right to privacy); W4, W5
L10-Lecture 10: Core international standards that apply to the dental profession; W1, W2
S1-Seminar 1: The social role of the dental professional; the legal framework of the dental profession; U2,
U3
S2-Seminar 2: Patient’s informed consent to treatment and refusal of treatment; cultural aspects of the
dentist-patient relationship; U1, U2, U3
S3-Seminar 3: Market relations; protection of patient’s privacy; U1, U2, U3
S4-Seminar 4: Dentist’s continued education; U4, U5
S5-Seminar 5: The principles of functioning of the therapeutic team; W3
7. Methods of verification of learning outcomes
Learning
outcome
corresponding to
the subject
(symbol)
Forms of classes
(symbol)
Methods of verification of
a learning outcome
Credit receiving criteria
W1-W5
L1-L10
multiple choice test
60% correct answers
U1-U5
S1-S5
correct analysis of a
medical ethical case during
class presentation
acquisition of skill at acceptable
level
8. Evaluation criteria
Form of receiving credit in a subject: graded credit
grade
2.0 (failed)
criteria
below 60% of correct answers
3.0 (satisfactory)
60% of correct answers
3.5 (rather good)
65% of correct answers
4.0 (good)
70% of correct answers
4.5 (more than good)
80% of correct answers
5.0 (very good)
90% of correct answers
9. Literature
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Obligatory literature:
P. Lambden, (ed.), Dental Law and Ethics, Radcliffe Publishing 2002.
Supplementary literature:
Scholarly journal articles selected for particular seminars. List of readings will be provided during first
seminar.
10. ECTS credits calculation
Form of activity
Number of hours
Number of ECTS credits
Direct hours with an academic teacher:
Lectures
10
0,40
Seminars
5
0,20
Practical classes
0
0
Student's independent work (examples of the form of work):
Student's preparation for a seminar
6
0,24
Student's preparation for a class
0
0
Preparation for obtaining credits
4
0,16
Total
30
1
11. Additional Information
(e.g., information on a scientific association operating within the unit, information on commuting to university, etc.)
Signature of the Head of the Unit
Signature of the person responsible for the syllabus
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