Purpose: To compare and contrast interprofessional approaches to an ethical issues in the practice setting Summary:Students are to review AV resources loaded in their LEO unit Assessment Module. Each AV resource features a 5 minute interview of a health professional discussing an ethical issue in clinical practice. For semester two 2014 this topic is on consent. Students are required to select the AV resource representative of their own health professional discipline and also view a second one to compare and contrast to their own. Similarities and differences between the two interprofessional responses to the given ethical issue are to be identified and students should discuss how the two professions might interact and collaborate in the given ethical issue in practice. Students need to present an academic essay (not in the first person) that responds to each of the unit Learning Outcomes: Discuss national and international ethical frameworks for health care that influence ethical decision making in practice; Explain the Code of Ethics relevant to different health disciplines, and identify if there are no such Codes and how this may influence decision making and patient care in scenarios where there is an ethical dilemma. Differentiate between ethical and legal issues in health care in consenting vulnerable patients cohorts Identify social and spiritual factors that influence the health professional values and beliefs in ethical decision making Apply ethical normative frameworks that a health professional may appeal to in defending their position, individually and collaboratively, on moral and ethical dilemmas encountered practic.
In this final essay, the nationa lecturers in charge have agreed that students are able to use the five learning outcomes presented in the unit outline assessment descriptor as headings in their essay. These five points are as follows:
Discuss national and international ethical frameworks for health care that influence ethical decision making in practice;
Explain the Code of Ethics relevant to different health disciplines, and identify if there are no such Codes and how this may influence decision making and patient care in scenarios where there is an ethical dilemma.
Differentiate between ethical and legal issues in health care in consenting vulnerable patients cohorts
Identify social and spiritual factors that influence the health professional values and beliefs in ethical decision making
Apply ethical normative frameworks that a health professional may appeal to in defending their position, individually and collaboratively, on moral and ethical dilemmas encountered practice
This will enable students to structure their essay more succinctly. With regards to thispermission to use headings in the essay, please note that the five questions that are part of the headings are not to be included in your overall word count. The wording for these questions is approx 100 words therefore students should aim for 2100 words in their word limit in using these questions in their essa.