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Course Title: Medical Ethics & Patient Care
Code: 290
Credit hours: 2Hs
Prerequisite: COMM 101
Compulsory ( √ )
First semester ( √ )
Brief contents:
This course provides the student with an understanding of the parameters of professional practice and the legal and ethical responsibilities of the radiological sciences professional from the Islamic point of view.
This course also provides the student with the basic concepts of patient care, the radiographer duties towards the patients, professors, colleagues, employment issues and other topics.
Course objectives:
1- Students should know how to apply and practice our Islamic ethics in the field of radiology.
2- Students at the end of this course should know how to deal with different patients regarding their age, sex and clinical condition e.g. terminally ill patient, patient with cardiac arrest…etc.
3- Students should also able to deal with patients in different working conditions e.g. emergency, usual daily list, patient in ICU…etc .
Assessment methods:
Test 1 (20%),
Test 2(20%),
Final written exam (60%).
Assigned Text Book:
1- Ethics of the medical profession of the Saudi council for health specialists (click here).
2- Other selected sources.
Weekly plan:
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WK No
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TOPICS
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LECTURER
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01
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Introduction of ethics of medical profession
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2 hours/wk
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02
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Morals and characters of physician 1
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2 hours/wk
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03
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Morals and characters of physician 2
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2 hours/wk
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04
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Physician duties towards patients
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2 hours/wk
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05
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Physician duties towards society, colleagues
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2 hours/wk
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06
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Physician duties toward himself, his profession
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2 hours/wk
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07
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Commercial and financial aspects
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2 hours/wk
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08
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Conducting biomedical research
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2 hours/wk
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09
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Dealing with terminally ill patients
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2 hours/wk
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10
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Documentation and authentication
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2 hours/wk
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11
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The patient Bill of rights, code of medical ethics
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2 hours/wk
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12
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The cardiopulmonary resuscitation
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2 hours/wk
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13
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Employment issues , elements of malpractice
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2 hours/wk
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14
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Basics of infection control, aseptic techniques and methods of injection.
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2 hours/wk
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15
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Introduction to pharmacology
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2 hours/wk
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Subject Coordinator: Dr. Hanan Abbas.
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