- Type Validation
- Level Advanced
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Ethical Leadership in Healthcare
Issued by
Northeastern State University
Students will analyze the U.S. health care system, its leadership components, ethical boundaries, and the policy challenges. The focus will be on major health policy institutions and important issues that cut across institutions, including private insurers and the federal/state financing programs, and how ethical leadership and decision-making influence these contemporary problems. Badge earners must complete the following course: HCA 5013 Healthcare Policy and Ethical Leadership
- Type Validation
- Level Advanced
- Time Months
- Cost Paid
Skills
Earning Criteria
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Instructional strategies include: audio visual materials, discussion, computer-based training, practical exercises, lectures.
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SLO 1. Determine the relationship of law and ethics to the healthcare environment
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SLO 2. Demonstrate knowledge of the fundamentals of law and the court system, having relevance to health care professionals
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SLO 3. Discuss basic concepts in the study of morality such as moral dilemmas and disagreements; relativism and objectivity; moral justification
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SLO 4. Apply various types of ethical theory including Utilitarian ethics, Kantian ethics, contemporary theories and Ethics of Care to specific health care situations
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SLO 5. Discuss major ethical principles that apply to health care such as respect for autonomy, beneficence, justice, fidelity, and veracity
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SLO 6. Discuss current bioethical and legal issues including abortion and maternal-fetal relations, right to die, active euthanasia and assisted suicide, HIV and AIDS, stem cell research, organ donation, genetics and justice in the distribution of healthcare