These courses can be chosen from within the Health Law curriculum: Dalhousie is taking the lead in training a new generation of students trained in health law. Our program prepares graduates to excel in one of the fastest growing areas of practice. This seminar explores the dynamic and challenging field of health law with a focus on practical issues. The course provides an overview of the legal framework and policy considerations underlying the cornerstones of health law, including: consent to treatment; mental capacity and substitute decision-making; professional regulation and governance; medical malpractice; emergency management and emergency preparedness; and confidentiality of health information. Practical and current issues are addressed in the following areas: elder law (issues in long-term care facilities, retirement homes); the Canadian Medical Euthanasia Act; human rights in the field of health; hospitals and health facilities (including medical privileges, employment issues and tensions between administrators, health professionals and other stakeholders); pandemic and emergency management; reproductive health and surrogacy; and research ethics. In addition, any combination of Health Law and Policy: Current Issues I or II may be taken for a total of two credits and is counted as an elective course for the purposes of the specialization. Another large paper class (two, in exceptional cases) can also serve as an elective course for specialization. The outline of the document must be approved in writing by the Director of the Institute of Health Law before being drafted, and the final document is subject to review for sufficient health content. If a student participates in an exchange program, he or she may request that a course from that exchange count towards the specialization.
The course, if approved, may serve as one of the electives in the specialization; It cannot replace a compulsory course in the specialization. The course cannot replicate a course the student took at Schulich Law School. If the course is approved, the student will not be eligible to receive credit later for a course at Schulich that, in the opinion of the supervisor, has an inappropriate overlap with the course taken as part of the exchange. It is up to the student to prove that the content and quality of the course correspond to the parameters of the specialization, for example. providing course description, curriculum, etc. The student must have the course approved by the Specialization Director prior to participating in the course. The Director of Specialization has the final authority to approve the application. All courses that count towards meeting the requirements of the Health Law and Policy specialization must be completed without a grade below C and a grade point average of at least B (i.e., 70) in these courses. #ScienceUpFirst is a social media movement developed by a team of independent scientists, healthcare providers, and science communicators to stop the spread of misinformation around COVID-19. Our goal is to put science first and we need your help! The Schulich School of Law offers several exchange opportunities for law students. A semester of particular interest for health law students is a semester at the University of Houston Law Center or Queensland University of Technology (Australia). Both have well-established health law programs.
In 1977, Justice Ellen Picard founded the Faculty of Law`s Health Law Institute (HLI), establishing Canada`s first research institute in the field of health law. Over the past four decades, it has grown from a resource centre to an internationally renowned centre for evidence-based health law and science policy research, rightly home to many of Canada`s leading health law scholars, including Professors Timothy Caulfield. Gerald Roberston, Peter Carver, Erin Nelson and Ubaka Ogbogu. To learn more, click here. The Health Law specialization offers an in-depth examination of a dynamic and rapidly growing field with a wide range of practice opportunities and intellectual challenges. Mandatory courses cover bioethics and law as well as the legal frameworks of the Canadian health care system. You will explore key areas where law and health intersect, including mental health law, professional governance, professional misconduct, intellectual property, information technology and privacy in health law, human rights and globalization, health facility law, pharmaceutical regulation, biotechnology and comparative health law. Typical seminars cover substantive law, including case law and laws, as well as policy issues and professional liability issues.
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