Course Catalogue

Visiting Students (Semester 1) Healthcare Law LAW4208

  • Academic Session: 2026-27
  • School: School of Law
  • Credits: 20
  • Level: Level 4 (SCQF level 10)
  • Typically Offered: Semester 1
  • Available to Visiting Students: Yes
  • Collaborative Online International Learning: No
  • Curriculum For Life: No

Short Description

This course covers some core topics in Healthcare law including negligence and consent and explores critical issues relating to patients and healthcare by detailed examination of these core topics.  Seminars may vary from year to year but typically include coverage of clinical negligence, alternative redress/no-fault compensation, criminalisation - gross negligence manslaughter, general principles of consent, negligence in information disclosure, consent and children, and adults with incapacity.

Timetable

There will be 10 x 2-hour seminars spread throughout semester 1.

Requirements of Entry

Admission as a visiting law student.

Excluded Courses

Healthcare Law LAW4183

Co-requisites

None.

Assessment

1500 word essay. This essay is both formative and summative and is worth 20% of the final mark.

3000 word essay. This essay is summative and is worth 80% of the final mark.

Course Aims

The principal aim of this course is to promote understanding of the law as it relates to the relationship between healthcare providers and healthcare recipients, and legal responses to some broader issues relating to patients and healthcare. Further aims are to develop students' analytical and critical skills by detailed examination of key areas of healthcare law; to develop students' ability constructively to criticise current law and practice and to suggest and evaluate possible reforms; and to foster critical understanding and evaluation of certain areas of controversy within healthcare law.

Intended Learning Outcomes of Course

By the end of this course students will be able to:

 

- identify and demonstrate understanding of the current law in the UK and other jurisdictions, where relevant,

  as it relates to the subject matter of this course

- evaluate and constructively criticise the current law in this area

- propose, evaluate and constructively criticise possible reforms of the law

-understand and critically evaluate areas of controversy within the subject matter

Minimum Requirement for Award of Credits

No exceptions