The professor assumes overall supervision for the students working under the daily direction of preceptors. Divided into three major sections. Section one provides a brief review of the Canadian Legal System and the specific portions which affect Health Care Organizations. Section two covers the legal concerns of patients and Health Care Professionals in the context of receiving treatment and negligence. Section three covers broad community-related issues which affect Health Care Organizations.
Attention is paid throughout to the interconnection of ethical issues and legal issues.
Deals with program and service planning in health care institutions at the institutional, community and regional levels, determination of needs, setting of priorities, the planning process, implementation of evaluation. Admission to the Honours program. Directed readings and individual research in the areas of health care administration. The resulting Honours paper is normally presented at a department seminar.