Navigating Ethics in the Healthcare Workplace & Marketplace

Navigating Ethics in the Healthcare Workplace & Marketplace

Instructor: Teodoro (Teo) Forcht Dagi

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Beginner level

No prior experience required

1 week to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Beginner level

No prior experience required

1 week to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Use ethics to help set business and management priorities in healthcare
Apply ethics to corporate governance in the areas of policy setting, human resources and board oversight
Pursue decision making under uncertain conditions and with incomplete information

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4 assignments¹

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There are 4 modules in this course

This course seeks to stimulate creative thinking and learning for you as a working professionals while offering practical guidance for improved decision-making in both common and novel ethical business situations.

This module introduces you to the course and is then focused on ethical issues associated with the governance of medical organizations, especially at the board level.

What's included

8 videos9 readings1 assignment2 discussion prompts

8 videosTotal 18 minutes

Meet Your Faculty: Dr. Teo Forcht-Dagi1 minute
Ethics and the Governance of Healthcare Institutions4 minutes
Governance in Healthcare Organizations2 minutes
Ethics of Oversight2 minutes
What Boards Do1 minute
Ethical Responsibilities of Boards — After Loyalty and Due Care2 minutes
The Board and The Mission2 minutes
Social Duties in Medical Governance4 minutes

9 readingsTotal 143 minutes

Welcome to Navigating Ethics in the Healthcare Workplace & Marketplace1 minute
Syllabus- Navigating Ethics in the Healthcare Workplace & Marketplace5 minutes
Academic Integrity2 minutes
Ethics and Governance Overview1 minute
Required Resources - Governance10 minutes
Required Resources - Roles and Responsibilities120 minutes
Required Resources - Ethical Responsibilities of Boards2 minutes
Explore to Learn More1 minute
Module Summary1 minute

1 assignmentTotal 20 minutes

Module 1 Quiz: Ethics and Governance20 minutes

2 discussion promptsTotal 70 minutes

Meet Your Fellow Learners10 minutes
Ethical Issues and Boards60 minutes

This module is focused on the ethical issues of end-of-life care. It discusses the medical, social, economic, and humanitarian issues that arise. It also touches on the ethics and legality of physician assisted suicide and euthanasia.

What's included

10 videos3 readings1 assignment1 discussion prompt

10 videosTotal 26 minutes

Why Discuss End of Life Care1 minute
Sensitivity Around End of Life Care Issues2 minutes
Criteria for Death3 minutes
Stakeholders in End-of-Life Care3 minutes
Religious and Cultural Issues in End of Life Care3 minutes
Who are Legitimate Decision Makers?3 minutes
Special Problems in Faith-based Institutions1 minute
Effects of End of Life Care on the Medical Staff4 minutes
End of Life Care in Childhood3 minutes
End of Life Care Summary1 minute

3 readingsTotal 63 minutes

End-of-Life Care Overview1 minute
Required Resources - End-of-Life Care Issues60 minutes
Module Summary2 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Module 2 Quiz: End-of-Life Care30 minutes

1 discussion promptTotal 10 minutes

End of Life Care Issues10 minutes

This module presents a series of vignettes involving difficult issues in the healthcare environment.

What's included

4 videos6 readings1 assignment

4 videosTotal 14 minutes

Ethics and Electronic Medical Records4 minutes
Emergency Care3 minutes
Clinical Trials4 minutes
Informed Consent3 minutes

6 readingsTotal 228 minutes

Special Ethical Challenges Overview2 minutes
Ethics and Electronic Medical Records90 minutes
Required Resources - Emergency Care45 minutes
Required Resources - Clinical Trials45 minutes
Informed Consent45 minutes
Module Summary1 minute

1 assignmentTotal 20 minutes

Special Ethical Challenges Part 120 minutes

This module presents a series of vignettes involving difficult issues in the healthcare environment.

What's included

4 videos5 readings1 assignment1 peer review

4 videosTotal 10 minutes

Adoption of New Treatments and Technologies4 minutes
The Ethics of Marketing2 minutes
Privacy2 minutes
Concluding Remarks1 minute

5 readingsTotal 68 minutes

Special Ethical Challenges Overview10 minutes
Adoption of New Treatments10 minutes
Ethics of Marketing45 minutes
Module Summary1 minute
Congratulations2 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 15 minutes

Module 4 Quiz: Special Ethical Challenges15 minutes

1 peer reviewTotal 120 minutes

Special Ethical Challenges120 minutes

Instructor

Teodoro (Teo) Forcht Dagi

Northeastern University

3 Courses1,618 learners

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Northeastern University

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