Graduate Diploma in Health and Medical Law

Course 343AA (2011)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2011.

Year and Campus: 2011 - Parkville
CRICOS Code: 018346D
Fees Information: Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date
Level: Graduate/Postgraduate
Duration & Credit Points: 50 credit points taken over 6 months full time. This course is available as full or part time.

Coordinator

Professor Loane Skene

Contact

For more information, contact the Melbourne Law Masters office.

Email law-masters@unimelb.edu.au or phone +61 3 8344 6190.

Alternatively, visit our website:

www.masters.law.unimelb.edu.au

Course Overview:

Melbourne Law School’s graduate program in health and medical law is open to lawyers in the medico-legal area and to doctors and other health professionals and administrators (no prior legal qualification is required).

Subjects include Medical Litigation (taught by leading plaintiffs’ litigator Paul Henderson from Slater & Gordon in 2011); International Health Law (taught by Lawrence Gostin, internationally acclaimed scholar, Georgetown University), Law of Negligence, Foundations of Medical Law, Law and Human Genetics and Medical Ethics (taught by Oxford bioethicist Professor Julian Savulescu in 2011).
Objectives:

The graduate programs in health and medical law focus on:

  • Relevant aspects of health and medical law
  • The theoretical framework surrounding health and medical law, and contemporary ethical and theoretical issues
  • The law concerning the relationship between doctor and patient as well as that relating to particular procedures
  • The provision of concise legal advice to plaintiffs and defendants in medical litigation
  • An ethical evaluation of health and medical law and the development and interpretation of theoretical legal arguments
  • Advanced communication in health and medical law, orally and in writing
  • Conducting effective legal research in the area of health and medical law.
Course Structure & Available Subjects: Students must complete four subjects from the prescribed list. Students who do not have a law degree from a common law jurisdiction or any prior legal studies or experience are also expected to complete the two-day preliminary subject Australian Legal Process and Legal Institutions.
Entry Requirements: Visit the Melbourne Law Masters website for more information about this course.
Core Participation Requirements: Visit the Melbourne Law Masters website for more information about this course.
Graduate Attributes: Visit the Melbourne Law Masters website for more information about this course.
Links to further information: http://www.masters.law.unimelb.edu.au/course/343

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