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Medical law

Future dates for this course will be announced.

6 CPD credits*

As you are aware the UK government has indicated that everyone in the UK should avoid non-essential travel and contact and we are following this advice. After careful consideration we have decided to cancel all face to face courses until the end of 2020. When the situation changes we will update our website.

Understanding the key aspects of medical law and its implications for your clinical practice is essential to the safe care of patients. In this course you will explore the legal aspects of consent, confidentiality, mental capacity, and issues relating to the treatment of children and young people using case scenarios.

Topics covered include:

  • the legal and ethical basis of confidentiality
  • when you may need to breach confidentiality
  • consent and the legal landscape following the Montgomery judgement
  • mental capacity issues and how to proceed if capacity is lacking
  • specific considerations when treating children and young people, including parental responsibility, disagreement between parents and refusal of treatment.

This course complements the Medical ethics course. They are on consecutive days to make it easier for you to attend both courses if you would like to.

Who should attend?

  • Consultants/specialists
  • GPs
  • Hospital doctors
  • Training grade doctors (GPST1-4 and ST1-8)
  • Foundation doctors (F2 only) 

*This course has been approved by the Federation of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the UK for 6 category 1 (external) CPD credits.

Speakers

Sarah Jarvis

Dr Sarah Jarvis BSc MB BS MRCGP

MDU medico-legal adviser

Sarah trained in London and undertook an intercalated BSc which involved medical ethics. After graduating she spent several years in A&E and general medicine before becoming a GP. She was a GP principal and trainer and was involved in medical student teaching. She also sat on the GMC and MPTS Fitness to Practise Panels, eventually chairing them.

Nicola Lennard MDU medico-legal adviser

Dr Nicola Lennard

Medico-legal adviser

MBChB MD FRCS(General Surgery) GDL

Nicola completed her post graduate training in general and vascular surgery before taking up post, initially as a senior medical officer, then Deputy Medical Director in the medical devices division of the MHRA. She joined the MDU as a medico-legal advisor in 2013 and completed her graduate diploma in law in 2014.