Informed Consent for Healthcare Practitioners (Classroom & Asynchronous e-learning)
About This Course
This course will cover the following learning objectives:
1. Understand the definition of consent vs informed consent.
2. Understand the legal principles in Informed Consent from Bolam to Montgomery.
3. Understand how changes in legislation have affected the Informed Consent process.
4. Index cases of legal cases involving Informed consent in Singapore.
5. Understand the ethical basis for negotiating Informed Consent.
6. Understand the basic requirements of taking an Informed Consent.
7. Understand the principles of Informed Consent in line with the current legal standards.
8. Appreciate possible challenges, limitations and pitfalls in Informed Consent.
9. Apply the consent process in certain selected patient groups (paediatrics, loss of mental capacity, emergencies, national servicemen) that may pose special challenges
Through faculty presentations, facilitations, supported by case studies, scenario plays, and peer discussions, learners will review details of consent in medical practice.
What You'll Learn
To ensure effective informed consent, the doctors must now ensure that patients are aware of any “material risks” involved in a proposed treatment, and of reasonable alternatives, following the judgment in the case Montgomery versus Lanarkshire Health Board, and Dr Lim Lian Arn versus Singapore Medical Council (SMC).
The legislative changes to the Singapore Civil Law (Amendment) Bill 2020 and the Medical Registration (Amendment) Bill 2020 were set out to strengthen the medical disciplinary process that is to provide clearer, fairer, timelier and more robust, and bring clarity, certainty and consistency to the standard of care when taking informed consent (Singapore Ministry of Health, Amendments to Medical Registration Act and Civil Law Act, 6 Oct 2020).
Entry Requirements
Healthcare practitioner which will include medical, dental and nursing practitioners.