BA Health Sciences Ethics and Law

Are you dreaming of having a top university degree qualification…but never been able to justify taking the time out to study? Did you start working immediately after qualification and now wish you had gone to University to study for a degree?

 

Management Development Centre International (MDCI) may have the answer for you.

Join over 7000 international students from Europe, USA and the rest of the world.

 

MDCI has developed a unique partnership with University of South Africa (UNISA) to offer locally supported distance education programmes specifically for working people.

 

UNISA – The “MEGA” University

The main partner of MDCI for this programme is the highly regarded University of South Africa (UNISA) – classed as one of the 11 leading very large universities. Founded in 1873, UNISA gained its University Royal Charter in 1876. It became the world’s first completely Distance Education University in 1946.

 

MDCI is delighted to work with UNISA in the development of this programme, and has an excellent reputation for the delivery of distance education to busy individuals. This has resulted in MDCI’s parent company being awarded the Queen’s award for Export Achievement in 1999.


Aim of the Programme

Health care professionals at all levels are constantly confronted by situations with ethical, moral and legal implications. These professionals need knowledge of the cultural, psychological and religious values and beliefs of clients, as well as the ethical and legal frameworks within health care. The programme is therefore designed to improve the quality of service to clients and patients, as well as their quality of life. It is also aimed at health professionals who are concerned about the implications of unavoidable ethical dilemmas, both major and minor, in their professional lives.

 

Career Opportunities

Nurse educators, members of ethics committees or consultants in ethical issues.

 

How it Works

The method of teaching this course is highly innovative. We call it “locally supported distance education” : learning through University supplied materials and MDCI administration and resource centres. It is based on MDCI “On-location” method of teaching which is so successful for postgraduate study here in the Middle East.

 

Locally Supported Distance Education

A specially designed study method based on Unisa’s extensive competence in distance education. This expertise is supplemented locally by MDCI’s considerable experience in supporting over 500 postgraduate students close to their homes but distant from the university.

 

Advantages of Locally Supported Distance Education

·        Flexibility: you study at your own pace

·        Convenience: you study from home

·        Local administrative support: through MDCI’s regional offices

·        On-line support: through Unisa’s Student on Line (SOL) system

·        Telephone and email support: from Unisa faculty

·        On-line library access: for the your all-important research materials (journals, books, papers, etc)

·        Textbook ordering facility: speedy service at reasonable prices for your books.

 

Minimum Duration of Studies

The degree cannot be completed in less than three years.

 

Course Structure

10 modules on 1st level
10 modules on 2nd level
10 modules on 3rd level

 

First Level

·        The anthropological study of culture in a multicultural context (APY101-E)

·        Culture as human resource in the African context (APY102-F)

·        Introduction to African philosophy (PLS104-4)

plus four to six of the following modules (depending on which option you select and which must be taken on second and third level):

Option 1 (six modules)

·        Planning and macro-organisation in health services (HMA101-Y)

·        Micro-organisation and control in health services (HMA102-3)

·        Introduction to the Theory of Law 101 (ILW101-4)

·        Introduction to the Theory of Law 102 (ILW102-5)

·        Business management 1A (MNB101-D) and Business management 1B (MNB102-E)
                 or
The nature, content and scope of public administration (PUB101-8) and The structuring and functioning of public services (PUB102-9)

Option 2 (six modules)

·        Health sciences education 1A (HSE101-L)

·        Health sciences education 1B (HSE102-M)

·        Teaching and learning 1 (GED102-U)

·        Teaching and learning 2 (GED202-X)

·        Introduction to the Theory of Law 101 (ILW101-4)

·        Introduction to the Theory of Law 102 (ILW102-5)

Option 3 (four modules)

·        Primary health care (CMH101-W)

·        Introduction to development administration (DVA101-Q)

·        Introduction to the Theory of Law 101 (ILW101-4)

·        Introduction to the Theory of Law 102 (ILW102-5)

Option 4 (five modules)

·        Basic Psychology (PYC101-Y)

·        Psychology in society (PYC102-3)

·        Introduction to the Theory of Law 101 (ILW101-4)

·        Introduction to the Theory of Law 102 (ILW102-5)

·        Criminal Law 101 (CRW101-U)

plus one to three of the following modules not yet chosen:

·          Business management 1A (MNB101-D)

·          Business management 1B (MNB102-E)

·        The nature, content and scope of public administration (PUB101-8)

·        The structuring and functioning of public services (PUB102-9)

·        Teaching and learning 1 (GED102-U)

·        Introduction to development administration (DVA101-Q)

·        Development problems and institutions (DVA102-R)

·        Basic Psychology (PYC101-Y)

·        Psychology in society (PYC102-3)

·        Criminal Law 101 (CRW101-U)

·        Law of persons (PVL101-Q)

·        The origins of South African law (FLS101-V)

·        Foundations of South African Private law (FLS102-W)

·        Introduction to indigenous public law (IND102-T)

·        Comparative religious studies: introduction to the religions of the world (RST121-U)

·        Introduction to sociology: societal structures and processes (SOC101-V)

·        Societal structures and processes in the South African context (SOC102-W)

·        Introductory demography (SOC103-X)

·        Ethics and life (CMM111-P)

 

Second Level

·        Anthropology and health-care (APY203-K)

plus five to eight of the following modules (depending on the specific option you have chosen):

Option 1 (six modules)

·        Human resources in health services (HMA201-5)

·        Health services management: practica (HMA212-9)

·        Financial management (MNF202-3)

·        Bio-medical ethics (PLS209-D)

·        Nursing dynamics (NUD211-9)

·        Research in the Social Sciences (RSC201-H)

Option 2 (six modules)

·        Health sciences education 2 (HSE201-P)

·        Clinical nursing science disciplines (HSE202-Q)

·        Health sciences education: practica (HSE213-T)

·        Bio-medical ethics (PLS209-D)

·        Nursing dynamics (NUD211-9)

·        Research in the Social Sciences (RSC201-H)

Option 3 (eight modules)
(Please note:  CMH212 and CMH214 may be taken only by students who are registered with the Nursing Council. Students who are not registered nurses must choose two additional modules in the place of CMH212 and CMH214)

·        Family-centred health (CMH201-3)

·        Community health practica (CMH212-6)

·        Primary health care 2 (CMH203-5)

·        Basic epidemiology (CMH209-C)

·        Curative aspects of primary health care - mother and child health (CMH214-9)

·        Bio-medical ethics (PLS209-D)

·        Nursing dynamics (NUD211-9)

·        Research in the Social Sciences (RSC201-H)

Option 4 (five modules)

·        Counselling skills (PYC204-9)

·        Community psychology: re-imaging community (PYC205-A)

·        Bio-medical ethics (PLS209-D)

·        Sociocultural solutions to problems of human adaptation (APY202-J)

·        Intercultural, development and health communication (COM204-8)

plus one to four of the following modules, depending on the number of modules prescribed for the specific option, if not yet chosen:

·          Introduction to entrepreneurship and small-business management (MNE202-V)

·        Financial management (MNF202-3)

·        Interpersonal communication (COM201-4)

·        Intercultural, development and health communication (COM204-8)

·        Counselling skills (PYC204-9)

·        Community psychology: re-imaging community (PYC205-A)

·         Welfare and social services (PUB204-E)

·        Business ethics (PLS201-4)

·        Environmental ethics (PLS203-6)

·        Legal ethics (PLS208-C)

 

Third Level

·        Interpersonal skills in diverse contexts (PYC305-D)

·        Work group dynamics and diversity (IOP309-5)

·        Applied anthropology and sociocultural change (APY302-M)

plus four or five of the following modules (depending on the specific option you have chosen):

Option 1 (five modules)

·        Financial aspects pertaining to health services (HMA301-9)

·        Labour relations in health services (HMA302-A)

·        Quality health services (HMA303-B)

·        Leadership in health services (HMA304-C)

·        Contemporary issues in health services (HMA305-D)

Option 2 (five modules)

·        International approaches to health science education (HSE301-S)

·        Teaching and learning in a transcultural milieu (HSE302-T)

·        Theories applied to health sciences (HSE303-U)

·        The caring ethic in health sciences education (HSE304-V)

·        Teaching and learning 3 (GED302-4)

Option 3 (four modules)
(Please note:  CMH313 and CMH314 may be taken only by students who are registered with the Nursing Council. Students who are not registered nurses must choose two additional modules in the place of CMH313 and CMH314)

·        Occupational health theory (CMH301-6) and Occupational health: practica (CMH313-B)
                 or
Gerontology theory (CMH302-8) and Gerontology: practica (CMH314-C)

·        Perspectives of public health (CMH305-B)

·         Public health care systems (CMH306-C)

Option 4 (five modules)

·        Forensic medicine (LCR403-T)

·        Medical law (LCR404-U)

·        Abnormal behaviour and metal health (PYC302-A)