Information Package / Course Catalogue
HUK 631 International Medical Law
MEF University
Degree Programs
Private Law
General Information For Students
Diploma SupplementErasmus Policy Statement
Private Law
PhD Length of the Programme: 4 Number of Credits: 240 TR-NQF-HE: Level 8 QF-EHEA: Third Cycle EQF: Level 8

Ders Genel Tanıtım Bilgileri

School/Faculty/Institute Graduate School
Course Code HUK 631
Course Title in English International Medical Law
Course Title in Turkish Milletlerarası Tıp Hukuku
Language of Instruction TR
Type of Course Flipped Classroom
Level of Course Advanced
Semester Spring,Fall
Contact Hours per Week
Lecture: 2 Recitation: Lab: Other:
Estimated Student Workload 188 hours per semester
Number of Credits 7.5 ECTS
Grading Mode Standard Letter Grade
Pre-requisites None
Expected Prior Knowledge None
Co-requisites None
Registration Restrictions Doctoral Students Only
Overall Educational Objective Analysis of some issues related to medical law with a foreign element based on legislation and case law, interpretation according to the basic principles of law in the absence of provisions
Course Description Determination of the legal relationship, legal problems and relevant legislation between patients, healthcare professionals, healthcare institutions and relevant administrative units; determination of dispute resolution methods and applicable law; enforcement of foreign court decisions regarding malpractice; and some specific issues in international medical law will be examined in this course.
Course Description in Turkish Dersin kapsamında; yabancılık unsur içeren hasta-sağlık personeli-sağlık kuruluşu ve ilgili idari birimler arasındaki hukuki ilişkinin, hukuksal sorunların ve ilgili mevzuatların belirlenmesi, uyuşmazlıkların çözüm yöntemlerinin ve uygulanacak ülke hukukunun tespiti; yabancı malpraktis ve diğer ilgili mahkeme kararlarının Türkiye’de tenfizi, milletlerarası tıp hukukunda özellik arz eden bazı konular yer alacaktır.

Course Learning Outcomes and Competences

Upon successful completion of the course, the learner is expected to be able to:
1) Applying the rules of international private and procedural law to medical law with a foreign element
2) To understand the foreigners' law dimension of medical law
3) Resolving medical law disputes involving a foreign element
4) To know the scope of international medical law disputes
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Relation to Program Outcomes and Competences

N None S Supportive H Highly Related
     
Program Outcomes and Competences Level Assessed by
1) * H HW,Presentation
2) * H HW,Presentation
3) * H HW,Presentation
4) * H HW,Presentation
5) * H HW,Presentation
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7) * S HW,Presentation
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Prepared by and Date AYFER UYANIK , January 2024
Course Coordinator AKTS1
Semester Spring,Fall
Name of Instructor Prof. Dr. AYFER UYANIK

Course Contents

Week Subject
1) Principles of international private and procedural law
2) Foreign malpractice litigation
3) Foreign organ transplantation
4) Surrogacy
5) Children born with assisted reproductive methods and legal issues
6) Right to health of persons under international protection and temporary protection
7) Legal aspects of genome analysis results
8) Legal effect of in-flight medical intervention
9) Tele-medicine practices and legal liability
10) International criminal law and medicine
11) Civil liability for defects in medical equipment of foreign origin
12) Protection of health data in private international law
13) Right to work and legal liability of foreign healthcare professionals
14) Foreign investment in the health sector
15) Written submission of assignments
16) Written submission of assignments
Required/Recommended ReadingsUyanık, Ayfer, Sağlık Turizmi ve Milletlerarası Tıp Hukuku Mevzuatı, Onikilevha Yayıncılık, İstanbul 2018. Uyanık, Ayfer, Sınırötesi Sağlık Hizmeti ve Hukuk, SD Sağlık Düşüncesi ve Tıp Kültürü Dergisi, 26. Sayı, s: 74-75; İstanbul Mart-Nisan-Mayıs 2013. Uyanık, Ayfer, Milletlerarası Özel Hukukunda Organ Nakli, Milletlerarası Özel Hukuk Perspektifiyle Biohukuk, Toplantı Sunumları ve Tartışmaları, İstanbul Medipol Üniversitesi Biohukuk Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi Yayını, Ağustos 2013. Uyanık, Ayfer, “Yabancı Sağlık Meslek Mensuplarının Çalışma Hakkı”, İstanbul Barosu Dergisi, Eylül-Ekim 2014, Cilt: 88, Sayı: 2014/5, s. 16-27. Uyanık, Ayfer, “Sağlık Turizmi Hukuku”, SD Sağlık Düşüncesi ve Tıp Kültürü Dergisi, Eylül-Ekim-Kasım 2015, Sayı: 36. Uyanık, Ayfer, “Sınırötesi Tele-Tıp Uygulamalarından Kaynaklanan Hukuksal Sorunlar”, Adli Bilimciler Derneği, I. Ulusal Sağlık Hukuku Kongresi, Editörler: İ. Hamit Hancı & Cahit Doğan, Ankara, Nisan 2015. Uyanık, Ayfer, “Sağlık Turizmi Açısından Tüketicinin Hukuki Statüsü”, Sektörel Bazda Tüketici Hukuku ve Uygulamaları, 2014-2015, Ankara 2015. Uyanık, Ayfer, “Hukuki Perspektifi ile Sınırötesi Seyahat ve Kadın Sağlığı”, Neoliberal Söylem ve Toplumsal Cinsiyet Eşitliği, 5. Uluslararası Kadın ve Toplumsal Cinsiyet Araştırmaları Konferansı, Konferans Bildirileri, Vol. 1, Editörler: Seda Orbay Yücel&Süheyla Üçışık Erbilen, Gazimağusa, Kuzey Kıbrıs, 25-26-27 Mart 2015. Uyanık Çavuşoğlu, Ayfer, “Genom Analiz Sonuçlarının Özel Sigorta Sözleşmesi Kapsamında Değerlendirilmesi”, Milletlerarası Hukuk ve Milletlerarası Özel Hukuk Bülteni (MHB), Prof. Dr. Gülören TEKİNALP’E ARMAĞAN, Yıl: 23/Sayı 1–2/2003, (sayfa: 827–849). Uyanık Çavuşoğlu, Ayfer, “Devletler Özel Hukukunda Yapay Döllenme Sonucunda Dünya’ya Gelen Çocuk İle Ana ve Babası Arasındaki Nesep İlişkisine Uygulanacak Hukuk Sorunu”, Kazancı Hakemli Hukuk Dergisi, (2006) Ocak-Şubat, Sayı 17–18 (sayfa: 7-63).
Teaching MethodsThe courses are supported by seminar assignments and presentations prepared by the students.
Homework and ProjectsStudents are required to prepare a presentation and a final assignment to determine the final grade.
Laboratory WorkNone
Computer UseNone
Other ActivitiesNone
Assessment Methods
Assessment Tools Count Weight
Presentation 1 % 40
Paper Submission 1 % 60
TOTAL % 100
Course Administration uyanika@mef.edu.tr

ECTS Student Workload Estimation

Activity No/Weeks Hours Calculation
No/Weeks per Semester Preparing for the Activity Spent in the Activity Itself Completing the Activity Requirements
Course Hours 14 2 3 2 98
Laboratory 7 0 2 1 21
Presentations / Seminar 3 8 1 27
Homework Assignments 3 12 1 1 42
Total Workload 188
Total Workload/25 7.5
ECTS 7.5