Presentation of the program

UNINAVARRA's Specialization Program in Medical Law interrelates the curricular contents with the areas of public law, private law, and even with other sciences of knowledge, in search of interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity, within a modern, pertinent and attractive proposal, with emphasis on practical aspects, and with an offer of selection, organization, structuring, distribution, transmission and evaluation of knowledge, which consults the reality and the need of the Surcolombian Region.
This project was born in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, with the support of the Research Group DIALOGOS, which is made up of: experts in the field, teachers and administrative staff linked to the Faculty, to the national academy and to the outstanding practice of the profession in areas that make up the graduate program, seeking to provide the department of Huila, the Surcolombian region and the country, relevant academic offerings in the field of law and related sciences, creating spaces where professionals update their disciplinary knowledge and discuss new trends in law, according to the needs demanded by our society.
The training proposed in the specialization of Medical Law is based on its curricular structure, which selects relevant and pertinent contents of the discipline, designed from academically organized processes in curricular areas and modules.
The areas that have been established are:

• Basic disciplinary training
• Disciplinary or specific training
• Complementary training
• Research training

The first one (Basic Disciplinary) provides basic knowledge necessary for specific knowledge, such as the legal figures and institutions and actors of Medical Law, the Constitutional foundations of the Right to Health and Medical Law, the Conceptual bases of Social Security and Health Legislation, the Modalities of Contracting and Insurance of Health Professionals.
The disciplinary training area provides the elements that constitute the specific knowledge of the specialist in Medical Law and that differentiates him/her from other types of specialists in Law, allowing the student to identify ways:

• Individual civil liability of the physician.
• Ethical responsibility of the physician and bioethical dilemmas.
• Physician Disciplinary Liability
• Criminal liability of the physician.
• State patrimonial responsibility in the provision of health services.
• Civil liability, patrimonial liability of the Health Service Provider Entities.
• Procedural and Evidentiary Aspects of Medical Law.

The third and fourth areas (Complementary and Research) facilitate the student the acquisition of knowledge accompanied by the development of skills and knowledge that complement the disciplinary ones, allowing the formation and preparation of an integral professional in the field of Medical Law. Thus, these areas are composed of the following courses: Negotiation Techniques and Research Methodology.
These areas seek to develop the capacity for autonomous learning, solid structures of thought and basic disciplinary training. It also allows the student to identify the scientific, conceptual and social basis of the problems of Medical Law. Likewise, it develops in the student of the specialization, the understanding of his knowledge and analysis of its effects on others, with the capacity to improve the understanding and sensitivity towards others. It also allows him/her to have the confidence to improve his/her own system of values and integrity in any situation presented and to accept the values of others without judging them.

Who is the target audience?

Law and health professionals and professionals in any area of knowledge who are interested in the subject of the specialization or are engaged in the practice, study or defense of Medical Law.

Why study the Specialization in Medical Law?

These areas seek to develop the capacity for autonomous learning, solid structures of thought and basic disciplinary training. It also allows the student to identify the scientific, conceptual and social basis of the problems of Medical Law. Likewise, it develops in the student of the specialization, the understanding of his knowledge and analysis of its effects on others, with the capacity to improve the understanding and sensitivity towards others. It also allows him/her to have the confidence to improve his/her own system of values and integrity in any situation presented and to accept the values of others without judging them.