Law, public institutions and management in health care

Teacher(s)

Depré Sebastien; Detrembleur Christine (coordinator);

Language

French

Main themes

The topics which must be developed within the course are: - definition of the profession, the status of the independent physiotherapist, the agreement, the Functioning of the Social Security in Belgium. - The health care insurance system: principles and nomenclature. - The deontology in the care of health and law of the patients. - The preparation of the INAMI examination

Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :
1	At the end of the course the successful student will have the necessary basic knowledge to practise as an independent physiotherapist in a private cabinet in Belgium. He will have the basic notions of law necessary for the practice of his profession, as well as the knowledge of ethics. He will understand the management of the Social Security in Belgium and the health care insurance system.

Content

This course relates to the knowledge of the services which can be accomplished in the framework of the intervention of the compulsory insurance care of health, the deontology of the profession and the patient's rights. The content of course is as followed: - The exercise of physical therapy; - the qualifications as physical therapist and medical commissions (AR 78 of November 10, 1967) approval in the capacity as physical therapist (AR April 15, 2002) - the law relating to the insurance care of health (July 14, 1994 and updates) - national convention between physical therapists and insurance company - history of the social security and its financing - various types of social policy-holders certificates of care (AM December 17, 1998) - nomenclature of the services of health (AR September 14, 1984) - deontology (Article 458 of the penal code) - welfare benefits for some physical therapists - patient's rights (law August 22, 2002)

Teaching methods

Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the information in this section is particularly likely to change.

Right part: Lecture either in the audience or via TEAMS according to the colour code.
Public institution part: work by project. Group preparation (5 students) of the material, which is presented orally by the group either in an audience or via TEAMS.

Evaluation methods

Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the information in this section is particularly likely to change.

Right part: written exam in session: 50%. 
Public institution part: oral presentation of group work during the year: 50%.
The overall rating is the sum of the two parts. The right part cannot be submitted if the public institution part has not been done before.
No penalty in case of failure in one of the two parts.
for a mark below 10/20, the final mark will be the mark obtained without decimal points (9.8/20 becomes 9/20).
- For a score higher than 10/20 :
- below 0.51, rounding down (13.50/20 becomes 13/20).
- from 0.51, the rounding is upwards. (13.51/20 becomes 14/20)

Other information

Prerequisite: None 
Evaluation : Written exam and oral presentation of the project
Support: Syllabus, Royal Decrees, official websites
Supervision: Holder(s)

Online resources

All documents are on moodle

Faculty or entity

FSM