Private Practice Organisation/Ethics of Medical Practice

At the end of this course, students should be able to: 1. enumerate the structure of medical services, voluntary agencies, private organisations and their inter-related nature; 2. describe medical administration in hospitals and other health services; 3. define private practice management; 4. explain budgeting, accounting and health financing; 5. describe personnel management, the “health team”; 6. illustrate medical records, health I family life cycle transitions; 7. discuss computers in primary care; 8. demonstrate medical problem solving algorithm; 125 9. identify palliative care service available in Nigeria and abroad; 10. discuss alternative medical practice, a critical review; 11. encourage attachment to an accredited GP; and 12. explain medico-legal matters and code of ethics.

The structure of medical services. Voluntary agencies. Private organisations and their inter- related nature. Medical administration in hospitals and other health services. Private practice management. Budgeting, accounting, and health financing. Personnel management, the “health team”. Medical records, health I family life cycle transitions. Computers in primary care. Medical problem solving algorithm. The family in different cultural contexts. Palliative care service available in Nigeria and abroad. Alternative medical practice, a critical review. Attachment to an accredited GP. Medico-legal matters and code of ethics.