Duty of care in clinical education - Part 1

Discourse regarding the legal position of osteopathic clinical educators is scarce. The educator-patient-student relationship is complex and if not managed well may compromised patient and student safety.This doctrinal research paper explores how Australian Civil Liability Legislation may be applied during clinical education. The paper constitutes a thought experiment and uses reasoning by analogy, applied to a hypothetical problem scenario, set during an osteopathic student's clinical practice event for the purpose of exploring the educator's duty relationships and to tease-out possible acts or omissions that could potentially be used in an argument designed to establish a clinical educators breach of duty.
Source: International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine - Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Tags: Original Article Source Type: research