Legal Aspects of Public Health
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course, participants shall be able to:
- know the importance of law for public health measures
- understand how law is created
- know national and international law-making bodies
- analyze the role of politics determined by law
- evaluate the relevance of law and policy for practice
Topics/Content
In a constitutional state, all state action - including public health measures - is based on law. What is law and how does law come into force (at national, European and international level)? Which stakeholder are involved in lawmaking and what is the role of politics in this process? What does this mean for practice? Is it possible to influence these processes, and if so, how and by whom?
Activities / Program
Workshop style with interactive elements
Basic information
| Number | E046.233.24 |
|---|---|
| Dates | Thu 29.08.2024 |
| Times | 09:15-16:30 |
| Course location | Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine ISPM room 216, second floor Situation plan |
| Lead | Professor Franziska Sprecher, Specialist for Constitutional and Administrative Law with emphasis on Health Law |
| Seats max. | 20 people |
| Course language | English |
| Registration deadline | 15.08.2024 |
| Format | Individual event from Public Health Sciences Course Program You will receive a certificate of attendance. |
| Governing Unit |
Faculty of Medicine University of Bern Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM) |
| ECTS info |
1 ECTS points will be credited for this course For an accreditation of the ECTS, a minimum of 80% attendance and active participation incl. completion of assignments and assessments are required. |
Target audience
All PhD students, Post-docs, clinicians and public health practitioners interested in legal aspects of Public Health.
Special
Course takes place every second year.
Application and admission procedure
A tertiary education degree is required. The program manager decides on the final admission. Priority is given to PhD students
Application process: You are requested to enroll online. Seats will be allocated according to date of enrolment. Three weeks before the course/workshop at the latest, the administration will decide and inform about running or cancelling the course/workshop.
Costs
Amount still open
Administrative / Payment modalities
Registration fees are waived for PhD students of the University of Bern who commit to the whole course attendance. To avoid being invoiced, it is mandatory that you indicate your institute and the matriculation number upon registration for the course. Please note cancellation regulations below.
Course fees for other participant categories:
PostDocs Uni Bern CHF 100
Other participants Uni Bern CHF 300
Participants other academic institutions 600
Other participants CHF 840
Participants completing the entire PHS Course Program benefit from a reduction; overview course fees here.
Cancellation regulations
After the closing date for registrations, the organisers will decide whether the course can take place. The decision is based on the number of registrations.
These cancellation rules apply to PhD students of the University of Bern.
Processing fee of CHF 100 will be applied for:
- Cancellations after the registration deadline (late cancellations)
- Participants with course attendance of less than 80% of the on-site course time
- Absence on the first day of the course (considered as a late cancellation).
Course attendance must be cancelled at the latest 2 weeks before the first course day. Write an email to phs-admin.ispm@unibe.ch.
The cancellation has to be confirmed by the course coordination.
For your registration the General Terms and Conditions of the PHS Course Program apply.
Contact
University of Bern
Public Health Sciences Course Program
c/o Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM)
Mittelstrasse 43
3012 Bern
Switzerland
Tel: +41 31 684 34 04