Students will develop practical interviewing, counseling, strategic legal planning, litigation, and legal research skills as interns in the University of Kentucky Healthcare (University Hospital) Risk Management Office, under the supervision of the Risk Management Director. Students will be expected to complete legal research and writing projects, attend legal proceedings and hospital committee meetings, and review clinical investigations. Each student must sign a confidentiality agreement covering, among other things, compliance with all statutory requirements governing patient confidentiality, including HIPAA and anticipatory conflict agreement, which will include an agreement that the participant will be bound by SCR 3.130(1.9) and SCR 3.130(1.10) as if the participant were a practicing attorney at the time of ther internship.
Uk Healthcare Externship
Prefix:
LAW
Course Number:
975
Semester:
Spring 2017
Year:
2017030
Credits:
2.0