1. What matters need to be considered when deciding whether a patient who has suffered an adverse event should pursue a negligence claim against a healthcare professional in Victoria? How might such claims be avoided in practice? 

2. Select one of the registration boards covered by the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Victoria) Act (2009). What strategies does this board use to achieveits primary objective of protecting the public and what are the potential limitations of these? How might these limitations be addressed?

3. If a health professional witnesses a co-worker acting intoxicated, when might thisprofessional have a duty to report this co-worker? What challenges might the health professional face in this situation and how might these be managed?

4. Explain why conflicts of interest pose an issue for the ethical delivery of healthcare in Victoria and how such conflicts be should managed in practice.

5. Discuss whether it is better to fund broad healthcare programs that improve quality of life for all citizens or smaller programs that will have a significant impact on quality of life for a minority of people who suffer significant disadvantage? How might you justify your allocation decision to the relevant community?

6. Discuss whether ethics committees should allow researchers to enrol participants from vulnerable populations in medical experiments. How might you justify such decisions to researchers and the public?

7. Discuss whether influenza vaccination should be compulsory for all members of the public during a flu epidemic in Victoria. How might this decision be explained to the community?

8. Choose a registered health profession. In consultation with the unit chair design an essay question exploring an ethico-legal issue affecting members of this profession,and your recommendation for addressing this.

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