2008-2009 Board Members:
Jack Harari, President
Jamaal Jones, Vice President
Connie Kaplan, Treasurer
Noni Heywood, Secretary
Health care is so important to all of us. From bioethics and advance directives to health care policy and fraud and abuse legislation, an integral part of improving health care is ensuring that the laws governing the health care system are fair, understandable, and enforced. PULSE!, the Health Law Students’ Society, is intended to educate law students, attorneys, members of the health care community and members of the general public about health law issues. As its faculty advisor, I hope, and I believe its members hope, that it can help build bridges and improve communication among those groups even as it educates them about health law issues. - Kathy Cerminara, Faculty Advisor
PULSE! is dedicated to:
- Continuing the education of members of the legal profession in the health care industry
- Increasing the awareness of the Law Center’s students about health related issues affecting them
- Educating the general public on health law related issues
- Facilitating cooperation and interaction among health care lawyers, medical professionals, law students, and medical students.
PULSE!’s objective is to provide a forum for the latest health law topics such as:
Health Lawyers
- Current Topics in the Industry
- Corporate and Litigation Lawyers
Health Plans
- How to use your health plan
- Pros and Cons of different health plans
- Administration of plan benefits
- How to obtain health plan coverage
Public Health
- AIDS/HIV
- Legal Rights of AIDS/HIV patients and Testing
Patient Rights
- HMOs
-
Legal issues faced by physicians
- Ethical Issues in health law and medicine
Genetic Issues
Mixers with the Health Professions Division
- Health Law Concentration
- Mentors
- Roundtable Discussions
CONCENTRATION IN HEALTH LAW
The Nova Southeastern University Law Center offers a concentration in Health Law, permitting students to obtain recognition for their concentration in health-law-related studies. Completion of the requirements for this concentration will lead to a notation on the qualified student’s transcript and a certificate indicating the student’s focus, interest and specialized training in this area.
To earn a concentration in Health Law, each student must complete the course, credit, writing and service requirements described below. These requirements may not be waived.
COURSE AND CREDIT REQUIREMENTS:
All students must successfully complete each of the following courses:
- Administrative Law
- Health Law
- Law of Managed Health Care
- Medical Malpractice
In addition, all students must successfully complete at least two additional courses. The following is a list of some of those courses offered:
- AIDS Seminar
- Bioethics Seminar
- Civil Rights of Persons With Disabilities Seminar
- Goodwin Seminar in Winter 2001
- Elder Law
- Law & Medicine Seminar
- Law & Psychiatry
- Nonprofit Organizations
Students must also satisfy a “Service Component” requirement. Actively participating in PULSE! is one way to meet the service requirement!!!!!!!!!!
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