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C. HEALTH CARE,THE ENVIRONMENT, AND SOCIETY
OVERALL EXPECTATIONS
By the end of this course, students will:
SPECIFIC EXPECTATIONS
C1. HealthCareandtheEnvironment
By the end of this course, students will:
C1.1 identify the environmental impact of techno- logical advances in the health care field (e.g., single-use devices create end disposal issues, as incineration results in heavy metal toxicity and landfilling creates biohazardous leachate; because of the increased use of pharmaceuticals, traces
of prescription drugs are now being found in surface water);
C1.2 research and report on laws, regulations, guidelines, and information sources pertaining to the disposal of medical waste (e.g., Atomic Energy Control Board – radioactive materials; Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System [WHMIS] – chemical hazards; Ontario Regulation 102/94 – waste management);
C1.3 identify some environmental impacts of a health care product over its complete life cycle (e.g., use of harmful chemicals in manufacturing the product, energy consumption for manufacturing and transportation of raw materials and completed products, packaging waste, impact of the product when disposed of, impact of drug residues in human body wastes).
C2. HealthCareandSociety
By the end of this course, students will:
C2.1 describe ethical issues related to various products and procedures that have contributed to improved health care (e.g., life-extending devices such as cardiac pacemakers and internal defibrilla- tors, microscopic/robotic surgical procedures; priori- ties for organ transplants);
C2.2 describe the impact of medical biotechnology (e.g., in vitro fertilization [IVF], chorionic villus sampling [CVS], umbilical cord blood storage) on people’s everyday lives.
C1. describe the impact of the health care industry on the environment, and identify legal require- ments and guidelines for protecting the environment from harmful consequences;
C2. describe the societal and ethical implications of advances in medical technology.
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