Ethics for Healthcare Professionals (Ireland) is a CPD course designed to help practitioners understand, apply, and demonstrate ethical practice in line with Irish healthcare regulators’ codes of conduct (Medical Council, NMBI, PSI, Dental Council, CORU).

Ethics is central to healthcare — it requires honesty, probity, accountability, confidentiality, and respect in every interaction. Ethical standards guide decisions about consent, confidentiality, professional boundaries, safeguarding, and digital professionalism. They are also essential in regulatory processes such as remediation and fitness-to-practise hearings.

This course explores the four core ethical principles — autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, and justice — alongside regulator expectations. Through Irish-specific examples, participants will learn how to handle ethical dilemmas, sustain public trust, and demonstrate accountability when under scrutiny.