Clinical Ethics

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Due to the recent developments and health safety precautions surrounding COVID-19, this event has been cancelled.

Rachel Hardeman, PhD, MPH

Join Children’s Clinical Ethics Department for our annual one-day ethics symposium to discuss how religious and cultural implications affect patients in end of life situations. With three engaging lectures by specialists in the field, participants will learn how to recognize cultural and religious based conflict, as well as strategies to have end of life discussions when such conflicts arise.

Kris Catrine, MD

This three-day course is designed for nurses and other healthcare professionals working with children in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Focusing on concepts of holistic/integrative healthcare, including interactive and experiential components.

The Ethics Simulation Conference features evidence-based training the skills required to have difficult end of life conversations. The unique curriculum features the combination of embedded everyday ethics principles alongside hands on simulation based practice of concrete skills with a coach providing real-time feedback. With knowledge and skills gained through this course, participants will be equipped to have difficult end of life conversations in various healthcare settings, keeping the foundational ethical principles in mind.

Medicine has allowed for a few to conscientiously object to providing services, like performing abortions, for people who have religious or moral objections. There isn’t any formal training on how to deal with conscientious objectors and what objects are actually appropriate versus others that may be more bigoted or discriminatory and what is the institutions requirement to honoring those objections. Without clear understanding of objections and what institutions should do with objectors, patients can be denied needed care and clinicians can be forced to provide care they object to. This symposium will address these gaps in learning to help address clinician conscientious objection.

Clinical Ethics Boot Camp is a 2 day training to develop and improve knowledge, abilities, and skills in clinical ethics consultation. This training is designed to help individuals who are interested in clinical ethics consultation develop a strong foundation in theory and practice.