About
the Department of Bioethics and Humanities
Welcome to the Department of Bioethics and Humanities. The primary strength of the department is its rich, talented, interdisciplinary nature, which is a function of the faculty. Capitalizing on this strength and expanding the visibility of the department has emerged as a key goal for us.
The Department provides academic education and professional training in bioethics and humanities through an MA in Bioethics; an undergraduate Minor in Bioethics and Humanities; curricula in clinical ethics and professionalism for medical students, residents, and fellows; and sponsored continuing education activities for practicing health care professionals.
The Department of Bioethics & Humanities is committed to excellence in teaching, scholarship, and community service. Integral to this commitment is promoting diversity and making our programs attractive to traditionally under-represented individuals.
Our faculty represent diverse scholarly disciplines, including medicine, genetics, philosophy, health services, religious studies, education, pathology, history, and other areas. We partner with faculty from the schools of medicine, law, nursing, pharmacy, public health, social work and the college of arts and sciences. Faculty publications explore a wide range of areas, including the ethical, legal and social implications of genetics and genomic research; community-based participatory research; social justice and access to health care; social inequalities in health and health disparities; medical error; and palliative and end of life care.
Our graduate students bring training and experience from a variety of fields, including medicine, law, nursing, social work, physician assistant studies, dentistry, and other areas.
Congratulations to Kelly Edwards. The Provost and Executive Vice President announced that Kelly was been nominated her dean and chair and selected to be part of our leadership program: the UW Leadership Excellence Project: “Thriving as a Change Agent in Academia.” Your selection acknowledges that you are considered to be a person with extraordinary leadership traits and potential.
Q&A with chair of UW Department of Bioethics & Humanities
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Denise Dudzinski, Ph.D. |
In March, Denise Dudzinski was named the new chair of the UW Department of Bioethics & Humanities, a small department that works on big issues – end-of-life care, responsible conduct of research and social justice.
“Ethics provides a kind of scaffolding and language for the moral life. It helps people see moral issues from a variety of perspectives and better understand the reasons that people sometimes – quite reasonably – disagree with each other. We hope this promotes better understanding and tolerance.” Dudzinski said her moral awareness started at an early age when her family moved to Riyad, Saudi Arabia. Find out more about the department through a Q&A with the chair.
We recommend Tom McCormick’s article “The Ethics for Doctors in Helping a Patient Die” in the Opinion pages of The New York Times.
Read about Adjunct Professor Doug Diekema’s perspective on childhood vaccination policy in Washington state in this article by Brian Donohue in the Health Sciences NewsBeat.
http://hsnewsbeat.uw.edu/story/vaccine-exemption-bill-fails-pediatric-ethicist-weighs
Faculty Wylie Burke, Denise Dudzinski, Nancy Jecker, Tom McCormick and adjuncts Mark Sullivan, Mark Tonelli, Ben Wilfond, and Doug Diekema have been featured in a series of artilces "Bioethics Q&A series: Facing today's dilemmas" by Brian Donohue in the Health Sciences NewsBeat.
Awards
Congratulations to Professor Wylie Burke on winning the 2014 UW Medicine Award for Excellence in Mentoring. The award, initially sponsored by UW Medicine's National Center for Excellence in Women's Health, recognizes the need for mentoring of women faculty by all faculty and will be presented by Dean Ramsey to Dr. Burke on June 5, 2015. Twenty-two mentees submitted letters of support in nominating Dr. Burke for this well-deserved award. To read the UW Medicine News piece click here.
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Columns Magazine's September 2015 issue Facutly Profile features Dr. Burke/
Faculty Profile: Wylie Burke
Genetic Ethicist
By Julie Garner
Twenty-two years ago, Wylie Burke was doctor to a friend of mine who sustained horrible injuries from a tractor accident. As attending physician during my friend’s final admittance to UW Medical Center, she spoke matter-of-factly about his condition but did so with such compassion, his wife was moved to tears. Today Burke is known nationally for her expertise on the ethical and policy implications of human genome research. While she is a leader in this area of medicine, her ability to ...(continue reading)
SOM Curriculum Renewal
The faculty in Bioethics & Humanities are pleased to be participating in the ongoing School of Medicine Curriculum Renewal process for the MD program. During the Visioning Phase, 2011-July 2012, our then Chair Wylie Burke chaired the Vision Committee which was tasked with defining the guiding principles for the renewal process. During the Steering Phase (October 2012 - April 2013), B&H faculty served on several committees: Dr. Burke chaired the Governance Committee and served on the Steering Committee, Erika Blacksher served on the Health Equity Committee, and Kelly Edwards chaired and Denise Dudzinski was a member of the Ethics and Professionalism Committee. During the current Design phase, Dr. Burke continues to Chair the Governance Committee and serve on the Steering Committee and Kelly Edwards serves on the newly formed Integrated Themes Committee. Denise Dudzinski now co-directs the Ethics and Professionalism curriculum design.
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Bioethics listserv
Are you interested in receiving information about bioethics events, lectures, discussions, and news of interest? Click here to subscribe to our bioethics listserv.
The Summer Seminar in Health Care Ethics is scheduled for the full week of August each year. The dates for 2016 will be August 1st - 5th.
Please visit our Summer Seminar page for more information.
New Graduate Certificate in Palliative Care
The University of Washington is now offering a Graduate Certificate in Palliative Care. This innovative, interprofessional curriculum is designed for practicing healthcare professionals from nursing, medicine, social work, spiritual care, and other disciplines seeking specialty training in palliative care.
Jointly offered through the UW Schools of Medicine and Nursing, this certificate is ideal for the working professional. During this 9-month graduate certificate, our world-renowned faculty use weekly interactive distance learning, peer and faculty mentoring and quarterly in-person workshops to help participants develop their expertise in three key areas of palliative care practice: person-centered communication, interprofessional team training, and program development. In addition, the certificate course includes VitalTalk® training, which is a highly regarded national model for expert communication skills about serious illness.
Core Faculty:
· Ardith Doorenbos PhD, RN, FAAN
· Caroline Hurd MD
· Helene Starks PhD, MPH
Expert Faculty:
· Anthony Back, MD
· Heather Coats PhD, ARNP
· J. Randall Curtis MD, MPH
· James Fausto, MD
· Carol Kummet LICSW, MTS
· Lu Marchand MD, BSN, FAAHPM
· Sean Doll O’Mahoney M. Div, BCC
· Alice Ryan MSW, LICSW
· Joan M. Teno MS, MS
The application deadline for Autumn 2016 start is May 1, 2016. Please visit our website http://www.uwpctc.org for more information or contact Tia Paganelli, Program Manager, at pctc@uw.edu.
Bioethics Grand Rounds
Next Grand Rounds
to be announced
We invite you to join us for Bioethics Grand Rounds, co-sponsored by the Department of Bioethics & Humanities and the Ethics Advisory Committee at the University of Washington Medical Center.
Congratulations to MA Bioethics Alum Danae Dotolo, who has been selected as one of six 2016-2017 Magnusson Schoolars!
A quote from her Scholar profile states "Danae is uniquely poised to undertake this work. Her background in research, her understanding of the health care system, and her interest in deeply theorizing her work all demonstrate her capacity to be one of the important social welfare scholars of the next generation.”
Jere’s the direct link to the full articlet:
http://depts.washington.edu/uwhsa/magnuson-scholarship/2016-2017-magnuson-scholars-announced/
Gerhard, Berryman, Oberg showcasing Bodemer Exhibit
A beautiful showcase of Dr. Bodemer’s collection of medical instruments and historical documents. With Professor Emeritus Jack Berryman’s vision, John Gerhard’s leadership, and Lisa Oberg’s curation the result was a compelling and impressive collection, expertly catalogued, displayed, and explained. This is a fitting tribute to the history faculty who originated and built the Division of Biomedical History. Without them, we would not be the Department of Bioethics and Humanities today. We're glad that students, historians, and citizens will have access to these historical artifacts and documents. Click here for more info.
Have you seen the online American Medical Association's Journal of Ethics? It is a great resource for ethical issues, case studies, ethics polls, and podcasts.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization has launched a project titled Global Ethics Observatory. It is a world-wide network of databases in bioethics and in other areas of applied ethics including lists of experts in the field of ethics, ethics institutions, ethics teaching programs, and a database of legislation, guidelines and regulations relating to ethics.
Open Spaces: Views from the Northwest is a quarterly magazine for voices from the Northwest that speak with knowledge and insight to issues affecting people in every region. It is created in Seattle, Washington and Portland, Oregon. Open Spaces offers perceptive articles as well as thought provoking stories, essays and poetry on many subjects including medicine, politics, publishing, culture, law, science, music, business, art, education, health, sleep, food, travel and gardening.
"The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks"
Dr. Kelly Edwards, Dr. Malia Fullerton, and Sue Trinidad have developed a discussion guide for use with Rebecca Skloot's book,
"The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks". Click here to download the guide.
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