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2023 Summer Seminar in Healthcare Ethics

August 2-4, 2023 

The Department of Bioethics and Humanities invites you to the 35th annual Summer Seminar in Healthcare Ethics. We will host the conference online this year with synchronous and asynchronous material. 

 

 

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    Summer Seminar is directed to physicians, nurses, social workers, chaplains, attorneys, teachers, surgeons, anesthesiologists, surgical nurses, physician assistants, social workers, hospital administrators, and other professionals involved in the care of patients or the education of providers.

     

     

    SUMMER SEMINAR COURSE DESCRIPTION

    The annual Summer Seminar is an intensive, interactive introduction to the 'four-box method' of analysis of ethical problems in clinical ethics, developed by Jonsen, Siegler, and Winslade in their book Clinical Ethics. The Seminar also addresses elements of the Core Competencies in Health Care Ethics Consultation and can help attendees prepare for the healthcare ethics consultation certification exam.  

    Lectures are designed to familiarize participants with basic definitions and arguments in major topics of clinical ethics. The course aims to provide participants with skills and information to enable them to make competent ethical decisions in clinical situations and to assist others in doing so. Hence, careful attention is paid to methods of case analysis and to discussion of cases. Summer Seminar has always attracted a mix of participants that resembles the actual participants in clinical care, making it possible to share different, but complementary views.

     

    OBJECTIVES

    • Identify fundamental concepts and principles for the understanding of ethical issues in clinical care
    • Implement a method for analyzing ethical cases in clinical health care
    • Employ skills in decision-making for clinical cases that present ethical problems
    • Discuss current issues and cases in health care ethics

    SURGICAL ETHICS CONFERENCE COURSE DESCRIPTION (IN DEVELOPMENT)

    July 31-August 1, 2023

    In partnership with the UW Department of Surgery, we are also offering the fifth annual Surgical Ethics Conference.  This virtual conference employs the methods of ethical analysis taught in the Summer Seminar to analyze topics of special interest to surgeons, surgical residents & fellows, anesthesiologists, surgical nurses, physician assistants, social workers, and hospital administrators.  The conference additionally introduces participants to skills and information sufficient to enable them to make competent ethical decisions in clinical situations. The conference format incorporates asynchronous content tailored to surgical specialties defining ethical principles and concepts, with a live online program, including multi-disciplinary small group discussions, designed to allow participants to better understand the ethical debates that bear upon each topic. 

     

    OBJECTIVES

    • Identify fundamental concepts and principles for the understanding of ethical issues in clinical care
    • Implement a method for analyzing ethical cases in clinical health care
    • Employ skills in decision-making for clinical cases that present ethical problems
    • Discuss current issues and cases in health care ethics

    • The cost of the three-day online course is $315. Register here.

    • We are offering a 5% discount for groups of 20+ from the same organization. Please use the discount code 5OFF20. (Note: You will need to use one payment method for the whole group).

    • The University of Washington School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

      The University of Washington School of Medicine designates this other* activity for a maximum of 22.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

      *Note: in order to receive the maximum amount of credit, participation in the three day live webinar on 8/2 -8/4 for 18 hours, plus up to 4.5 hours of asynchronous content which will be available beginning July 21, 2023.

     

    The University of Washington is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation in its services, programs, activities, education, and employment for individuals with disabilities. To request disability accommodation in the application process, contact the Disability Services Office at least ten days in advance. Disability Services Office:

    • 206.543.6450/Voice
    • 206.543.6452/TTY
    • 206.685.7264/Fax
    • e-mail: dso@uw.edu

    If you’d like to request that the conference provide Zoom Subtitling throughout the conference or any other accommodation, please email kanyen@uw.edu. 

    The Department of Bioethics & Humanities at the University of Washington School of Medicine is proud to offer two scholarships to the 35th Annual Summer Seminar in Healthcare Ethics.  One scholarship is in honor of Dr. Al Jonsen, the founder of Summer Seminar, and one is in honor of Dr. Tom McCormick, the Co-Chair for almost two decades.  These scholarships will be awarded to two professionals who would like to attend the 2023 Summer Seminar in Healthcare Ethics virtual conference, but are not able to because of financial hardship or other constraints. 

     

    The scholarship will cover the cost of the Summer Seminar registration fee.  Please apply by filling out this online application form here.

    The scholarship is for Summer Seminar only and does not include the Surgical Ethics conference.

     

    The application deadline is June 1, 2023 and we will notify recipients by June 16, 2023.

     

    If you have questions, please email uwethics@uw.edu. 

    2023 Summer Seminar Faculty 

    • Denise Dudzinski, PhD, HEC-C, Course Director; Professor (Joint), Bioethics & Humanities and Pediatrics, UW School of Medicine; Chief, UW Medicine Ethics Consultation Service
    • Kayhan Parsi, JD, PhD, HEC-C, Professor of Bioethics, Graduate Program Director, Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine; President, American Society for Bioethics & Humanities
    • Douglas Diekema, MD, MPH, Professor, UW Pediatrics, Director of Education, Treuman Katz Pediatric Bioethics Center
    • Lucia D Wocial, PhD, RN, FAAN, HEC-C, Senior Clinical Ethicist, John H. Lynch, MD Center for Ethics, Medstar Washington Hospital Center
    • Ben Wilfond, MD, Professor, Pediatrics, UW School of Medicine; Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics
    • Patricia Kuszler, MD, JD, Charles I. Stone Professor of Law, UW School of Law
    • James Kirkpatrick, MD, Professor, Cardiology and Bioethics & Humanities (Joint), Chair UWMC-Montlake Ethics Committee, UW School of Medicine
    • Georgina Campelia, PhD, HEC-C Assistant Professor, Bioethics & Humanities, UW School of Medicine
    • Laura Webster, D.Be, RN, HEC-C, Pacific Northwest Division Vice President of Ethics, CommonSpirit Health
    • Mark Tonelli, MD, MA, Professor, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, UW School of Medicine
    • Crystal Brown, MD, MA, Assistant Professor, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, UW School of Medicine
    • Lindsay Semler, DNP, RN, CCRN, HEC-C, WTA-C, Executive Director of Clinical Ethics, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
    • Hope Wechkin, MD, Medical Director, Evergreen Hospice and Palliative Care
    • Arthur Derse, MD, JD, FACEP, Director, Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities, Julia and David Uihlein Chair in Medical Humanities, Professor, Bioethics and Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin
    • Joel Reynolds, PhD, Assistant Professor, Philosophy & Disability Studies, Georgetown University, Senior Research Scholar, Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Senior Bioethics Advisor & Fellow, The Hastings Center
    • Mark Sullivan, MD, PhD, Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, UW School of Medicine
    • Arika Patneaude, MHP, EMMHS, LICSW, APHSW-C, Manager, Pediatrics, Division of Bioethics & Palliative Care; Faculty, School of Social Work, UW
    • Katie Porter, JD, MPH, Director, Research Ethics Consultation Service, Seattle Children's
    • Jennifer Kett, MD MA, Division Chief, UW Department of Pediatrics, Division of Bioethics & Palliative Care; Medical Director, Bioethics Consultation Service and Palliative Care, Seattle Children's 

    • Hannah Johanson RN, BSN, PCCN, CCRN, HEC-C, Clinical Ethics Consultant and Intensive Care Nurse, UWMC-Northwest; Part-Time Lecturer, UW Bothell

    • Edwin G. Lindo, JD, Assistant Dean for Social & Health Justice, Office of Healthcare Equity; Associate Teaching Professor, Department of Family Medicine

    • Laura Katers, PA-C, Pain Medicine at the University of Washington Medical Center; Teaching Associate; Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine

    • Rev. Mia Baumgartner, MDiv, MNPL, BCC; Director, Spiritual Care & Well-Being, University of Washington Medical Center