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Summer Seminar in Healthcare Ethics 2025 - Register Now!

Save the Date graphic for the UW Medicine Department of Bioethics & Humanities Summer Seminar in Healthcare Ethics, scheduled for August 4–7, with 3.5 days of virtual learning. Features a purple-toned image of the Seattle skyline with Mount Rainier in the background.

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.