Bioethics Summer Seminar 2023

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

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.

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.