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October 22, 2025, 12:00am
October 21, 2025, 9:15am
It is with deep sadness that the Department of Bioethics & Humanities at the University of Washington acknowledges the passing of our colleague Dr. James C. Whorton, Emeritus Faculty Member. Dr. Whorton was a cherished and respected member of our community whose work and collegial spirit left a lasting impression on the department.
October 15, 2025, 4:00pm
October 8, 2025, 12:00pm
Join us on Wednesday, October 8th @ 12PM with Sara Kolmes, PhD, HEC-C, for a discussion of “The Ones We Can’t Fix”: Using Structural Competency to Think About Hard Ethics Cases.
September 24, 2025, 5:00pm
Apply to our flexible, online program to become certified for Advanced Training in Healthcare Ethics! Improve patient care, be an ethics committee member, or become an ethics consultant.
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Bioethics Training
August 4, 2025, 8:00am
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.
September 24, 2025, 5:00pm
Apply to our flexible, online program to become certified for Advanced Training in Healthcare Ethics! Improve patient care, be an ethics committee member, or become an ethics consultant.
Program dates: