ETHICS CONFERENCE
ASSIGNMENT: ETHICS CONFERENCEDUE DATE: Thursday before your
assigned session date
*Please read this the week before your assigned ethics
conference*Introduction:The week before your scheduled ethics
conference, you should identify a potential case for discussion. A
3-4 sentence, HIPAA compliant summary of the case should be emailed
to your colleagues in the clerkship as well as Drs. Frader, Stamos,
Greenberg, and Higgins. The clerkship directors will choose two
cases for discussion by Sunday before the Ethics Conference. We
will then ask the authors of the two chosen cases to provide a more
complete case description at the time of the conference.
Guidelines:
Please focus on everyday ethical issues. It does not have to be
a complicated issue. Sometimes the mundane ethical dilemmas are the
best. Please avoid cases involving possible child abuse or neglect,
as those issues are covered elsewhere in the curriculum. You will
substantially enhance the discussion by doing some background
reading before meeting with the faculty to discuss the case.
Please feel free to email Dr. Frader with questions
[email protected]).
Objective:The goal of the Ethics sessions is, in brief, to
stimulate broader/deeper responses to everyday ethical issues than
typical clinical discussion permits. We believe reflection on
different ethical dimensions of cases helps students mature as
clinicians. Just as is true with many pathophysiologically driven
diagnostics and therapeutics, we often face unanswered and
currently unanswerable moral questions about the best course.
Sometimes patients, loved ones, or professionals values or
preferences deserve more weight than the contributions of
statistically-validated evidence or the law.
When ethical or legal consensus on an issue exists, we will try
to communicate that consensus clearly. More often than not, no such
agreement prevails. Challenging conventional wisdom observed on the
wards or in the clinic can enrich your professional development and
help you attain openness to different points of view that can
enhance your effectiveness with patients, families, and
colleagues.
MAIN POINTS: Ethics Conference
Everyone will attend ONE Ethics Session per block typically on a
MONDAY at 12pm. See schedule.
By Thursday of the week of your Ethics session, email the group
with a HIPAA compliant summary of the case with an ethical question
(3-4 sentences max!). If you are emailed about presenting your
case, please come prepared to give a short 1-2 minute synopsis of
the case for the group.
Be On Time. Feel free to bring lunch.Date Revised:
01/21/2015
