Essential Competencies in Ethics Consultation
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Program Objectives:
The goals of this course are to consider the practice of ethics consultation, the ethical analysis in clinical care, and areas of research. It seeks to develop the skills and core competencies necessary to provide effective clinical ethics consultation skills and analysis.
Learning Objectives:
- Gain practical knowledge, skills, and interprofessional attributes to provide healthcare ethics consultation
- Explore approaches to an ethics assessment and analysis
- Learn the core competencies of ethics consultation and apply them through case-based learning
- After 6 months, a trainee will begin to serve on call with support.
- Upon completion, the participant will be comfortable with rounding, be a primary responder to ethics consultation, and practice everyday ethics.
Course Content
Course Calendar, Curriculum, and Key Resources
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Module 1: Introduction to Healthcare Ethics
Module 1 Case Study: Prognostic Uncertainty – Lost in Translation
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Module 2: Informed Consent, Capacity, and Shared Decision Making
Module 2 Case Study
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Module 3: Implied Consent and Substitute Decision Makers for Adults and Minors
Module 3 Homework Assignment
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Module 3 Case Study
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Module 4: Dignity of Risk and Vulnerabilities
Module 4 Case Study
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Module 5: Conflicts of Interest, Privacy and Confidentiality
Module 5 Case Study
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Module 6: Potentially Inappropriate Treatments, Medical Futility, Informed Assent, and Special Issues at the End of Life
Module 4 Homework Assignment
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Module 6 Case Study
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Module 7: Culture, Religion, and Special Issues at the Beginning of Life
Module 7 Case Study
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Module 8: Moral Distress, Resilience, and Support