The 16th Ethics Committee Training Day - Section One of Six - Common Presentations of Ethical Concerns brought to a Clinical Ethics Committee

Dartmouth Health Continuing Education for Professionals Home, The 16th Ethics Committee Training Day - Section One of Six - Common Presentations of Ethical Concerns brought to a Clinical Ethics Committee, 3/17/2022 12:00:00 PM - 3/17/2025 12:30:00 PM,

The focus of this learning activity is to offer an opportunity for current and prospective members of interprofessional healthcare bioethics committees to gain introductory knowledge of healthcare-related ethical issues.  

Presenters
Evadne “Evie” Marcolini, MD, FAAEM, FACEP, FCCM
Staff Physician, Emergency Department^; Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Neuro-critical Care*; Board of Directors, American Academy of Emergency Medicine

Catherine D. Shubkin, MD, FAAP, HCE-C
Staff Physician, Pediatrics; Vice-Chair of Education, The Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth^; Associate Professor of Pediatrics*

^ Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
* Geisel School of Medicine, Hanover, NH

Learning Outcome
At the conclusion of this learning activity, (at least 75% of) participants will be able to recognize common presentations of ethical concerns brought to a Clinical Ethics Committee. 

Disclosure
The activity director(s), planning committee member(s), speaker(s), author(s) or anyone in a position to control the content for this activity have reported NO financial relationship(s)* with ineligible companies**. 

* A “financial relationship" includes employee, researcher (named as the PI), consultant, advisor, speaker, independent contractor (including contracted research), royalties or patent beneficiary, executive role, and/or an ownership interest (not including stocks owned in a managed portfolio).

** An ineligible company is any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

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