Consortium Ethics Program
30th Annual Fall Retreat

Faculty:

Laura Guidry-Grimes, PhD, HEC-C
Associate Staff Bioethicist, Center for Bioethics
Clinical Assistant Professor, Learner College of Medicine
Cleveland Clinic

Marta Kolthoff, MD, MA
Director of Clinical Genetics
Director, Olivia’s Angels Perinatal
Palliative Care Program
Allegheny Health Network

David M. Korman, JD
Adjunct Professor, Law, Criminal Justice & Society
College of General Studies
University of Pittsburgh

Alex John London, PhD
Clara L. West Professor of Ethics and Philosophy
Director, Center for Ethics & Policy
Carnegie Mellon University 

Sarah Stockey, DHCE, NCG
Co-Director and Medical Guardian
Federated Guardians 

Amy VanDyke, MSW, LSW, PhD
Vice President of Programs
Catholic Social Services 

Jamie Watson, PhD, HEC-C
Associate Staff Clinical Ethicist
Cleveland Clinic 

John Welch, MDiv, PhD
Theologian, Medical Ethicist, Community Engagement Consultant

PROGRAM OVERVIEW:   This conference will focus on current and cutting-edge issues that arise in the health care environment today. It is aimed at providing health care professionals with the frameworks and skills needed to identify and address ethical issues and concerns surrounding professionalism within their clinical practice.  A series of didactic and case-based presentations and discussions will be facilitated by prominent clinicians, bioethicists, and philosophers from the region.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

11:00 AM – 11:45 PM:  Registration / Optional Lunch  

Noon – 1:00 PM:  Professionalism and Ethical Communication (Jamie Watson, PhD, HEC-C)

1:05 – 2:05 PM: The Ethics and Art of Chart Noting (Laura Guidry-Grimes, PhD, HEC-C)

2:05– 2:25 PM: BREAK

2:25 – 3:40 PM: Understanding the Theory and Practice of Clinical Bioethics: The Dax Cowart Legacy  (Amy VanDyke, LSW, PhD)

3:40 – 3:50 PM: BREAK

3:50 – 5:00 PM: The Tension of Tuth-Telling and the Awkardness of Apology (John Welch, MDiv, PhD)

5:00 pm: Adjourn for the Day
 

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

8:00 AM: Continental Breakfast / Registration

8:30 AM – 9:30 AM: Implicit Bias in Clinical Care (John Welch, MDiv, PhD)

9:35 AM – 10:45 AM

• Medical Guardianship and Difficult Ethical Choices (Sarah Stockey, DHCE)

• Duty to Treat or Duty to Others? A Hobson's Choice (David Korman, JD)

10:50 AM – 12:15 PM

• Ethics Simulation Training: Intellectual Disability and  Guardianship (Laura Guidry-Grimes, PhD, HEC-C)

• Ethics Simulation Training: Refusal of Life-Saving Interventions (Jamie Watson, PhD, HEC-C)

12:15 – 12:45 PM: Lunch

12:45 pm – 2:00 PM:  Sticks, Carrots and Autonomous Choice: Ethical Issues in Influencing Patient Choice (Alex John London, PhD)

2:00 PM:  Adjourn for the Day
 

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

8:00 AM:  Continental Breakfast / Registration

8:30 AM – 9:30 AM: 

• Personal Responsibility for Health:  What is Fair? (Alex John London, PhD)

• Privacy & Confidentialiaty in the Heathcare Setting:  Are They Possible in the Era of Tablets, Texts, and  Tweets? (Amy VanDyke, MSW, LSW, PhD)

9:40 AM – 10:40 am   

• Assessing Decisional Capacity: Ethical and Organizational Challenges (Sarah Stockey, DHCE)

• Ethical Challenges in Palliative Care Across the Lifespan (Marta Kolthoff, MD, MA)

10:50am – 11:50 am:  Law, Ethics and Moral Reasoning as an Instrument to Reconciliation (David Korman, JD)

11:50 AM – 12:00 PM Wrap-up and evaluation