Bioethics Education
The Program in Medicine and Human Values offers a variety of bioethics education activities for our patient community and medical professionals, including webinars, a Clinical Ethics Fellowship Training Program, graduate medical education, international collaborations, and public classes and events.
Innovative Bioethics Education
The Program in Medicine and Human Values (PMHV) furthers excellence in patient care and medicine by providing bioethics education opportunities for community members and healthcare professionals.
Bioethics Webinars and Events
Our webinar series focus on effective communication skills and best practices integral for patient care. PMHV bioethics professionals provide practical solutions that healthcare providers can use in their practice.
If you are a healthcare provider and would like information on our educational webinar series, please contact Antonio Kruger at 415-600-1647 or by email ethics@sutterhealth.org.
Clinical Ethics UnConference 2025
Sutter Health’s Program in Medicine and Human Values is pleased to host ‘Charting the Future for Clinical Ethics: A Working UnConference’. This 4th Ethics UnConference will bring together experienced clinical ethicists and ethics program leaders from healthcare systems across diverse settings and geographic areas to connect and problem-solve for the rapidly growing profession of clinical ethics.
Attendees will participate in sessions focusing on developing action-oriented innovations and creating solutions to challenges in clinical ethics practice and program development to effectively impact quality patient care. Professional clinical ethicists and ethics program leaders will benefit most from this unconference.
April 23 - 25, 2025
Location: Hotel Kabuki, San Francisco, CA
Roots of Bioethics
In memory of our program’s co-founder, Dr. Albert R. Jonsen, Sutter Health’s Program in Medicine and Human Values has launched Roots of Bioethics, a new speaker series, to highlight early pioneers in the field. The inaugural virtual session held on Jan 26, 2022, focused on Moral Distress and featured Dr. Andy Jameton, Dr. Shilpa Shashidhara, and Dr. William Andereck. An access link to the event recording is available upon request.
The second session will focus on Deciding for Others and take place in early 2025. Further details will be updated for future sessions.
International Collaborations
We take pride in our long-standing international collaborations, including:
- Neuroethics Network — This project of the Neuroscience, Éthique et Société Association and hosted by Institut du Cerveau et de la Moëlle Épinière expands dialogue by promoting interdisciplinary interactions. Researchers, doctors and patients come together under one roof, fostering a vital multi-faceted approach.
- Cambridge Consortium for Bioethics Education — PMHV partners with Cambridge University Press to bring together bioethics educators from all over the world to share information on bioethics education innovation and scholarship.
- International Bioethics Retreat — At this unique meeting, invited experts in medicine, philosophy, law and health policy from around the world present current research projects. Informal sessions include audience discussion. Every year the retreat expands and strengthens the international community of bioethicists.
Clinical Ethics Fellowship Program
This one-year fellowship provides intensive practical training in clinical ethics consultation in a large community hospital with a diverse, multicultural population.
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