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.
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.
Sutter’s PMHV hosted the 20th Annual Bioethics Workshop at Sutter CPMC in San Francisco in August. This education event titled “Stories, Conflict, and Connection: Clinical Ethics Skills in Action” was attended by health care professionals from 27 hospitals and other organizations. PMHV senior clinical ethicist Shilpa Shashidhara, Ph.D., and clinical ethicist Shaylona Kirk, M.D., served as program co-chairs.
Our professional clinical ethicists facilitated multiple skills - based sessions in an interactive format focusing on practical tools to help participants preempt and resolve conflict, strengthen ethical decision-making, and foster more constructive, compassionate dialogue to move the care plan forward.
International Collaborations
We take pride in the international collaborations we have participated in over the years, including:
- Neuroethics Network: This project of the Neuroscience, Éthique et Société Association and hosted by Institut du Cerveau et de la Moëlle Épinière expanded dialogue by promoting interdisciplinary interactions. Researchers, doctors and patients came together under one roof, fostering a vital multi-faceted approach.
- Cambridge Consortium for Bioethics Education: This forum sponsored by Cambridge University Press brought together bioethics educators from all over the world to share information on bioethics education innovation and scholarship.
- International Bioethics Retreat: At this unique meeting sponsored by Cambridge University Press, invited experts in medicine, philosophy, law and health policy from around the world presented current research projects. Informal sessions include audience discussion. Every year the retreat expanded and strengthened the international community of bioethicists.
Clinical Ethics Fellowship Program
This two-year fellowship provides intensive practical training in clinical ethics consultation in a large community hospital with a diverse, multicultural population.
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