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Ethics in Healthcare Conference 2024

Ethics conference logoFriday, May 31, 2024

Sponsored by the Program in Bioethics and Humanities,
Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa

About the Conference:

With the steady introduction of more treatment options and biotechnologies, an increasing number and range of ethical challenges in health care are emerging. This conference is designed to help professionals meet these challenges through their work as clinicians, members of ethics committees or ethics consult teams, and administrators.

This one-day conference for collaborative dialogue and inter-professional exchange seeks to provide up-to-date information in healthcare ethics relevant to clinical practice; provide approaches to ethical reasoning that clarify ethical problems; facilitate professional discussion of ethical challenges and decision making in healthcare; and encourage professional networking for ongoing dialogue, support, and collaboration.

Sessions will include the following topics:

  • a primer on normative ethics
  • moral resilience in nursing and healthcare
  • screening for alcohol/illicit drugs in adolescent trauma patients
  • ethical issues in the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare
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Purpose Objectives Continuing Education Credit
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The Program in Bioethics and Humanities at the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine will host its annual one day conference on May 31, 2024 in the Medical Education and Research Facility (MERF), Room 1117. With the steady introduction of more treatment options and biotechnologies, an increasing number and range of ethical challenges in health care are emerging.  This conference is designed to help professionals meet these challenges through their work as clinicians, members of ethics committees or ethics consult teams, and administrators.  

Participants made the conference a genuine time of engagement, rather than just an opportunity to be informed. We all benefited from the wealth of experience, depth of insight, and range of perspectives they brought to our discussions during our past conferences. 

Intended Audience:  Administrators, Attorneys, Chaplains, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Physicians, Physician Assistants, Social Workers, Students, Trainees, and Others

Provided by:  The University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine and the Program in Bioethics and Humanities.

Conference Director:  Lauris C. Kaldjian, MD, PHD

Conference Coordinator:  Suzanne Gurnett Streitz, BA