Harvard Clinical Bioethics Course 2018 Schedule

Wednesday June 6, 2018  
Time Description Instructor
8:00 - 8:30 a.m. Registration & Continental Breakfast  
8:30 - 8:45 a.m. Welcome  
8:45 - 9:45 a.m.

Clinical Bioethics: Connecting Theory with Practice

Christine Mitchell, RN, MS, MTS
9:45 - 10:45 a.m. Moral Reasoning: Philosophy and Clinical Bioethics Andrew Schroeder, PhD
10:45 - 11:00 a.m. Refreshment break  
11:00 - 12:00 p.m. Medical Futility Robert Truog, MD
12:00 - 1:45 p.m. Working Lunch: Small Group Case Discussion  
1:45 - 2:45 p.m. Ethical Issues in Women’s Health & Assisted Reproduction Louise King, JD, MD
2:45 - 3:00 p.m. Break  
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions I

  
 
  • Advance Care Planning
 David Sontag, JD, MBioethics 
Carol Powers, JD
 
  • Values, Uncertainty & Counseling in Prenatal Decisions
 Stephen Brown, MD
 
  • The Surgical Learning Curve
 John Mayer, MD
 
  • Healthcare Rationing & Distributive Justice
 Andrew Schroeder, PhD
 
  • Neuroethics
 Laura Specker Sullivan, PhD
 
  • Human Rights in Health & Science
 J. Wesley Boyd, MD, PhD 
Emily Keehn, JD
4:00 - 4:15 p.m. Transition break  
4:15 - 5:15 p.m. Concurrent Sessions II  
 
  • Advance Care Planning
 David Sontag, JD, MBioethics  
Carol Powers, JD
 
  • Values, Uncertainty &Counseling in Prenatal Decisions
 Stephen Brown, MD
 
  • The Surgical Learning Curve
 John Mayer, MD
 
  • Healthcare Rationing & Distributive Justice
 Andrew Schroeder, PhD
 
  • Neuroethics
 Laura Specker Sullivan, PhD
 
  • Human Rights in Health and Science
 J. Wesley Boyd, MD, PhD 
Emily Keehn, JD
5:15 - 6:00 p.m. Networking Reception  
6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Addressing LGBTQ Concerns in Healthcare

Elizabeth Reis, PhD
David Diamond, MD
Thursday June 7, 2018  
Time Description Instructor
8:00 - 8:30 a.m. Registration & Breakfast  
8:30 - 9:30 a.m. Clinical Ethics Consultation: Standards & Strategies Christine Mitchell, RN, MS, MTS
9:30 - 10:30 a.m.

Approaches to Ethical Analysis
  Principlism

Laura Specker Sullivan, PhD
  Casuistry Patrick Smith, PhD
  Virtue Ethics Rebecca Brendel, MD, JD
10:30 - 10:45 a.m. Break  
10:45 - 12:00 p.m. Approaches to Ethical Analysis  
 
  • Feminist Ethics
 Charlene Galarneau, PhD
 
  • Utilitarianism
 Andrew Schroeder, PhD
 
  • Narrative Ethics
 Charlotte H. Harrison, PhD, JD, MPH, MTS
12:15 - 1:30 p.m. Working Lunch: Small Group Case Discussions  
1:30 - 2:15 p.m. Teaching Bioethics: Practical Approaches to Common Challenges Edward Hundert, MD
2:20 - 3:15 p.m. Concurrent Sessions I  
 
  • Defining Death and Organ Transplantation
 Robert Truog, MD
 
  • Religious Contributions in Clinical Ethics
 Patrick Smith, PhD
  Public Reporting of Surgical Outcomes Richard Whyte, MD, MBA
  Organizational Ethics in a Changing Hospital Policy Environment: What’s a Hospital To Do? Lauren Taylor, MPH, MDiv
 
  • Talking to Families about Ethics Consultation –A Video
 Martha Jurchak, PhD 
Wendy McHugh, RN, MS
 
  • Tips and Problems in Ethics Consultation
 Christine Mitchell, RN, MS, MTS
 
  • The Surgical Learning Curve
  
3:15 - 3:25 p.m. Transition break  
3:25-4:20 p.m. Concurrent Sessions II  
 
  • Defining Death and Organ Transplantation
 Robert Truog, MD
 
  • Religious Contributions in Clinical Ethics
 Patrick Smith, PhD
 
  • Public Reporting of Surgical Outcomes

Richard Whyte, MD, MBA
 
  • Organizational Ethics in a Changing Hospital Policy Environment: What’s a Hospital To Do?
 Lauren Taylor, MPH, MDiv
 
  • Talking to Families about Ethics Consultation –A Video
 Martha Jurchak, PhD 
Wendy McHugh, RN, MS
 
  • Tips and Problems in Ethics Consultation
 Christine Mitchell, RN, MS, MTS
4:20 - 4:30 p.m. Transition  
4:30 - 5:30 p.m. When Things Go Wrong: Talking with Patients after Medical Mistakes Robert Truog, MD
5:30 - 6:15 p.m. Networking Reception  
6:15 - 7:45 p.m. Bioethics & Genomics: Center Stage Lynn Bush, PhD, MS, MA and various faculty participants
Friday June 8, 2018  
8:00 - 8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast  
8:30 - 9:30 a.m. Disorders of Consciousness and Ethical Issues Thomas Cochrane, MD
9:30 - 10:30 a.m. Narrative Ethics: What Matters? Martha Montello, MA, PhD
10:30 - 10:45 a.m. Refreshment break  
10:45 - 11:45 a.m. Medical Aid in Dying Brendan Abel, JD
11:45 - 12:45 p.m. Bioethics, Public Engagement & Civic Discord Mildred Solomon, EdD
12:45 - 1:45 p.m. Lunch: Optional Facilitated Discussions  
1:45 - 3:00 p.m. Learning Skills of Conflict Management for Challenging Ethics Consultations Autumn Fiester, PhD
3:00 - 3:15 p.m. Refreshment break  
3:15 - 4:30 p.m. Learning Skills of Conflict Management for Challenging Ethics Consultations continued Autumn Fiester, PhD