Clinical Ethics Consortia
The Harvard Clinical Ethics Consortium is a multi-disciplinary forum for members of ethics committees and ethics support services at HMS-affiliated teaching hospitals and institutions, as well as faculty, fellows and graduate students of the Center for Bioethics and Harvard's ethics programs. Meeting dates will be listed on our Calendar.
These meetings are not open to the public.*
This consortia series is only for current MBE students, Fellows, HMS Center for Bioethics teaching faculty and staff, and members of ethics committees and ethics support services at HMS-affiliated teaching hospitals and institutions. These pre-approved HMS affiliates and Center members will receive registration links and case details in separate emails.
If you are not sure about your eligibility, contact clinicalethics@hms.harvard.edu to request permission and await approval. Please note: this may take a few business days. Your request will be reviewed by the co-directors of clinical ethics and the ethics committee chair at your affiliated hospital, if applicable. Alumni and former members are not permitted. Cases are confidential and details should not be shared or forwarded.
*In rare instances, some sessions are combined with other consortia and are open to the public.
2023-2024 Events (Open to Public)
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Public Engagement Regarding Patient-facing Hospital Policy: The Ethics, Challenges, and Opportunities of Public Engagement in Health Care Settings
December 1, 2023 | 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. ETRecording on YouTubeWatch the recording on our YouTube channel.
Topic:
There have been many calls for health care systems to engage and listen to community voices, particularly when making consequential policy decisions about patient care. Such decisions may range from policies for rationing scarce COVID-19 interventions to requiring masking in hospitals in the post-pandemic era, and beyond, to reproductive and transgender care policies in a post-Dobbs public landscape. But what does it really mean to engage the public in deliberation on hospital policies? What are the benefits and hazards of such engagement? What would hospital leaders and community members need to put such a decision-making model into place? And how can ethics leaders facilitate this work?
Join us for a special joint Clinical and Organizational Ethics Consortium exploring the ethics, challenges of, and opportunities for public engagement regarding patient-facing policy. We will hear first about what public engagement is, both in theory and in practice, and then perspectives from a local hospital leader and patient advocate on the promise and challenges of publicly-engaged deliberation to help inform organizational decision-making. Through facilitated discussion amongst speakers and attendees, we will explore a practical approach for this model’s potential application in health care systems.
Presenters:
- Erika Blacksher, PhD, John B. Francis Chair in Bioethics, Center for Practical Bioethics; Research Professor, University of Kansas Medical Center
- Julius Yang, MD, PhD, Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs, Department of Medicine; Senior Medical Director for Clinical Operations and Analytics, Silverman Institute for Health Care Quality and Safety, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- Basel Tarab, MD, MBE, MHA, Director of Patient Experience, Volunteers, and Transport; Co-Chair of Ethics Committee, Winchester Hospital
Moderators:
- Charlotte H. Harrison, PhD, JD, MPH, HEC-C, Immediate Past Hospital Ethicist and Director, Office of Ethics, Boston Children’s Hospital
- Jonathan Marron, MD, MPH, HEC-C, Director of Clinical Ethics, Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics; Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
- Leanne Homan, RN, BSN, MBE, HEC-C, Associate Director of Clinical Ethics, Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics; Clinical Ethicist, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Jonathan Marron, MD, MPH, HEC-C
Leanne Homan, RN, BSN, MBE, HEC-C