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HBC 2009 Program Schedule

Wednesday | Thursday | Friday

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

 

8:00 AM

Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:45 AM

Welcome and Introduction

9:00 AM

Clinical Cases—Ethical Questions

Christine Mitchell, Robert Truog

9:30 AM

Clinical Bioethics: Moral Reasoning and Ethical Justification

Dan Brock

10:15 AM

Questions and Comments

10:30 AM

Refreshment break

11:00 AM

Ethics Consultation

Martha Jurchak

11:45 AM

Questions and Comments

12:00 PM

Transition Break (pick up bag lunch)

12:15 PM

Lunch and Small Group Discussion (assigned rooms)

1:15 PM

Transition Break

1:30 PM

Evaluating Decision-Making Capacity

Rohn Friedman

2:15 PM

Questions and Comments

2:30 PM

Refreshment Break

2:45 PM

Medical Futility: Are There Limits on Patients’ Autonomy?

Robert Truog

3:30 PM

Questions and Comments

3:45 PM

Atoms, Autonomy and Molecular Ethics

Lachlan Forrow

4:30 PM

Questions and Comments

4:45 PM

Networking reception

Thursday, June 18, 2009

8:00 AM

Continental Breakfast

8:30 AM

Announcements

8:45 AM

A Short History of Bioethics Cases and Committees

Christine Mitchell

9:30 AM

Questions and Comments

9:45 AM

Clinical Ethics Cases in the Courts

Judy Johnson

10:30 AM

Questions and Comments

10:45 AM

Refreshment break

11:00 AM

PANEL: Going to court

  • When and Why (why not)?
  • Legal Guardians
  • Patients’ Rights

12:30 PM

Transition break (pick up bag lunch)

12:45 PM

Lunch and Small Group Discussions (assigned rooms)

2:00 PM

Transition break

2:15 PM

Brain Death, PVS, MCS…Consciousness and Clinical Ethics

Thos Cochrane

3:00 PM

Questions and Comments

3:15 PM

Refreshment break

3:30 PM

Dealing with Medical Error and Adverse Events

Robert Truog

4:15 PM

Questions and Comments

4:30 PM

Adjourn

Friday, June 19, 2009*

*The curriculum for this day is devoted to discussion of the practical aspects of doing clinical ethics consultations. Those who are not able to take the entire 3-day course may register to attend this day only. Also, those who have taken the Harvard Bioethics Course in the past may wish to register for just this day.

8:00 AM

Continental Breakfast

8:30 AM

Announcements

8:45 AM

Research on Ethics Consultation

Jennifer Kesselheim

9:30 AM

Questions and Comments

9:45 AM

Ethics Consultation: Methods and Tools

Christine Mitchell

10:30 AM

Questions and Comments

10:45 AM

Refreshment break

11:00 AM

Ethics Consultation in Pediatrics

Sadath Sayeed

11:45 AM

Questions and Comments

12:00 PM

Transition break (pick up bag lunch)

12:15 PM

Lunch and Small Group Discussions (assigned rooms)

Critiquing actual ethics consult reports

1:45 PM

Transition break

2:00 PM

PANEL: Doing Clinical Ethics Consults

  • Responding to the Request
  • Data Gathering—facts and values
  • Ethical Analysis
  • Documentation and Evaluation

3:30 PM

Refreshment break

3:45 PM

Clinical Ethics: Connecting the past and future

Stuart Youngner

4:30 PM

Questions and Comments

4:45 PM

Closing Remarks

Adjourn