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Ethics at the End of Life

Monday, October 6th, 2008

Ethics: The Fourth Dimension of Care at the End of Life 

A preconference seminar from the Colorado Center for Hospice & Palliative Care

October 29, 2008, 1:00-4:00 PM, Beaver Run Resort, Breckenridge

This interactive seminar will provide an intensive introduction to ethical principles and consultation techniques based in actual case studies for health care and social service professionals and volunteers serving persons at the end of life. Awareness of the ethical dimension of care — along with the physical, psychosocial, and spiritual — is increasingly essential not only for quality care but to protect staff from moral distress leading to fatigue and even burnout. Ethics committee formation, education, and activity will also be addressed. Participants will be equipped with practical tools to implement right away in settings of any size or level of ethics activity. To register and for more information on this seminar and the full conference, visit www.cochpc.org/conferences.

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NICU Ethics Lecture

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

“After Bad News – Then What?”

Exploring complex medical choices with patients and families

Presented by: Peter Hulac, MD

Peter Hulac is a Neonatologist on the faculty of the CU School of Medicine, is the President of the Colorado HealthCare Ethics Forum, and is Medical Director of the Colorado Fetal Concerns Program.

Dinner Lecture:
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
6 to 9 p.m.
Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital
Russell Pavilion
1835 Franklin St., Denver, CO 80218

CNE’s will be awarded, and CERP’s(E) applied for.
“The Kaiser Permanente Nursing Education Department is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Colorado Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.”

For questions, call 303-636-3023

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Ethics Instruction Highlighted at Distance Education Conference

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

The Center was well represented at the recent Distance Education 2008 Conference in Madison, WI.  The new ethics simulation was demonstrated in a well-attended Design Showcase entitled Using a Gaming Environment to Design an Ethics Simulation and hosted by Deb and Tom.  Computer-based simulations are among the hot new teaching strategies in online instruction but are complex to design.  Tom also hosted a roundtable discussion entitled Creating Coherent Conversations in a Cacophonous Culture.  The popular culture as reflected in the media and the current political climate has done little to encourage civil conversation around tough issues.  This roundtable was intended to explore best practices in creating online facilitating respectful online discussion around sensitive and complex issues.   Tom explored challenges related to maintaining a safe online space, the importance of instructor presence, and strategies for mediating conflict.  Highlights of the discussion will be shared with our own affiliate faculty at our October workshop.

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