Clinical Ethics Education Series

Core IB - Decisions in Tough Cases: Who Makes Them and Why

In this course, participants will explore the principle of Respect of Autonomy and how it applies in health care decision-making across many different settings. It will include interactive elements and case-based discussions.

Topics covered include the principle of respect for autonomy; decision-making capacity and assessment; surrogate decision-making models; and identification of an appropriate surrogate.

Ethics Grand Rounds

Meets the second Tuesday of each month and addresses cases related to relevant ethics topics based on trends in ethics consultation.

Notes and registration information

• Free; open to all Providence St. Joseph Health caregivers; feel free to bring your lunch.
• RSVP NOT required.
• This course is also available via Northwest TeleHealth. Contact your local ministry education department to connect.
• You may also join via Lync. Log on with your work computer or call 1-855-PHS-LYNC (1-855-747-5962); conference ID 63167161.

Core IIA - Ethical Dilemmas in Difficult Discharges

In this half-day course, participants will explore conflicts of ethics principles and core values related to difficult discharge scenarios. Topics will include the principles of respect for autonomy, decision-making capacity, beneficence, justice and patient safety.

Core IIA - Ethical Dilemmas in Difficult Discharges

In this half-day course, participants will explore conflicts of ethics principles and core values related to difficult discharge scenarios. Topics will include the principles of respect for autonomy, decision-making capacity, beneficence, justice and patient safety.

Core IIA - Ethical Dilemmas in Difficult Discharges

In this half-day course, participants will explore conflicts of ethics principles and core values related to difficult discharge scenarios. Topics will include the principles of respect for autonomy, decision-making capacity, beneficence, justice and patient safety.

Ethics Grand Rounds

Meets the second Tuesday of each month and addresses cases related to relevant ethics topics based on trends in ethics consultation.

Notes and registration information

• Free; open to all Providence St. Joseph Health caregivers; feel free to bring your lunch.
• RSVP NOT required.
• This course is also available via Northwest TeleHealth. Contact your local ministry education department to connect.
• You may also join via Lync. Log on with your work computer or call 1-855-PHS-LYNC (1-855-747-5962); conference ID 63167161.

Ethics Grand Rounds

Meets the second Tuesday of each month and addresses cases related to relevant ethics topics based on trends in ethics consultation.

Notes and registration information

• Free; open to all Providence St. Joseph Health caregivers; feel free to bring your lunch.
• RSVP NOT required.
• This course is also available via Northwest TeleHealth. Contact your local ministry education department to connect.
• You may also join via Lync. Log on with your work computer or call 1-855-PHS-LYNC (1-855-747-5962); conference ID 63167161.

Core IIA - Ethical Dilemmas in Difficult Discharges

In this half-day course, participants will explore conflicts of ethics principles and core values related to difficult discharge scenarios. Topics will include the principles of respect for autonomy, decision-making capacity, beneficence, justice and patient safety.

Core IID - Ethical Dilemmas in Caring for the Elderly

In this four-hour module, participants will explore several unique situations that face clinicians and families in the care of aging patients that bring into tension the principles for respect of autonomy, beneficence and professionalism/clinical integrity. This course will NOT address specific ethics questions at the End of Life; those are addressed in a separate course—Core Curriculum IIE.

Ethics Grand Rounds

Meets the second Tuesday of each month and addresses cases related to relevant ethics topics based on trends in ethics consultation.

Notes and registration information

• Free; open to all Providence St. Joseph Health caregivers; feel free to bring your lunch.
• RSVP NOT required.
• This course is also available via Northwest TeleHealth. Contact your local ministry education department to connect.
• You may also join via Lync. Log on with your work computer or call 1-855-PHS-LYNC (1-855-747-5962); conference ID 63167161.

Core IIB - Ethical Dilemmas in Caring for Pediatric Patients

In this four-hour module, participants will learn how to apply the Providence model to ethics teaching cases regarding care of pediatric patients for ethical decision making. We will discuss limitations of parental decision-making for infants, children and teens, and question when cultural practices that cause small amounts of pain or harm to children will be tolerated, or reported as child abuse.

Ethics Grand Rounds

Meets the second Tuesday of each month and addresses cases related to relevant ethics topics based on trends in ethics consultation.

Notes and registration information

• Free; open to all Providence St. Joseph Health caregivers; feel free to bring your lunch.
• RSVP NOT required.
• This course is also available via Northwest TeleHealth. Contact your local ministry education department to connect.
• You may also join via Lync. Log on with your work computer or call 1-855-PHS-LYNC (1-855-747-5962); conference ID 63167161.

Core IID - Ethical Dilemmas in Caring for the Elderly

In this four-hour module, participants will explore several unique situations that face clinicians and families in the care of aging patients that bring into tension the principles for respect of autonomy, beneficence and professionalism/clinical integrity. This course will NOT address specific ethics questions at the End of Life; those are addressed in a separate course—Core Curriculum IIE.

Ethics Grand Rounds

Meets the second Tuesday of each month and addresses cases related to relevant ethics topics based on trends in ethics consultation.

Notes and registration information

• Free; open to all Providence St. Joseph Health caregivers; feel free to bring your lunch.
• RSVP NOT required.
• This course is also available via Northwest TeleHealth. Contact your local ministry education department to connect.
• You may also join via Lync. Log on with your work computer or call 1-855-PHS-LYNC (1-855-747-5962); conference ID 63167161.

Core IA - Basic Principles and the Providence Model for Clinical Ethical Decision Making

This course is open to all hospital staff and employees, provides the ethical infrastructure for all the Ethics Center’s ethics services and s a perquisite to other Core Curricula courses.

The program covers the Providence approach to understanding ethics in health care, and introduces participants to the Providence model for ethical decision-making. It also includes a discussion of case studies on topics often encountered at ethics consultations such as clinical conflicts, patient decision-making and professionalism.

Ethics Grand Rounds

Meets the second Tuesday of each month and addresses cases related to relevant ethics topics based on trends in ethics consultation.

Notes and registration information

• Free; open to all Providence St. Joseph Health caregivers; feel free to bring your lunch.
• RSVP NOT required.
• This course is also available via Northwest TeleHealth. Contact your local ministry education department to connect.
• You may also join via Lync. Log on with your work computer or call 1-855-PHS-LYNC (1-855-747-5962); conference ID 63167161.

Ethics Grand Rounds

Meets the second Tuesday of each month and addresses cases related to relevant ethics topics based on trends in ethics consultation.

Notes and registration information

• Free; open to all Providence St. Joseph Health caregivers; feel free to bring your lunch.
• RSVP NOT required.
• This course is also available via Northwest TeleHealth. Contact your local ministry education department to connect.
• You may also join via Lync. Log on with your work computer or call 1-855-PHS-LYNC (1-855-747-5962); conference ID 63167161.