REGISTRATION
IS NOW OPEN for the Montreal Neuroethics Conference for Young Researchers 2015.
This
conference will be held in Montréal, Québec, Canada on April 17th, 2015 at the
Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (IRCM), Montréal,
Quebec,
Canada. It is aimed at young researchers, trainees, and students from all
fields interested in neuroethics. In addition to the program on the day of the
event, we are hosting an essay competition where 5 winning papers in
English will be candidates for fast-tracked publication in a special issue of
the journal Neuroethics and 5 winning papers in French will be
candidates for fast-tracked publication in a special issue of the journal BioéthiqueOnline.
ABSTRACT
DEADLINE EXTENSION
The
submission deadline for poster presentations and the essay competition has been
extended to February 2nd, 2015 at 11:59pm.
Please
follow the submission and registration instructions that can be found on our
website (http://www.ircm.qc.ca/NeuroethicsConference).
Program:
8:30-9:00
Welcome
9:00-10:00 Panel:
Social responsibility of neuroscience
John
Breitner, M.D. (McGill); Emily Bell, Ph.D. (IRCM); Artur Kania, Ph.D. (IRCM)
10:00-10:15
Break (coffee)
10:15-11:15
Panel: Cognitive enhancement
Jennifer Chandler,
LL.M. (UOttawa); Alexandre Erler, Ph.D. (UdeM); Veljko Dubljevic,
Ph.D./D.Phil.
(IRCM)
11:15-12:30
Poster session & lunch
12:30-13:30
Roundtable: How to be successful in your early Neuroethics career
Eric
Racine, Ph.D. (IRCM), Tommaso Bruni, Ph.D. (UWesternOntario), Lucie Wade,
M.Sc.
(McGill/JGH), Jaime Flamenbaum, M.D. (CIHR)
13:30-13:45
Break (coffee)
13:45-14:45
Oral presentations of essay winners
14:45-15:00
Break (coffee)
15:00-16:30
Keynote: The Neurobiology of Morality, James Blair, Ph.D. (NIH)
16:30-17:00
Awards Ceremony and Closing Statement
AWARDS
Three
prizes will be
awarded for the best essays ($500, $250, and $150).
One
prize will be given
for the best poster presentation ($100).
The “Sonia
Lupien Award” and the “Mark Hallett Award” will be each be given to
a poster
detailing
work in the area of (1) social responsibility of neuroscience, or (2)
the neuroscience of
ethics.
TRAVEL
BURSARIES
A limited
number of travel bursaries will be given to the applicants based on
significance, need, and
distance.
To be considered for a travel bursary, please submit the following:
Abstract,
Your CV,
and;
A 250‐word
personal statement about your neuroethics interests.
Poster
Presentation Information
Should your
abstract be accepted for presentation, please do not prepare your poster any
larger than
the maximum
size of 4ft x 4ft or 1.1m x 1.1m.
More info: http://www.ircm.qc.ca/NeuroethicsConference
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Job Description The Hastings Center’s two Research Assistants provide support to our projects, research scholars. Over the course of their employment, Research Assistants have the opportunity to cultivate intellectual engagement with all aspects of our work, to meet and work with leaders in the field, and to develop a deep familiarity with a wide range of bioethics issues. The successful candidate will be trained by and work alongside the other Research Assistant, who has been in the job for one year. Responsibilities will include journal screening, literature and web-based searches, document retrieval, bibliographic and citation services, preparation of detailed summaries of research project meetings, assistance with preparation of scholarly publications and presentations, and other research support. In addition to the formal duties of the position, our Research Assistants have the opportunity to submit abstracts to academic conferences, contribute to Bioethics Forum, and seek publication of their scholarly work.
Qualifications and key competencies Bachelor’s degree*; excellent oral and written communication skills; familiarity with the Microsoft Office suite and citation management software as well as online bibliographic and document retrieval tools; flexibility and organization in managing multiple ongoing tasks; a willingness to work creatively and collaboratively in an interdisciplinary environment. Experience in bioethics is highly desirable.
*This position is for recent undergraduates only. Graduate, post-graduate, or advanced/professional degree holders will not be considered. Additionally, candidates must already have the right to work in the U.S. (e.g. U.S. citizens or permanent residents).
Click here to apply.
Application Components (in PDF or DOC formats):
• Letter of application describing your background and interest in the position
• Resume or CV
• Writing sample, preferably related to bioethics
• Transcript of all undergraduate work (an internal, electronic transcript is acceptable)
• Names and contact information for two references
Applicants will be contacted regarding phone and on-site interviews.
Application deadline: Sunday, February 8, 2015 at 11:59 PM EST.
For questions relating to the Research Assistant search, please write to researchassistants@thehastingscenter.org.
The Hastings Center offers its Research Assistants a full time salary, health and dental insurance, and generous vacation, sick leave or personal time, and holidays. The Hastings Center is an equal opportunity employer, committed to building a diverse staff and creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
Qualifications and key competencies Bachelor’s degree*; excellent oral and written communication skills; familiarity with the Microsoft Office suite and citation management software as well as online bibliographic and document retrieval tools; flexibility and organization in managing multiple ongoing tasks; a willingness to work creatively and collaboratively in an interdisciplinary environment. Experience in bioethics is highly desirable.
*This position is for recent undergraduates only. Graduate, post-graduate, or advanced/professional degree holders will not be considered. Additionally, candidates must already have the right to work in the U.S. (e.g. U.S. citizens or permanent residents).
Click here to apply.
Application Components (in PDF or DOC formats):
• Letter of application describing your background and interest in the position
• Resume or CV
• Writing sample, preferably related to bioethics
• Transcript of all undergraduate work (an internal, electronic transcript is acceptable)
• Names and contact information for two references
Applicants will be contacted regarding phone and on-site interviews.
Application deadline: Sunday, February 8, 2015 at 11:59 PM EST.
For questions relating to the Research Assistant search, please write to researchassistants@thehastingscenter.org.
The Hastings Center offers its Research Assistants a full time salary, health and dental insurance, and generous vacation, sick leave or personal time, and holidays. The Hastings Center is an equal opportunity employer, committed to building a diverse staff and creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
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The Montreal Neuroethics Conference for Young Researchers 2015 will be held in Montréal, Québec, on April 17th, 2015 at Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (IRCM), Montréal, Quebec. This one-day international conference is aimed at young researchers, trainees, and students from all fields interested in neuroethics. In addition to the program on the day of the event, we are hosting an essay competition where winning papers will be candidates for fast-tracked publication in a special issue of the journal Neuroethics. Additionally, up to twenty-five abstracts of the highest quality will be considered for publication in Neuroethics.
Local Organizing Committee: Veljko Dubljevic Ph.D./D. Phil., Victoria Saigle, and Eric Racine Ph.D.
International Advisory Committee: Matthew Barker, Ph.D. (Concordia); Luc Faucher, Ph.D. (UQAM); Lesley Fellows, MDCM/Ph.D. (McGill); Cynthia Forlini, Ph.D. (Queensland); Walter Glannon, Ph.D./D.Phil (UCalgary); Judy Illes, Ph.D. (UBC); Fabrice Jotterand, Ph.D. (Regis University); Artur Kania, Ph.D. (IRCM); Neil Levy, Ph.D./D.Phil (Oxford/Melbourne); Dan Stein, MD/Ph.D. (Cape Town); Bryn Williams-Jones, Ph.D. (UdeM); and Kevin Chien Chang Wu MD/LLM/Ph.D. (National Taiwan University).
Program :
8:30-9:00 Welcome
9:00-10:00 Panel: Social responsibility of neuroscience
Confirmed Speakers: John Breitner, M.D. (McGill); Emily Bell, Ph.D. (IRCM); Artur Kania, Ph.D. (IRCM)
10:00-10:15 Break (coffee/tea)
10:15-11:15 Panel: Cognitive enhancement
Confirmed Speakers: Jennifer Chandler, LL.M. (UOttawa); Alexandre Erler, Ph.D. (UdeM); Veljko Dubljevic, Ph.D./D.Phil. (IRCM)
11:15-12:30 Poster session & lunch
12:30-13:30 Roundtable: How to be successful in your early Neuroethics career
Confirmed Speakers: Eric Racine, Ph.D. (IRCM), Tommaso Bruni, Ph.D. (UWesternOntario), Lucie Wade, Ph.D. (McGill), Jaime Flammenbaum, M.D. (CIHR)
13:30-13:45 Break (coffee/tea)
13:45-14:45 Oral presentations of essay winners
14:45-15:00 Break (coffee/tea)
15:00-16:30 Key note lecture: The Neurobiology of Morality, James Blair, Ph.D. (NIH)
16:30-17:00 Awards Ceremony and Closing Statement
Call for Papers and Abstracts:
We are now accepting abstracts for poster presentations and essays written by students and young researchers for the “Montreal Neuroethics Conference for Young Researchers” that will take place April 17th, 2015. The abstract and essay submission deadline is January 19th, 2015 at 11:59pm.
Possible topics for submission include (but are not limited to):
• Animal Ethics in Neuroscience Research
• Informed Consent in Neuroscience and/or Neurology
• Neuroimaging and Incidental Findings
• Ethics of Cognitive/Mood/Moral Enhancement
• Legitimate Knowledge Transfer: e.g. Military/Security Use
• Business Ethics and Neuromarketing
• Regulation of Innovative Neurosurgery
• Ethics in Psychiatry
• Definitions of Brain Death
• Neuroscience and Presuppositions of Ethics (e.g. Autonomy, Rationality, Moral Judgment, etc.)
• Social Impact of Neuroscience (e.g. gender, stigma of neurodevelopmental disorders)
• Communication of Neuroscientific Findings
• Neurogaming
• Neuroeducation
• Free will, self-control & voluntary action
• Ethical, legal and social issues in Addiction
• Neurolaw
Applicants may choose to submit (1) an abstract for a poster presentation and/or (2) an abstract accompanying a full essay. Both the essay and the abstract are due on January 19th. 2015 at 11:59pm.
ESSAY COMPETITION
If you choose to write the full essay, please prepare it for blind review and formatted according to Neuroethics journal submission guidelines. The essays should be a maximum of 4000 words (excluding references). We will accept submissions in both English and French. However, French articles will need to be translated if they are selected for publication in Neuroethics. On the first page, please include the abstract using the format detailed in the “ABSTRACT SUMISSION FORM” (available at: http://www.ircm.qc.ca/NeuroethicsConference).
POSTER PRESENTATION
Format your abstract for both the poster presentation and/or essay competition as outlined in the “ABSTRACT SUBMISSION FORM.”
Please email all submissions to neuroethics@ircm.qc.ca with the name of the conference, your full name, and the competition you are entering (essay competition and/or poster presentation) in the title. If you are applying for a travel bursary, please indicate this in the title as well.
Awards and Travel Bursaries
AWARDS:
• Five essay submissions will be chosen to give oral presentations at the conference.
• Three prizes will be awarded for the best essays ($500, $250, and $150).
• One prize will be given for the best poster presentation ($100).
• The “Sonia Lupien Award” and the “Mark Hallett Award” will be each be given to a poster detailing work in the area of (1) social responsibility of neuroscience, or (2) the neuroscience of ethics.
TRAVEL BURSARIES:
A limited number of travel bursaries will be given to the applicants based on significance, need, and distance. To be considered for a travel bursary, please submit the following:
• Abstract,
• Your CV, and;
• A 250-word personal statement about your neuroethics interests.
Poster Presentation Information
Should your abstract be accepted for presentation, please do not prepare your poster any larger than the maximum size of 4ft x 4ft or 1.1m x 1.1m.
Veljko Dubljević, Ph.D., D.Phil,
Banting Postdoctoral Fellow, Neuroethics Research Unit,
Institut de recherches cliniques de Montreal (IRCM), and
Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University;
Executive Director of the Montreal Neuroethics Network,
110, avenue des Pins Ouest Montréal, Qc H2W 1R7
(514) 987-5500 ext: 3249
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Winter 2014 Issue
Voices in Bioethics is an academic platform for mobilizing research and discussion that speaks to a wide range of scholars in bioethics. Given that bioethical issues arise at all levels of society, the journal encourages multi-disciplinary debate on such issues and aims to shed light on medical health concerns. While Voices in Bioethics embraces submissions across a range of research perspectives, it especially encourages work that develops social, cultural, and critical understandings of bioethical theory and practice. Voices in Bioethics seeks innovative, creative perspectives and forms of writing, and welcomes new challenges.
The
journal welcomes the following types of submissions:
· Research articles
incorporating substantive findings and promoting critical scholarship. Voices
in Bioethics is especially open to articles that encourage or incorporate
new ways of thinking about theory, research policy, and practice in health
care. We limit most articles to a maximum of 7,500 words, including title page,
abstract, notes, references, data, etc. However, the editors recognize that
some forms of research will require more space to incorporate adequate data.
· Conceptual essays
and diverse literary forms of writing relating to bioethics with a maximum
limit of 7,000 words.
· Short theoretical
essays or op-ed pieces in the range of 1,000-3,000 words, addressing current
issues, topics, and debates.
· Media and Book Reviews,
in which literature, film, television, and other media are analyzed through a
bioethical lens, thus providing further understanding of how we are confronted
with these issues in our daily lives. The maximum limit for these review pieces
is 1,500 words.
· Analyses of art
in its many forms, which focus on how art and bioethics can intersect in the
most interesting ways possible. These pieces are limited to 2,000 words.
· Narratives and
stories of medicine and clinical practice, such as oral histories, first-person
accounts, and interviews. Our new Narrative Medicine and Ethics section serves as a space for
interdisciplinary work investigating important intersections of medicine,
healthcare, and well-being, with writing, literature, philosophy, and
progressive thinking.
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Specific duties and/or responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the ability to work with the Director of the Program in Human Research Ethics and Oversight to:
- Collaborate with the Human Research Ethics Council workgroup on Education and Training for both background on needs and for future training directions
- Design and administer a needs assessment about human subjects research across the Agency
- Identify the discrete audiences for training, as well as the goals and objectives of training for each of the audiences
- Educate Agency staff about best practices in education using face-to-face training, podcasts, webinars, and other various modalities
- Assist the Director of PHREO in establishing targets for annual and refresher training for EPA scientists, funders, and others
- Develop a “train the trainer” program for HSR outreach across the Agency
- Plan, conduct, and coordinate a 2-year plan and schedule for the Director of PHREO, the student contractor, and others to deliver HSR training through webinars, regional programs, and Center visits
- Modify the existing online training course
For questions about the position, please contact Toby Schonfeld at schonfeld.toby@epa.gov. Dr. Schonfeld will also be attending the ASBH annual meeting in San Diego and will be available to answer questions during the meeting.
The position is for 30 hours/week at a pay rate of $31.27 per hr for one year (renewable). The student must be located in the DC area and able to work onsite at EPA Headquarters. In addition, the student must have graduated from a bioethics program within the last two years or be currently enrolled in a doctoral program in order to qualify. The application deadline is 31 October.
The Program in Human Research Ethics and Oversight (PHREO) at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) oversees the ethics of all research involving human participants that is conducted by EPA scientists or funded by the EPA. In addition to the regulatory functions of the program, officials are also responsible for the education and training of all of those involved in human subjects research (HSR) across the agency, from the investigators conducting the research to the Center Directors and Assistant Administrators whose funds support the work. This project involves the training responsibilities of the PHREO.
To apply and for more information about the position, please see: https://www.fedconnect.net/FedConnect/PublicPages/PublicSearch/Public_Opportunities.aspx and choose “PHREO Student Services Contract.” Be sure to click on the documents on the right (especially the “statement of work” to see more information about the position).
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The Daniel Callahan Young Writer's Prize
Prize Summary
This post is pleased to announce a new award, The Daniel Callahan Young Writer's Prize, sponsored by Daniel Callahan. Submissions will take the form of essays on a bioethics topic that are written as blog posts, designed for this blog, Bioethx Under 25. From all submissions, a group of finalists will be chosen and then an expert panel of bioethicists, including Daniel Callahan, will read the finalists' essays and award one prize amounting to $500.
All submissions will be considered for publication on the blog and eligibility to be a finalist or receive the prize is dependent on willingness to edit and revise the essay for publication. Submissions will be judged anonymously. Please see guidelines below for further information.
Prize Submission Guidelines
-Essays must be 500-1000 words and original submissions to Bioethx Under 25 i.e. never posted before on the blog.
-Essays must conform to all other submission guidelines for the Bioethx Under 25 blog and thus, be clearly related to bioethics and be written in an accessible manner. Please refer to the blog's About Page for more information.
-Essays will be accepted from September 10th, 2014 to November 15th, 2014.
-Any writer who is also a student in high school, college, or a graduate program is eligible to submit. Any writer who is not a student is eligible so long as he/she has not completed a PhD and/or worked more than 5 years in the bioethics field with a terminal degree (e.g. JD or MD). So long as the other guidelines have been met there is no age limitation or requirement for submission.
-Writers are not eligible if they currently or have previously worked full time for The Hastings Center or Daniel Callahan. Anyone affiliated with Bioethx Under 25 in an editing capacity is also ineligible.
-To submit, please email bioethicsunder25@gmail.com with your essay attached in a word or pdf format. In the body of the email please indicate that you are submitting for The Daniel Callahan Young Writers Prize and include your name, phone number, email address, current occupation and place of occupation (if a student, then your school, potential degree, and expected graduation year), and your highest degree attained with the school and year.
-For any questions please email bioethicsunder25@gmail.com or comment below.
About Daniel Callahan
Daniel Callahan is Senior Research Scholar and President Emeritus of The Hastings Center. He was its cofounder in 1969 and served as Director and President between 1969 and 1996. Over the years his research and writing have covered a wide range of issues, from the beginning until the end of life. In recent years, he has focused his attention on ethics and health policy.
He has served as a Senior Lecturer at the Harvard Medical School and is now a Senior Scholar at Yale. He received his B.A. from Yale and a PhD in philosophy from Harvard. He has honorary degrees from the Charles University, Prague, the Czech Republic, the University of Colorado, Williams College, Oregon State University, the State University of New York and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.
Callahan is an elected member of the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences; a former member of the Director’s Advisory Committee, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and of the Advisory Council, Office of Scientific Responsibility, Department of Health and Human Services. He won the 1996 Freedom and Scientific Responsibility Award of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is the editor or author of 47 books.
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The Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics offers courses in Bioethics in January and June each year through the Berman Institute Bioethics Intensives (BI2) program. BI2 provides an engaging, non-degree learning opportunity open to anyone interested in exploring bioethics in an interactive short-course format. The courses focus on both theoretical and applied aspects of bioethics and are of practical value to medical, legal, and policy professionals; researchers; scholars; students and others. Prior coursework or experience in bioethics is not required.
Course participants engage with Berman Institute faculty from the Johns Hopkins University’s world-renowned schools of medicine, public health, nursing, and arts & sciences. BI2 faculty represent the Berman Institute’s five areas of focus: biomedical research and discovery, ethics of clinical practice, public health ethics and health policy, and global health ethics and research.
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The Penn Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy is
now enrolling participants for two upcoming Intensive Workshops in Clinical
Ethics Mediation: Friday-Monday, May 30-June 2, 2014 &
Thursday-Sunday, August 14-17, 2014.
The 4-day workshops will take place at the University of Pennsylvania in
Philadelphia and will run from 9:00-5:00 each day. The Penn Clinical Ethics
Mediation Program has offered over 25 intensive workshops since the program's
launch in May 2010.
- Learn
how to navigate and improve challenging clinical relationships
(patient-provider, family-provider, inter-staff conflicts)
- Learn
the techniques of facilitation among a diverse set of stakeholders
- Learn
to effectively manage clinical disputes among and between caregivers,
patients and surrogates through mediation
- Discover
to how to define problems and assess underlying interests to generate
mutually acceptable options
- Role-play
in variety of clinical situations as both disputants and mediators
- Practice
mediation with professional actors
- Use
video-tapes of simulations to improve mediation techniques and strengthen
interpersonal skills
- Receive
constructive feedback in a supportive environment
http://medicalethics.med.upenn.edu/uploads/media_items/take-a-course-form.original.pdf
For more information, contact: fiester@upenn.edu
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Apply for a 2014-2015 Student Fellowship
chutchisonjones@law.harvard.edu; 617-495-2316
DESCRIPTION:
Lance Wahlert, PhD, Assistant
Professor and MBE Program Director, Penn Department of Medical Ethics and
Health Policy
The Center and
Student Fellowship. The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy,
Biotechnology, and Bioethics is an interdisciplinary research program at
Harvard Law School dedicated to the scholarly research of important issues at
the intersection of law and health policy, including issues of health care
financing and market regulation, biotechnology and intellectual property,
biomedical research, and bioethics. The Student Fellowship Program is designed
to support student research in these areas. More information on our
current fellows and their work, is available on this website.
Eligibility. The
student fellowship program is open to all Harvard graduate students who
are committed to undertaking a significant research project and fulfilling
other program requirements without exception during the year of their
fellowship:
The Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics offers courses in Bioethics in January and June each year through the Berman Institute Bioethics Intensives (BI2) program. BI2 provides an engaging, non-degree learning opportunity open to anyone interested in exploring bioethics in an interactive short-course format. The courses focus on both theoretical and applied aspects of bioethics and are of practical value to medical, legal, and policy professionals; researchers; scholars; students and others. Prior coursework or experience in bioethics is not required.
Course participants engage with Berman Institute faculty from the Johns Hopkins University’s world-renowned schools of medicine, public health, nursing, and arts & sciences. BI2 faculty represent the Berman Institute’s five areas of focus: biomedical research and discovery, ethics of clinical practice, public health ethics and health policy, and global health ethics and research.
Course participants engage with Berman Institute faculty from the Johns Hopkins University’s world-renowned schools of medicine, public health, nursing, and arts & sciences. BI2 faculty represent the Berman Institute’s five areas of focus: biomedical research and discovery, ethics of clinical practice, public health ethics and health policy, and global health ethics and research.
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The Penn Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy is
now enrolling participants for two upcoming Intensive Workshops in Clinical
Ethics Mediation: Friday-Monday, May 30-June 2, 2014 &
Thursday-Sunday, August 14-17, 2014.
The 4-day workshops will take place at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and will run from 9:00-5:00 each day. The Penn Clinical Ethics Mediation Program has offered over 25 intensive workshops since the program's launch in May 2010.
For more information, contact: fiester@upenn.edu
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Apply for a 2014-2015 Student Fellowship
chutchisonjones@law.harvard.edu; 617-495-2316
The 4-day workshops will take place at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and will run from 9:00-5:00 each day. The Penn Clinical Ethics Mediation Program has offered over 25 intensive workshops since the program's launch in May 2010.
- Learn how to navigate and improve challenging clinical relationships (patient-provider, family-provider, inter-staff conflicts)
- Learn the techniques of facilitation among a diverse set of stakeholders
- Learn to effectively manage clinical disputes among and between caregivers, patients and surrogates through mediation
- Discover to how to define problems and assess underlying interests to generate mutually acceptable options
- Role-play in variety of clinical situations as both disputants and mediators
- Practice mediation with professional actors
- Use video-tapes of simulations to improve mediation techniques and strengthen interpersonal skills
- Receive constructive feedback in a supportive environment
For more information, contact: fiester@upenn.edu
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Apply for a 2014-2015 Student Fellowship
chutchisonjones@law.harvard.edu; 617-495-2316
This workshop is intended for nurses, physicians, clergy,
social workers, clinical ethics consultants and members of ethics committees
who face clinical ethics conflicts in their role in the healthcare system.
DESCRIPTION:
Professional mediators possess a unique skill set applicable
to the facilitation of difficult conversations between individuals in
emotionally laden situations. An effective mediation process can generate
solutions that address the underlying interests of all disputants and resolve
conflicts that appear intractable. This skill set has increasingly been
recognized as invaluable to the work of clinical ethics consultants as they
navigate conflicts between and among patients, families, surrogates and
providers. Moreover, given wide-spread agreement that communication failures
lie at the root of many clinical conflicts, mediation values and catalyzes the
effective communication of individual concerns, values, perspectives and
feelings -- all of which are essential to the clinical ethics consultation
process. This hands-on Workshop introduces the principal techniques of
mediation through the use of simulated role plays with a focus on conflicts
caused by communication breakdowns, highly charged value-conflicts, and
cultural differences.
Edward Bergman, JD, Founding Faculty and Principal Mediator,
Penn Mediation Program
Autumn Fiester, PhD, Director, Penn Mediation Program &
Director of Education, Penn Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Lance Wahlert, PhD, Assistant
Professor and MBE Program Director, Penn Department of Medical Ethics and
Health Policy
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The Master Scholars Program in
Humanistic Medicine of NYU School of Medicine and The Perlmutter Cancer Center of NYU
Langone Medical Center invite you to join us on May 1,
2014 at 6PM for our Spring Colloquium, "The Only
Difference between a Researcher and a Patient is a Diagnosis!" Dr.
Susan Love—surgeon, researcher, advocate, author, and cancer survivor—will
be interviewed onstage by Dr. Deborah Axelrod, Kanas Family Foundation
Associate Professor of Surgical Oncology and Medical Director for
Community Outreach & Education for the NYULMC Cancer Center.
Dr. Love
will discuss her recent experience with AML and what it has taught her about
the patient experience. She will comment on how it has colored her work in
breast cancer advocacy and research and her new focus on the need for
collaboration. Finally she will emphasize the importance of continuing to
question the status quo.
A book signing and
reception will follow the interview. Light dinner will be served! To view the
flier and for additional details, please go to our website: http://school.med.nyu.edu/mspevents.
This event is free and open to the public;
however, RSVP is required: CLICK HERE. For
questions: katie.grogan@nyumc.org.
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COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY’S BIOETHICS MASTERS AND ON-LINE COURSE
AND CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS
Are pleased to announce that we have
arranged to allow students to take our
on-line courses individually (not only as part of our Certificate) in Clinical
Ethics, Neuroethics, Research Ethics, Philosophy of Bioethics, History of
Bioethics, and Global Bioethics. These courses all provide CME
credit. For info, please visit our website: http://ce.columbia.edu/bioethics
WE ARE ALSO PLEASED TO INVITE YOU TO
OUR UPCOMING EVENTS:
Research Ethics: How We Got to Where
We Are--and Where We're Going? WITH PAUL S. APPELBAUM, MD, Dollard Professor of Psychiatry, Medicine, & Law;
Director, Division of Law, Ethics, and Psychiatry, Columbia
University. The speaker will discuss the history and future of
ethics on conducting research on human subjects.
Thursday, March 13, 2014;
6:15-7:30pm; 702 Hamilton
Herding the Cats: Insights
from a Career i Clinical Ethics: WITH KENNETH A. BERKOWITZ MD FCCP;
Chief, Ethics Consultation, VA National Center for Ethics in Health Care
Thursday, April 10, 2014;
6:15-7:30pm; LOCATION TO BE ANNOUNCED
Refreshments will be served at all the above events
On-line Information Session for
Bioethics Programs
March 25, 2014; 6:00-7:00pm
Please RSVP at: http://ce.columbia.edu/bioethics/information-sessions/03-25-14
FURTHER INFORMATION ON OUR PROGRAM AND VIDEOS OF PAST CAREERS IN BIOETHICS EVENTS CAN BE FOUND AT: http://ce.columbia.edu/bioethics
FURTHER INFORMATION ON OUR PROGRAM AND VIDEOS OF PAST CAREERS IN BIOETHICS EVENTS CAN BE FOUND AT: http://ce.columbia.edu/bioethics
ALSO: PLEASE VISIT AND
CONTRIBUTE TO OUR NEW ON-LINE JOURNAL: VOICESINBIOETHICS.ORG
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The Center for Bioethics, Health and Society at Wake Forest University is pleased to announce an initiative to give junior faculty working in bioethics an opportunity to present works-in-progress to scholars in bioethics and related fields. Commentators will provide constructive feedback to presenters with the goal of fostering scholarship in bioethics. Works-in-Progress will be read in advance by a group of experienced scholars in bioethics and related fields. Each author will present the paper during the workshop. The assigned reviewers will provide oral and written feedback and then the rest of the audience will be invited to participate in offering feedback and asking questions. The expectation is that this discussion will assist scholars in revising their papers prior to submitting them for publication.
Junior faculty working in bioethics are invited to submit abstracts/summaries of 500-750 words of the proposed paper along with a curriculum vitae. Papers should be works-in-progress that have not already been accepted for publication and that will not be submitted for publication until after the workshop at Wake Forest University. A committee of scholars will select three papers for presentation at the Junior Scholars in Bioethics Workshop. Authors will be required to submit a full draft of the paper in advance of the workshop to allow peer reviewers sufficient time to read the papers and prepare their comments.
The Center for Bioethics, Health and Society will reimburse advance purchase coach airfare or mileage and provide lodging and meals for scholars whose works-in-progress are selected for presentation. It is expected the scholars will remain at Wake Forest University for the entire workshop to participate in the discussion of all papers.
Timeline
May 1, 2014: Submission deadline for Abstracts/Summaries (500-750 words) and CVs. Submissions should be emailed to bioethics@wfu.edu with a copy to Ana Iltis at iltisas@wfu.edu
June 1, 2014: Notification of Selection of Scholars
August 11, 2014: Full draft of papers due. Drafts should be emailed to bioethics@wfu.edu with a copy to Ana Iltis, Ph.D. at: iltisas@wfu.edu
September 18-20, 2014: Bioethics Scholars Weekend at Wake Forest University
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