Unpacking Bedside Bioethics

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Unpacking Bedside Bioethics is a quarterly professional development clinical ethics webinar series delivered by the Center for Bioethics.

Speakers identify ethical dilemmas in clinical cases, and discuss how to apply bioethical concepts and frameworks to navigate those dilemmas.

This interprofessional series is geared towards physicians, nurses, pharmacists, chaplains, social workers, and clinical staff. Health professions students are also encouraged to attend.  

The views expressed by webinar speakers are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of individual Center for Bioethics faculty.  The Center for Bioethics does not take positions on specific issues, and the hosting or posting online of a webinar does not imply endorsement of any views expressed by the speakers.

Certificates of Attendance are issued upon request and may be used to apply for Continuing Education Units for their respective professions. We are not able to offer CEUs directly to attendees at this time. Most webinars will be recorded and posted to the Center for Bioethics Youtube channel.

Upcoming Events
Unpacking Bedside Bioethics on May 20 from 12 to 1 p.m. CDT.
What Would You Want? Navigating Life, Death, and Organ Donation When the Heart Stops
  • Brendan Parent, JD
Donation after circulatory death (DCD) is one of the most promising methods for expanding the organ pool for transplantation. Yet realizing the promise of DCD depends on careful coordination of end-of-life treatment with organ donation…
Graphic for the event with date and time. Date Aug. 26 and Time 12-1 p.m. CDT
To Suffer What We Can't Evade: What is Medicine’s Role in Responding to Suffering?
  • Tyler Tate, MD, MA
In medicine, suffering matters: encountering suffering and helping patients cope with, and navigate through suffering, are key functions of healthcare. In addition, the concept of suffering plays an important role in many high-stake areas…
Past Events

How Can a Patient Be Dead While Their Heart Still Beats? Addressing Ethical Challenges in the Determination of “Brain Death”/Death by Neurological Criteria

  • Margy McCullough-Hicks, MD, University of Minnesota.
  • Benjamin Miller, MD, University of Minnesota.
  • Joel Wu, JD, MPH, MA, HEC-C, University of Minnesota.

Do You Believe in Miracles? Productively Engaging Patients’ Hopes for a Miracle

  • Devan Stahl, PhD, HEC-C, Baylor University
  • Trevor M. Bibler, PhD, HEC-C, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital

A Patient's Last Chapter: Ethical Considerations for VSED, Euthanasia, and MAID

  • Joel Wu, JD, MPH, MA, HEC-C, University of Minnesota

Withdrawing and Withholding: Distinctions and Controversies in End of Life Care

  • Jaime Konerman-Sease, PhD, HEC-C, University of Minnesota
  • Justin Penny, DO, MA, HEC-C, University of Minnesota

The Angst in Adolescent Decision-Making

  • Ian Wolfe, PhD, MA, RN, HEC-C, Children's Minnesota
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