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
Tuesday, 2 June 2026, 12-1 PM CDT, Zoom, Unpacking Bedside Bioethics
When the “Gift of Life” Costs More Than Expected: Ethical Considerations for First Person Authorizations of Organ Donation
  • Joel Wu, JD, MPH, MA, HEC-C
Recently, there has been significant concern surrounding the procedures and conditions for donation after circulatory death (DCD). As organ procurement organizations face increased pressure, there have been conflicts and concerns over the…
Tuesday, 18 August 2026, 12-1 PM CDT, Zoom, Unpacking Bedside Bioethics
Ethical Disobedience: Harm, Futility, and the Slow Code
  • Jason Adam Wasserman PhD, HEC-C
This session will examine the ethical status of slow codes — resuscitation attempts intentionally performed without genuine effort — in cases where CPR is futile or medically inappropriate but where implementing a DNAR order is challenging…
Past Events

Dignity for All: Ethical Care of Patients in the Custody of Law Enforcement

  • Mark G. Kuczewski, PhD

Unrepresented: The Ethics of Caring for Patients Without Surrogates

  • Jaime Konerman-Sease, PhD, HEC-C

To Suffer What We Can't Evade: What is Medicine’s Role in Responding to Suffering?

  • Tyler Tate, MD, MA

What Would You Want? Navigating Life, Death, and Organ Donation When the Heart Stops

  • Brendan Parent, JD

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.
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