The goal of this required bioethics course is to improve the student's
ability to identify and analyze common ethical issues in health care. Using
a case-based approach and presented concurrently with the clinical clerkships,
this course focuses on identifying and addressing ethical conflicts, and developing
understanding of the legal consensus and moral arguments about common bioethical
issues.
Group Schedules:
For individual group schedules, click on your group number:
one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight
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Course Title: |
Bioethics at the Bedside (CBHX 2400) |
| Type of Course: |
Concurrent, required course for MSIIIs; 1 credit |
| Course Director: |
Gregory Eastwood, MD
eastwood@upstate.edu |
Phone: 464.8454
Office: 618 Irving Ave. |
| Lecturers: |
Jay Brenner, MD
brennerj@upstate.edu |
Phone: 530.5817
Office: Emergency Medicine, Jacobsen |
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Thomas Curran, MD
currant@upstate.edu |
Phone: 464.8457
Office: 618 Irving Ave. |
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Gregory Eastwood, MD
eastwood@upstate.edu
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Phone: 464.8454
Office: 618 Irving Ave.
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Kathy Faber-Langendoen, MD
faberlak@upstate.edu
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Phone: 464.8464
Office: 618 Irving Ave.
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Pamela Horst, MD
pamela.horst@sjhsyr.org |
Phone: 448.5537
Office: St. Joseph's Hospital
Family Medicine - 301 Prospect Ave |
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Robert Olick, JD, PhD
olickr@upstate.edu |
Phone: 464.8453
Office: 618 Irving Ave. |
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Joel Potash, MD
jpotash1@twcny.rr.com
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Phone: 446.9197
Office: 618 Irving Ave. |
| Format: |
Students are assigned to small groups by their original "track."
Students whose schedules deviate from the original track or are assigned
elective time are still responsible for attending all sessions in their
assigned group. This course is case-based, and each session deals with
a particular topic using specific cases from actual experience. Many of
these cases are adapted from cases written by previous medical students. |
| Time: |
Twelve monthly sessions on Thursdays, 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Schedule revised on 11/17/11 to include Foundations in Professionalism. |
| Course Objectives: |
This course has no large lectures. All of the sessions are conducted as seminars, in small groups. At the beginning of each session, your instructor will take time to discuss ethical aspects of your recent clinical experience. Then the class will focus on the topic and the cases for the session. Your instructor may ask you to present the relevant cases and discuss how the ethical issues should be addressed. Many of the cases are based on the experience of students, residents, attending physicians, and ethics consultants.
If you make a diligent effort in this course, you will be better able to:
- Identify ethical issues and values in the practice of medicine.
- Discuss and reason through ethical issues that you may encounter.
- Reflect on and integrate important values in your conduct.
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| Sessions: |
1. Respecting Patients and Learning on Them
2. Truthfulness
3. The Ethics of Speaking Up
4. Roles and Responsibilities
5. First Paper
6. Ethical Issues in Pediatrics
7. Surrogate Decision Making
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8. FIP (Large Group - 1159 Weiskotten)
9. FIP (Large Group - 1159 Weiskotten)
10. The Health Care System
11. Futility
12. FIP (Small Group)
13. FIP (Large Group - 1159 Weiskotten)
14. Review of the Development of Professional Behaviors
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| Readings: |
Chapter from Bernard Lo's Resolving Ethical Dilemmas: A Guide for Clinicians, 3rd edition. Articles, cases and questions will be posted on Blackboard. |
| Attendance: |
Attendance is required. Your group assignment and schedule are posted on Blackboard. If you are unable to attend a
session, you must contact your small group leader in advance. |
