Consent for Healthcare
Familiarize health care workers with laws and ethics surrounding patient consent for treatment and decision-making capacity.
Time | Content | Presenter |
11-11:30am | Introduction of four principal ethics and discussion related to legal and ethical principles of decision-making | Valarie Blake, JD, MA |
11:30-11:45 | Presentation and discussion of issues involving disabilities and minors | Valarie Blake, JD, MA |
11:45-12:15 | Presentation and discussion of case law related to consent for minors | Valarie Blake, JD, MA |
12:15-12:30 | Review and discussion of several case studies | Valarie Blake, JD, MA |
Target Audience
RNs / SW / Health Coaches / Dieticians
Learning Objectives
- Discuss what decision-making capacity is and who can assess it
- Explore the legal and ethical importance of capacity in obtaining informed consent for treatments
- Examine special challenges in consent for people with cognitive disabilities, minors
- Apply legal and ethical concepts to consent case studies
Time | Content | Presenter |
11-11:30am | Introduction of four principal ethics and discussion related to legal and ethical principles of decision-making | Valarie Blake, JD, MA |
11:30-11:45 | Presentation and discussion of issues involving disabilities and minors | Valarie Blake, JD, MA |
11:45-12:15 | Presentation and discussion of case law related to consent for minors | Valarie Blake, JD, MA |
12:15-12:30 | Review and discussion of several case studies | Valarie Blake, JD, MA |
Valarie Blake, JD, MA
Professor, WVU College of Law
The presenter has a JD specializing in health care law, an MA in medical ethics, and has completed a 2 year fellowship in clinical ethics. The presenter
worked for several years at the AMA on the Code of Medical Ethics and is now a full professor with 10+ years of experiencing researching and teaching in
medical ethics and health law.
CCM CE will be provided: 1.5 Ethics CE and sent from UPMC Health Plan nurse planner
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, University of Pittsburgh is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. University of Pittsburgh maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1.5 Ethics continuing education credits.
Available Credit
- 1.50 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 1.50 ASWB
- 1.50 Attendance