Ethical Issues in Pediatrics

Pittsburgh, PA US
March 22, 2022

    To expose participants to the key ethical issues within the pediatric population, and to ethical theories that are relevant to support optimized decision-making for the care of children.

Target Audience

RNs / SW / Health Coaches / Dieticians

Learning Objectives

 

  1. Describe key ethical issues in pediatrics

  2. State an understanding of ethical theories how they guide patient care

  3. Discuss the application of ethical theories relative to examples of ethical issues specific to pediatrics

 

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 1.00 ASWB
  • 1.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
02/03/2022
Course expires: 
04/22/2022
Event starts: 
03/22/2022 - 12:00pm EDT
Event ends: 
03/22/2022 - 1:00pm EDT
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Program begins at 12:00 pm  and adjourns at 1:00 pm Total Education Time:  1 Hour

Time

Content

Presenter

12:00pm – 12:30 pm

Discuss key ethical issues within the pediatric population

Christine Bishop PhD, MA, FAAP

12:30 pm – 12:50 pm

Review of ethical theories and how they are applied in practice

Christine Bishop PhD, MA, FAAP

12:50 pm – 1:00 pm

Case Review and Discussion

Christine Bishop PhD, MA, FAAP

UPMC Health Plan
600 Grant Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
United States

Dr. Bishop is neonatologist with over 15 years of clinical experience. She is also a bioethicist with an advanced degree in ethics as well as experience as a lead clinical ethics consultant.  Dr. Bishop is the chair of a hospital ethics committee, and also directs a medical school bioethics course. 

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

CCM CE will be provided:  1 CE  - CCM COA will be sent via email 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 continuing education credits.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 1.00 ASWB
  • 1.00 Attendance
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