Practical Tools Helping Ethics Committees

Published: April 30, 2018, 4:18 p.m.

Health care ethics committees help patients and clinicians with tough choice decisions. Within this work of clinical ethics consultation, what are practical tools being used to improve their competence and impact? In this episode, our guests present such practical tools that help health care ethics committee members become more competent, become more aware of gaps and trends, and have more impact on improving the care and health experience of patients. Our guests in this episode include: Becket Gremmels, PhD, System Director of Ethics, Mission Integration Department. CHRISTUS Health Katherine Wasson, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor, Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago Mark Repenshek, PhD, Executive Director, Ethics & Mission, HSHS Eastern/Western Wisconsin Division, Door County Medical Center Laura J. Bishop, Ph.D, Associate Teaching Professor and Academic Program Manager, Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University Additional Resources in this Episode:  10 Week Free Online Introduction to Bioethics (presented by Laura Bishop) Ethics Tracker Screenshots (presented by Becket Gremmels) REDCap Software  (presented by Becket Gremmels) The ACES Project: Online Clinical Ethics Consultation Skills Assessment (presented by Katherine Wasson) HCEUSA Dashboard Article 2012 (presented by Mark Repenshek) Dashboard 2011 Data (presented by Mark Repenshek)