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The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics Program

Presents

A Montgomery Lecture

With

M. Jeanne Wirpsa, MA, BCC, HEC-C
Medical Ethics Program Director, Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Faculty, MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics,
University of Chicago Medical Center
Faculty, McGaw Bioethics Scholars Program,
NU Center for Bioethics & Medical Humanities

The “Value” of Clinical Ethics: Isn’t it Obvious?

As healthcare organizations navigate the vicissitudes of market forces, clinical ethics faces increased pressure to demonstrate value-added to the organization. If clinical ethicists do not create our own outcome metrics, we risk having these imposed on us in ways that threaten the very soul of the profession. This talk presents a multi-pronged approach by one medical ethics program to answer the question that continues to vex our profession: “How do we demonstrate value to those who pay for our service, as well as to those whom the service is intended to serve”? (ASBH, Core Competencies for Healthcare Ethics Consultation, 2011, 34). In considering outcome metrics, we sought to balance accountability to “external” priorities identified by the organization such as mortality, length of stay, and staff retention with goods that we perceived preserved the intrinsic aims and value of clinical ethics itself such as promoting value-sensitive care and creating ethical climate. The speaker hopes to engage leaders of bioethics and medical humanities programs who undoubtedly face similar questions about what their curriculum adds to the formation of medical professionals.

This lecture is open to the public and will be held in the Searle Seminar Room in the Lurie Research Building (303 E Superior), Chicago Campus. For those outside the Chicago area and anyone who would prefer to attend remotely, a Zoom option is also available.

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