Friday, May 30, 2025
Sponsored by the Program in Bioethics and Humanities,
Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa
About the Conference:
With the steady introduction of more treatment options and biotechnologies, an increasing number and range of ethical challenges in health care are emerging. This conference is designed to help professionals meet these challenges through their work as clinicians, members of ethics committees or ethics consult teams, and administrators.
This one-day conference for collaborative dialogue and inter-professional exchange seeks to provide up-to-date information in healthcare ethics relevant to clinical practice; provide approaches to ethical reasoning that clarify ethical problems; facilitate professional discussion of ethical challenges and decision making in healthcare; and encourage professional networking for ongoing dialogue, support, and collaboration.
Sessions will include the following topics:
- Euthanasia and assisted suicide policies around the world
- Ethical issues that arise during interpersonal interactions in the workplace
- Ethics and artificial intelligence in health care
- Ethics of persuasion in shared decision making in healthcare
| Agenda | Speakers | Brochure |
| Purpose | Objectives | Continuing Education Credit |
| Location & Parking | Hotel Information | |
| Registration (online) |
The Program in Bioethics and Humanities at the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine will host its annual one day conference on May 31, 2024 in the Medical Education and Research Facility (MERF), Room 1117. With the steady introduction of more treatment options and biotechnologies, an increasing number and range of ethical challenges in health care are emerging. This conference is designed to help professionals meet these challenges through their work as clinicians, members of ethics committees or ethics consult teams, and administrators.
Participants made the conference a genuine time of engagement, rather than just an opportunity to be informed. We all benefited from the wealth of experience, depth of insight, and range of perspectives they brought to our discussions during our past conferences.
Intended Audience: Administrators, Attorneys, Chaplains, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Physicians, Physician Assistants, Social Workers, Students, Trainees, and Others
Provided by: The University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine and the Program in Bioethics and Humanities.
Conference Director: Lauris C. Kaldjian, MD, PHD
Conference Coordinator: Suzanne Gurnett Streitz, BA