Ethics in Healthcare 2025: A One Day Conference for Learning, Dialogue, and Inter-Professional Exchange
May 30, 2025 | Iowa City, Iowa
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Program Agenda
Friday, May 30, 2025
Each session includes a 1-hour interactive lecture and a 30-minute Q&A. All sessions will be in the Medical Education Research Facility (MERF).
| Time | Title | Location |
| 7:30 - 8:00 AM | Registration and Coffee | Atrium, MERF |
| 8:00 - 8:15 AM | Welcome and Announcements Lauris Kaldjian, MD, PhD | MERF 1117 |
| 8:15 - 9:45 AM | Session 1 Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide (EAS) Policies Around the World: Ethical, Legal, and Clinical Considerations Scott Kim, MD, PhD | MERF 1117 |
| 9:45 - 10:00 AM | Break and Refreshments | Atrium, MERF |
| 10:00 - 11:30 AM | Session 2 Workplace Culture and the Ethics of Interpersonal Interactions Erica Carlisle, MD | MERF 1117 |
| 11:30 - 12:30 PM | Lunch | Atrium, MERF |
| 12:30 - 2:00 PM | Session 3 Ethics and Artificial Intelligence in Health Care: Our Choices and Our Selves Matthew DeCamp, MD, PhD | MERF 1117 |
| 2:00 - 2:15 PM | Break and Refreshments | Atrium, MERF |
| 2:15 - 3:45 PM | Session 4 Should We Sometimes Try to Change a Patient’s Mind? Examining the Ethics of Persuasion in Shared Decision Making in Healthcare Lauris Kaldjian, MD, PhD | MERF 1117 |
| 3:45 - 4:00 PM | Wrap-Up Lauris Kaldjian, MD, PhD | MERF 1117 |
Determination of educational content for this program and the selection of speakers are responsibilities of the conference director. There is no commercial or outside support for this conference.