“I appreciated everyone’s insight and honest comments. I thought many of the heartfelt conversations revealed a real need for open dialogue. I wonder how much of that would have occurred in a face-to-face meeting.”

—Rev. Bruce Frogge, pastor

Human Values and
Health Care
Online Ethics Seminar

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April 7-25, 2008
Facilitator: TBA
12.0 contact hours

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As we provide care for persons who are aged, impaired, or institutionalized and members of their families, how do we address the following issues?

This seminar helps professional care givers prepare to address ethical questions being raised by patients and family members in the care of the aged, the impaired, and the institutionalized. The seminar engages participants in reflective dialogue around presentations by biomedical ethicist Dr. Paul Simmons, medical ethicist and neurosurgeon Dr. Robert Sexton, and nursing professor Dr. Kay Roberts.

Presentations (one per week):

• "The Future of Health Care"
  by Paul Simmons, Ph.D., Clinical Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Louisville School of Medicine

• "Human Dignity and Health"
  by Kay Roberts, Ed.D., A.R.N.P., Professor of Nursing, University of Louisville School of Medicine

• "Collaborative Health Care Models
  for the Common Good"
  by Kay Roberts, Ed.D., A.R.N.P., Professor of Nursing, University of Louisville School of Medicine

• "Allocation of Medical Resources in the New Millennium"
  by Robert F. Sexton, M.D., M.Div., Neurosurgeon and Chair of the Jefferson County Medical Association Ethics Committee

1. Recognize the interrelationship of medical factors with spiritual and moral values in healthcare decisions.
2. Identify personal spiritual/theological perspectives regarding human dignity and decisional capacity.
3. Articulate their philosophical and ethical beliefs about participation in health care for the poor.
4. Engage in the issues of: pain management, the meanings of human suffering, and the purposes of medicine.