Ethics in Healthcare 2025 A One-Day Conference for Collaborative Dialogue and Inter-Professional Exchange

Friday, May 30, 2025, 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM, Medical Education Research Facility (MERF), Iowa City, IA

Each session will be 90 minutes (a 60-minute lecture with audience interaction followed by a 30-minuteQ&A between the speaker and audience). All sessions will be in Room 2117 of the Medical Education Research Facility (MERF).

For conference registration questions contact: 
Suzanne Gurnett Streitz, BA
Conference Coordinator
Program in Bioethics and Humanities
319.335.6706 • [email protected]

For detailed conference information and to register visit the Ethics Conference Website

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (6.00 hours), ANCC Contact Hours (6.00 hours), ASWB Ethics CE Credit (6.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (6.00 hours)

1. Describe the range and variety of EAS policies and practices around the world
2. Distinguish between moral and policy reasons for and against various EAS policies
3. Explain the place of moral considerations in policy-making in the realm of EAS laws
4. Identify ethical issues that arise during interpersonal interactions in the workplace
5. Apply different ethical frameworks to analyze interpersonal interactions in the workplace
6. Explore tools and systems designed to facilitate ethical interactions in the workplace
7. Analyze the circumstances under which AI-based tools might promote or hinder choice in health care
8. Compare and contrast different “fairness metrics” used to assess bias in AI-based algorithms
9. Argue that AI-based technologies shape who we are and how we think (and therefore are not mere ‘tools’)
10. Discuss the virtue of practical wisdom within the moral dynamic of shared decision making
11. Differentiate between ‘making a recommendation’ and ‘attempting to persuade’
12. Illustrate the need for practical wisdom when persuasion is deliberately attempted

The registration fee is $100 for all attendees and includes CME and CE credit, refreshments during breaks and lunch.

For more detailed conference information and to register visit: Ethics Conference Website

For conference registration questions contact: 
Suzanne Gurnett Streitz, BA
Conference Coordinator
Program in Bioethics and Humanities
319.335.6706 • [email protected]

In support of improving patient care, the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

 

Physician:  The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurse:  The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine designates this activity for a maximum of 6.0 ANCC contact hours.  Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Social Worker:  As a Jointly Accredited Organization, the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 6.0 continuing education credit(s).

Other Health Care Providers: A certificate of participation will be available after successful completion of the course. (It is the responsibility of licensees to determine if this continuing education activity meets the requirements of their professional licensure board.)

Disclosure Policy:  University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.