2017 National Bioethics Symposium
 
Thursday 11/02/2017
4:15 pm - 5:15 pmRegistration
5:15 pm - 6:45 pm
Concurrent Workshops

Workshop A: Moral Resilience
Theresa Drought, PhD, RN
5:15 pm - 6:45 pm
Concurrent Workshops

Workshop B: Clinical Ethics Consultation & Complex Cases
Ruchika Mishra, PhD, Sutter Health
Shilpa Shashidhara, PhD, Sutter Health
6:45 pm - 7:00 pmBreak
7:00 pm - 8:30 pmWorkshop Continues
 
Friday 11/03/2017
8:00 am - 9:00 amRegistration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 am - 9:30 amPlenary Welcome
Janet Liang, President of the Northern California Region, Kaiser Permanente, NCAL
Jana Craig, PhD
9:30 am - 11:00 amPlenary: How Self-Justification Blinds Us to Mistakes, Outdated Beliefs--and Ethical Lapses
Carol Tavris, PhD, Social Psychologist & Author
11:00 am - 11:10 amBreak
11:10 am - 12:25 pmPlenary: Bioethics Bowl
Mathew Pauley, JD
12:25 pm - 1:25 pmLunch
1:25 pm - 2:40 pmPlenary: Mental Illness, Violence, and Victimization: Impact of Stigma and Stereotypes
Renee Binder, MD, UCSF School of Medicine
2:40 pm - 2:50 pmBreak and Transit to Breakout Session
2:50 pm - 4:05 pm
Concurrent Breakout Session #1

Breakout 1A: The Ethics Behind Clinicians' Conscientious Objection: Caring for Transgender Patients
Alain Durocher, PhD
2:50 pm - 4:05 pm
Concurrent Breakout Session #1

Breakout 1B: How Self-Justifying Behavior Can Harm an Organization and How We Can Guard Against It
Carol Tavris, PhD, Social Psychologist & Author
4:05 pm - 4:15 pmBreak and Transit to Breakout Session
4:15 pm - 5:30 pm
Concurrent Breakout Session #2

Breakout 2A: Assessing Decisional Capacity
Jodi Halpern, MD, PhD, University of California, Berkeley
4:15 pm - 5:30 pm
Concurrent Breakout Session #2

Breakout 2B: Ethical Dilemmas In Transgender Health
Sand Chang, PhD
4:15 pm - 5:30 pm
Concurrent Breakout Session #2

Breakout 2C: Brain Death: Avoiding the Zombie Apocalypse and Other Stories
Malcolm Shaner, MD
5:30 pm - 5:35 pmTransit to Plenary Session
5:35 pm - 5:45 pmWrap-Up / End of Day
Mathew Pauley, JD
6:30 pm - 9:30 pmHorn blower – Dinner Cruise
 
Saturday 11/04/2017
8:00 am - 8:45 amRegistration and Continental Breakfast
8:45 am - 9:00 amIntroductory Remarks
William Strull, MD
9:00 am - 10:30 amPlenary: Why Healthcare Practitioners Need to Care About Social Justice
Mary Bassett, MD, MPH, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
10:30 am - 10:40 amBreak and Transit to Breakout Session
10:40 am - 11:55 am
Concurrent Breakout Session #3

Breakout 3A: Core Competencies for Bioethics Practices
Mark Aulisio, PhD, Case Western Reserve University
10:40 am - 11:55 am
Concurrent Breakout Session #3

Breakout 3B: Role of Ethics in LCP
Jana Craig, PhD
Paula Goodman-Crews, LCSW
Laurel March
William Strull, MD
Lroi Viveros
Susan Wang MD
11:55 am - 1:00 pmLunch
1:00 pm - 2:15 pmPlenary: Navigating Solvency and Social Justice During Upheavals in Medicaid
Laura Hermer, JD, LLM, Mitchell Hamline School of Law
2:15 pm - 2:25 pmBreak
2:25 pm - 3:40 pmPlenary: End-of-Life Options - Ethical Considerations of Implementation
Ana Skold, MD
Charles Binkley, MD
Tony Morton, MD
Bates Moses, MD
Kraig Russell, MD
James Willett, MD
3:40 pm - 3:50 pmBreak and Transit to Breakout Session
3:50 pm - 5:05 pm
Concurrent Breakout Session #4

Breakout 4A: Healthcare Provider Burnout at Crisis Level - What's Up
Deborah Kasman, MD, MA
3:50 pm - 5:05 pm
Concurrent Breakout Session #4

Breakout 4B: Did You Know that in California You're My Relative? (Unrepresented Patients)
Deborah Cruze, JD, MA
Thomas Cunningham, PhD
3:50 pm - 5:05 pm
Concurrent Breakout Session #4

Breakout 4C: Dementia & Ethics: Alternatives to the Tragedy Discourse
Dan Wilson, MA
Elijah Weber, PhD
Kamal Kejriwal MD
5:05 pm - 5:10 pmTransit to Plenary Session
5:10 pm - 5:25 pmWrap-Up / End of Day
Mathew Pauley, JD