Ethics SIG
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SIG description:
The APA Ethics SIG is a group of individuals with an interest in the application of ethical theory in the context of clinical work, research, and teaching. It is a venue for sharing views and concerns about the impact of ethics in these settings in order to promote advances in physician ethics and professionalism.
Upcomming Events
The first APA Ethics Special Interest Group (SIG) Essay Contest.
The contest is open to all pediatric residents and pediatric subspecialty fellows (including pediatric surgical fellows). Essays should focus on the ethical issues that residents and fellows face while caring for patients. Topics may include but are not limited to personal narratives of ethical dilemmas faced in training or practice or scholarly presentations of issues related to organizational, interprofessional or global health ethics.
Essays should be between 800 to 1600 words. Essays longer than 1700 words will be disqualified without review. Essays must be original and unpublished works. If there are multiple authors, the award will be shared. All co-authors should provide demographic information (training status) and role in manuscript preparation.
Two awards will be offered:
1st Place - $200
2nd Place - $100
The winning essays will be read at the PAS meeting in Boston and will be published in the APA website as part of Ethics SIG newsletter in June 2012. If the resident or fellow will be attending PAS in Boston they may present their paper themselves.
Deadline: March 10, 2012
Submit essays to: zsalih@iupui.edu
April 2012 Newsletter Article
Dear Ethics SIG members,
We are excited for our meeting in Boston!
Our meeting is scheduled for April 28, 2012, 2:45-4:45 in Sheraton Boston Hotel in Fairfax Room.
| Here is our agenda: | |
| 2:45-3:00: | - Introductions - Announcements of first APA Ethics SIG essay contest winners |
| 3:00-4:15: | - "Ethical issues surrounding interventions for infants with Trisomy 13 & 18"-panel discussion Giving stakeholders a voice: the example of trisomy 13 and 18. Annie Janvier, M.D., Ph. D., Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Neonatologist, and Clinical Ethicist, University of Montreal, and Hospital Saint Justine,Montreal, Quebec, Canada Barbara Farlow, BS, MBA, deVeber Institute for Bioethics and Social Research (Advisor), Toronto, Ontario Medical Decision Making in Trisomy 13 and 18 Felix Okah, MD, MS, Professor Pediatrics, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO |
| 4:15-4:45: | - "Not by the Book: Complexities in Palliative Care for Adolescents"
Which do you consider more difficult, talking about end of life decision making, or talking about personal issues with an adolescent? What happens when the two collide? Three cases will help to highlight some of the complexities in palliative care for adolescents. Jennifer Linebarger, MD, Assistant Professor Pediatrics, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO |
Look forward to seeing you again in Boston!
Warmest wishes!
SIG Co-Chairs:
Zeynep Salih
znsalih@hotmail.com
Diane Plantz
dmplantz@cmh.edu
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Current SIG Co-Chairs:
Diane Plantz, MD
2401 Gillham Rd
Kansas City, MO 64108
Phone: (816) 234-3665
dmplantz@cmh.edu
Zeynep Salih, MD
13689 Cheswick Blvd
Carmel, IN 46032
Phone: (317) 274-4739
znsalih@hotmail.com
