This is a one day training course aimed at members of hospital clinical ethics committees. It is run by members of the faculty from the University of Bristol's Centre for Ethics in Medicine. The course will look at the changing face of clinical ethics consultation due to the pandemic, discuss the role of expertise, ethical theories and moral psychology in the present healthcare landscape. It will also introduce clinical ethics committee members to the use of frameworks for case discussion, with opportunities to practice the use of frameworks in group work. The emphasis is on equipping ethics committee members with opportunities to improve their skills through the use of worked examples and facilitated deliberations of difficult cases. A two course lunch is provided, together with regular refreshments.

Programme 

9.00am-9.15am Coffee/Tea and Pastries

9.15am-9.30am Introduction by Dr Giles Birchley

9.30am-10.00am Frameworks and principles: Reviewing clinical ethics support during the first wave of COVID-19 by Prof. Richard Huxtable

10.00am-10.45am Moral expertise and the ethical response to the pandemic by Dr Zuzana Deans

10.45am-11.00am Coffee/Tea

11.15am-12.00am Understanding ethics in theory and practice: moral theory, moral psychology, and pandemic guidelines by Dr Giles Birchley

12.00pm-12.45pm Lunch

12.45pm-1.15pm Relating ethical theory to practice in clinical ethics consultation: ethical frameworks and beyond by Prof. Jonathan Ives

1.15pm-2.00pm Small Group Case Discussions Facilitated by Centre for Ethics in Medicine Faculty

2.00pm-2.15pm Coffee/Tea and Biscuits

2.15pm-3.30pm Plenary: Ethical deliberation in theory and practice Feedback from small groups, with panel of CEM faculty and audience discussion

3.30pm Closing summary by Dr Giles Birchley