This three-part module training program is ideal for any individual interested in health care ethics and institutional health care ethics committees. This is especially important to those who may be members of existing ethics committees or have an interest in joining an ethics committee as a professional, a volunteer or a community member.

October 3, 2023: Module I: History and description of health care ethics committees, applicable case law, and primary roles and responsibilities.
- Descriptive clinical case/organizational policy appropriate for ethics involvement/intervention
- Covers the beginnings of health care ethics in this country; how ethics evolved from the advancing medical and technical capacities of medicine and the growing importance of patient self-determination. Case law and legal frameworks will be reviewed to understanding the development of health care law and health care policies that govern hospitals and other care settings. Understanding where these laws and policies come from through the lens of history gives us a solid foundational look at how ethics at the bedside can enhance patient care and staff resilience.

Objectives:
1. Explain history/legal and societal imperatives driving requirements for HCEC
2. Define the primary roles and responsibilities of HCEC
3. Identify recommended categories of members for HCEC

October 24, 2023: Module II: Roles and Responsibilities of HCEC
- Descriptive clinical case/organizational policy that illustrates
appropriate ethics involvement/intervention
- The roles and responsibilities of ethics committees will be defined and discussed in detail, with examples of their work and importance in the health care environment. Education for the members of the ethics committee, as well as education provided to others including hospital staff, patients, families and the community at large will be examined in detail.

Objectives:
1. Identify educational topics necessary/appropriate for internal and
external members of the HCEC, institutional staff
and community members
2. Describe/review development of policies that require ethics oversight in development and promulgation to ensure patient and
staff rights and best practices in clinical decision-making
within legal and ethical parameters (e.g. DNR, Forgoing LST)
3. Illustrate categories of members to represent appropriate
and broad diversity of the HCEC
4. Importance of visible, enthusiastic, and sustained organizational
leadership support

November 7, 2023: Module III: Consultation Services: Description and Training Needs
- Descriptive clinical case/organizational policy that illustrates
appropriate ethics involvement/intervention.
- Case-based scenarios will be used to illuminate ethical dilemmas that occur in health care settings and how trained and certified ethics consultants can support the resolution of these dilemmas, avoiding the need for legal interventions.

- The program will culminate with a deeper look into the practice of “ethics consultation” as a service of the ethics committee. Questions and discussion will take place through the presentation and discussion of case studies. Recommended training for health care ethics consultants (HEC) and the national certification level will be described.

- This program is designed to be an inter-active virtual training session with a maximum number of students in order to encourage active participation throughout the three modules.

Objectives:
1 Recognize the needs for consultation on individual cases
and broader ethical questions within the institution
2. Create criteria to Identify appropriate members of the
HCEC for training in ethics consultation services
3. Develop a designation process for those members of the
HCEC including required training and qualifications, and
skill sets required to provide ethics consultations
4. Consultation format (individual, team, committee) and documentation requirements for the Service

New Jersey State Nurses Association Accreditation Statement
HRET is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by New Jersey State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Provider Number P-131-3/2023.
This module awards a total of 4 nursing contact hours.

Medical Society of New Jersey Accreditation Statement
HRET is accredited by the Medical Society of New Jersey to provide continuing education for physicians.
HRET designates live web-based activity for a total of 4 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™

Nursing Home Administrators Licensing Board Statement
This continuing education program is sponsored/conducted by the Health Research and Educational Trust of New Jersey (HRETNJ) and is in compliance with N.J.A.C. 8:34-7.3 to provide licensed nursing home administrator (LNHA) and certified assisted living administrator (CALA) education credits accepted by the Nursing Home Administrators Licensing Board.

This education activity may only be used for continuing education credit and not to meet academic college credits.

This education activity has been approved for a total of 4 LNHA/CALA continuing education credits. These credits satisfy of the 4 CEUs required in ethics for LNHAs.

At the completion of this program, participants may claim 4 hours of continuing education credits (CEUs) for nurses, physicians, licensed nursing home administrators, and certified assisted living administrators. Please complete the survey that corresponds to the type of credit that you wish to receive OR complete the General Completion survey if you are NOT claiming CEUs.

***You only need to complete ONE survey. *** (available at the conclusion of each module)

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