Ethics Grand Rounds
About Ethics Grand Rounds
Ethics Grand Rounds is a monthly program sponsored by the Ethics Committee at the University of Colorado Hospital and the Center for Bioethics and Humanities. It occurs on the second Thursday of the month from noon to 1:00 (except in July and August) and features case and issue presentations, as well as dialogue about topics of importance in clinical ethics.
These continuing education sessions are open to the community at large and are primarily attended by AMC faculty, staff and students. CME is offered. Ethics Grand Rounds are typically held at UCH and, recently, has been offered virtually.
For information about Ethics Grand Rounds or CME credit, please contact Susan.Clifford@ucheath.org or (720) 848-4063
Join us for our next Ethics Grand Rounds on Physician Proxies, presented by Kristin Furfari, MD on Thursday, February 10th at Noon.
Updates on Brain Death:
Conundrums and Controversies
Recorded Webinar: January, 2022
Presentation by Brian Jackson, MD, MA
Moderated by Kerry Brega, MD
Ethical Issues in Emergency Medicine
Recorded Webinar: November, 2021
Presentation by Katherine Mayer, MD, FACEP
Kidney to Share: A living kidney donor's experience and lessons learned about barriers and opportunities
Recorded Webinar: October, 2021
Presentation by Martha Gershun who in 2018, donated a kidney at the Mayo Clinic to a woman she read about in the newspaper.
Does the tempo of CODEs matter? The ethics of slow codes
Recorded Webinar: September, 2021
Presentation by Abigail Lara, MD
Moderated by Jackie Glover, PhD
Continuing Ethical Challenges with the COVID Pandemic
Recorded Webinar: June, 2021
Presentation by Anuj Mehta, MD
Justice Concerns with the Moderna Vaccine Trials
Recorded Webinar: May, 2021
Presentation by Marilyn Coors, PhD, John Heldens and Thomas Campbell, MD.
Ethical Considerations for Patients Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence
Recorded Webinar: April, 2021
Presentation by Jessica Hall, MSW, LCSW
UCH Emergency Department Care Management
Moderated by Julie Swaney, M.Div.
Note: first 2 minutes were inadvertently not recorded.
Ethics Consultations at
University of Colorado Hospital:
Themes and Approaches
Recorded Webinar: March, 2021
Presentation by Kristin Furfari, MD
Moderated by Jackie Glover, PhD
Health Policy: What's New?
Recorded Webinar: February, 2021
Presentation by Mark Earnest, MD, PhD.
Moderated by Julie Swaney, MDiv.
COVID and Moral Distress
Recorded Webinar: January, 2021
Presentation by Jackie Glover, Anne Dondapati-Allen and Karen Jones. Moderated by Julie Swaney, MDiv.
How About a Guardian for this Patient? Ethical Issues and Options
Recorded Webinar: December, 2020
Presentation by Kathleen Herrmann, Emily McDonnell and Sophia Alvarez. Moderated by Julie Swaney, MDiv.
Ethical Issues in COVID Vaccine Allocation and Implementation
Recorded Webinar: November, 2020
Presentation by Anuj Mehta, MD. Moderated by Jackie Glover, PhD.
Bringing the Patient’s Voice into Triage Decision-Making
Recorded Webinar: October, 2020
Presentation by Daniel Matlock, MD, Sarguni Singh, MD and Katie Herrmann, LCSW. Moderated by Julie Swaney, MDiv.
COVID-19: Who Gets the Morphine? Justice, Suffering, and Medication Allocation
Recorded Webinar: September, 2020
Presentation by Jean Abbott, MD, MH, HEC-C. Moderated by Julie Swaney, MDiv.
Ethical Issues in Caring for Transgender Patients
Recorded Webinar: June, 2020
Presentation by Sean Iwamoto, MD, and Daniel H. Reirden, MD, FAAP, FACP, HEC-C. Moderated by Jackie Glover, PhD.
Ethical Issues in the Response to COVID-19
Recorded Webinar: May, 2020
Matthew Decamp, MD, PhD, presented at General Internal Medicine Grand Rounds. Moderated by Mark Earnest, MD, PhD, Division Head - University of Colorado GIM.
Ethical Issues in COVID Research: During the Pandemic and After
Recorded Webinar: May, 2020
This discussion was presented by Marilyn Coors, PhD, Center for Bioethics and Humanities faculty and John Heldens, CIP, RAC, Director of the Colorado Multiple IRB (COMIRB) and was moderated by Jackie Glover, PhD.
Ethical Issues in Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Recorded Webinar: April, 2020
Participants were asked to listen to a 33-minute American Medical Association podcast, " What criteria should be used during resource and medical worker scarcity? where AMA Editor-in-Chief Dr. Audiey Kao discusses the ethical challenges, including resource scarcity and medical worker obligations, that arise during pandemics with CBH Director, Matthew Wynia, MD, MPH.
Participants then answered short questions about:
- Your role in healthcare team – concerns?
- Your top ethical issues in this pandemic?
- What are you doing for self-care & wellness?
Their responses are summarized by Jackie Glover, PhD and Matthew Wynia, MD, PhD in this 30 minute video.