Ethics Grand Rounds
About Ethics Grand Rounds
Ethics Grand Rounds is a virtual bi-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 1:00pm (MT) except in July and August. Each session features both case and issue presentations, as well as dialogue about topics of importance in clinical ethics.
These free continuing education opportunities are open to the community at large and are attended by AMC faculty, staff and students, as well as an ever-expanding regional and national audience.
For information about Ethics Grand Rounds, please contact Gianna.Morales@uchealth.org.
Join us for our next Grand Rounds, Can the placenta and breastmilk be used for offspring drug delivery? Should they?, by Teri Hernandez, PhD, RN, FAAN, and Michael Zaretsky, MD, on Thursday, May 16th from Noon-1:00pm (MT).
Hospice Decision Making in Older Black Adults
Recorded Webinar: April, 2024
Presentation by
Channing Tate, PhD, MPH
Moderated by Juliie Swaney, MDiv.
Psychiatric Disorders and Capacity Evaluations: Ethical Principles & Approaches
Recorded Webinar: March, 2024
Presentation by
Thida Thant, MD and Helen Murray, MD
Moderated by Gianna Morales, UCH Lead Ethics Consultant
Ethical Issues in the Medical Response
to Elder Mistreatment
Recorded Webinar: February, 2024
Presentation by
Elizabeth M. Bloemen, MD, MPH
Moderated by Julie Swaney, M.Div.
I object! I insist! …
conscientious practice in health care
Recorded Webinar: January, 2024
Presentation by
Matthew Wynia, MD, MPH
Moderated by Julie Swaney, M.Div.
Current Ethical Controversies in Organ Donation
Recorded Webinar: December, 2023
Presentation by
Brian Jackson, MD, MA
Moderated by Julie Swaney, M.Div.
Caring in the Context of Patient Violence
Recorded Webinar: October, 2023
Presentation by
Darcy Copeland, RN, PhD
Moderated by Julie Swaney, M.Div.
Red Flag Laws and the Colorado Clinician
Recorded Webinar: June, 2023
Presentation by
Chris E. Knoepke, PhD, MSW, LCSW, FACC
Moderated by Jackie Glover, PhD, HEC-C
Ethical Considerations for Returning Clinical Genomic Results from a Population Biobank
Recorded Webinar: May, 2023
Presentation by
Christina Aquilante, PharmD, FCCP
Curtis R. Coughlin, II, PhD, MS, MBE, HEC-C
Emily Todd, MS, CGC Certified Genetic Counselor
Moderated by Jackie Glover, PhD, HEC-C.
Ethical Issues Surrounding Abortion
in a Post-Roe Nation
Recorded Webinar: April, 2023
Presentation by
Jackie Glover, PhD, HEC-C and Heather Straub, MD
Moderated by Julie Swaney, MDiv.
Ethical Issues in Blood Product Shortages
Recorded Webinar: March, 2023
Presentation by
Nicole Draper, MD and Joel Kniep, MD
Ethical Implications of
Ableism in Healthcare
Recorded Webinar: February, 2023
Panel Discussion with:
Megan Morris, PhD, MPH, CCC-SLP
Anne Dondapati Allen, MDiv, PhD, HEC-C
Katie Herrmann, LCSW
Moderated by Julie Swaney, MDiv
Complex Case? Who do you call for help?
Ethics / Palliative Care / Psychiatry / Legal / REST?
Recorded Webinar: January, 2023
Panel Discussion with:
Kristin Furfari, MD
Jeanie Youngwerth, MD, FAAHPM
Erica Kirsten Rapp, MD
Ellie Bane, JD
Anne Dondapati Allen, MA, MDiv, PhD, HEC-C
Moderated by, Jackie Glover, PhD, HEC-C
Ethical Issues in Alzheimer’s Research and Treatment
Recorded Webinar: December, 2022
Discussion with:
Matthew Wynia, MD, MPH and Huntington Potter, PhD
Moderated by Julie Swaney, M.Div.
Ethical Issues in Assessing Capacity for Discharge
Recorded Webinar: October, 2022
Presentation and Discussion with:
Emily McDonnell, LCSW, Louisa Naber, LCSW,
and Jennifer Cloney, RN
Moderated by Jackie Glover, PhD
Not Just Little Adults: The Challenges of Caring for Children in an Adult-Focused Hospital
Recorded Webinar: September, 2022
Presentation and discussion with:
Brian Jackson, MD, MA
Moderated by Jackie Glover, PhD
The EMR: Ethical Issues with Open Notes, Open Results
Recorded Webinar: June, 2022
Presentation and discussion with:
CT Lin, MD
Moderated by Julie Swaney, MDiv and Jackie Glover, PhD
Managing Ethical Issues in Pragmatic Research Conducted Via the Electronic Health Record
Recorded Webinar: May, 2022
Discussion with:
Thomas W. Flaig, MD
Matthew DeCamp, MD, PhD
John Heldens
Ethical Issues in Staffing: It's Not Over
Recorded Webinar: April, 2022
Presentation by Anuj Mehta, MD
Moderated by Julie Swaney, MDiv
Walking the Tight-Rope: Navigating requests for Aid-in-Dying (MAiD) in the suicidal patient
Recorded Webinar: March, 2022
Presentation by Jonathan Treem, MD
Moderated by Jackie Glover, PhD
From Colorado Law to EPIC Pathway: The Physician Proxy Law 6 Years Later
Recorded Webinar: February, 2022
Presentation by Kristin Furfari, MD
Moderated by Julie Swaney & Jackie Glover
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 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.