The 53rd Meeting of the NH/VT Ethics Committees: Professional Responsibility, Ethics, and Advocacy – Skills to Empower Change

Thursday, April 13, 2023, 12:30 PM - 4:00 PM, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Auditoria E & F, Lebanon, NH

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (2.50 hours), ANCC Nursing Contact Hours (2.50 hours), CME-Designated Participation Credit (2.50 hours)

Is it appropriate for ethicists to engage in professional advocacy? If so, how can we be effective while managing our own biases?

Advocacy can be defined as “support for or recommendation of a particular cause or policy.” It is also viewed as a responsibility to promote individual and social good/change and address disparities. Many healthcare professionals believe that serving in the role of advocate is an essential, though difficult, part of the role of all healthcare professionals. Please join us as we discuss advocacy as a professional responsibility and share strategies that will help participants to recognize injustice and influence change in their unique settings. Best practice in informing policymakers (local and broader) will be presented.

Learning outcome(s)
At the conclusion of this learning activity, (at least 75% of) participants will be able to discuss the role of healthcare professionals as advocates, including ethical responsibilities of the role, important skills for advocacy, and ways to mitigate bias.

Online registration for this event has closed. For questions or late registrations please email [email protected].

The registration fee is $40. Nursing or Medical students currently enrolled in a school that are not currently employed are free of charge. Please email [email protected] for a discount code. The fee is waived for the University of Vermont Medical Center and Dartmouth Health Clinical Ethics Committee Members. The chair of the Clinical Ethics Committee will provide you with a discount code.

Need-based scholarships are available. Please email [email protected] with your need.

Advance registration is required for planning purposes. Please make every effort to register seven (7) business days in advance of the learning activity. We will not accept walk-ins or late registrants on the day of the learning activity.

For registration questions, please call (603) 653-1234 or email [email protected].

If you need to cancel your registration, please call (603) 653-1234 or email [email protected]. Cancellations should be made seven (7) business days in advance of the learning activity. There will be no refunds after this date. A $10 administrative fee will be retained on all refunds requested before the cancellation deadline.

Please note that we provide a simple light breakfast and/or lunch depending on conference times: options are limited. If you have specific dietary needs, please plan to bring your food with you to the conference.

Attention Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) Employees:
By registering for this learning activity, you are agreeing to attend. DHMC is allocating resources for your attendance and participation. If you cannot attend, you must provide the appropriate notification as soon as possible: ideally more than 24-hours in advance of the program start date. (In more emergent situations, an emailed explanation of the inability to attend, by either the registrant or a supervisor, is acceptable.) If you do not attend the activity and fail to provide appropriate notice, you may receive corrective action from your supervisor.

Dartmouth Health is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Dartmouth Health designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 2.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Dartmouth Health Nursing Continuing Education Council is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

This educational activity carries 2.50 contact hour(s).

Social workers: This program has been approved for 2.5 Social Work Continuing Education hours for relicensure, in accordance with 258 CMR. NASW-MA Chapter CE Approving Program, Authorization Number D91697.

Social workers must attend 80% of the entire learning activity to claim the credit. In addition, they must sign in and out at the registration table when they arrive and leave the learning activity.

Receiving Credit
The following steps must be completed in order to receive credit for this event:

• Register for the event online
• Attend the event or session(s).
• Complete the online evaluation (located under My Account in the top menu) - Must be submitted within 30 days after the activity

For questions or technical support, please email [email protected] or call (603) 653-1234.

For registration questions, please email [email protected].

If you do not wish to be included on the conference participant list, please email [email protected] to inform us.

The CME and CNE Offices are not liable for expenses incurred by participants due to cancellation or changes in programs.

The maximum number of registrations for this event has been reached.

Thursday, April 13, 2023