Ethics in Healthcare: Exploring Bioethics, Clinical Ethics, and Health Equity​

Overview:

Dr. Sotomayor, Chief of the Clinical Ethics Consultation service of the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics, navigates learners through the complex ethical dilemmas that face healthcare practitioners by reinforcing the foundational concepts of clinical bioethics, primarily the four principles, and educating the learner on how to apply these foundational concepts to the pressing ethical issues related to health equity and prescribing and access to medications and treatments.

Target Audience

Physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, social workers, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, dentists, medical students and residents, and healthcare administrators

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, the learner will be able to:

  1. Apply key concepts of clinical bioethics to clinical practice
  2. Describe the ethical considerations of social determinants of health and resource allocation
  3. Explore pressing ethical issues related to health equity and access to healthcare
  4. Evaluate a case related to access to medications from an ethical perspective
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
    The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy technician
    The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 1.00 Completion
Course opens: 
07/27/2023
Course expires: 
07/27/2026
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Claudia Ruiz Sotomayor, MD, DBe, HEC-C

Dr. Claudia Ruiz Sotomayor is the Chief of the Clinical Ethics Consultation service of the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics, a Cura Personalis Fellow, and an Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine at Georgetown University Medical Center. She holds a Medical Degree from Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua, in Chihuahua, Mexico, and a Doctorate in Bioethics from Loyola University in Chicago, Il, USA. Claudia also completed a fellowship in Clinical Bioethics at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX. She has been a Research Scholar for UNESCO Chair in Bioethics and Human Rights since 2012, where she has worked in the area of Multiculturalism, Bioethics and Religion. She is a member of the Theology and Ethics Advisory Council of the Catholic Healthcare Association (CHA), and member of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH). She is particularly interested in the intersection between values, cultures, religions, and the decision-making process in a healthcare setting.


Advisors

Karen J. Maschke, PhD
Research Scholar, The Hastings Center
Mohamed Elsherief, MD, MHSA, CCDS
Veterans Health Administration: Assistant Chief Stakeholder Impact and Experience (SI&E) – Management Analysis 
 

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

Dr. Sotomayor has no conflict of interest to declare.

ANTI-DISCRIMINATION POLICY

Dr. Sotomayor has agreed to our anti-discrimination policy that prohibits the inclusion of discriminatory language, graphics, or references on the basis of race, gender identity, age, color, national origin, physical or mental disability, or religion.

PHARMACISTS AND PHARMACY TECHNICIANS

The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

ACPE Pharmacist: (1.0 Contact Hours) UAN: 0536-9999-23-015-H99-P

ACPE Pharmacy Technician: (1.0 Contact Hours) UAN: 0536-9999-23-015-H99-T

PHYSICIANS – AMA CREDIT DESIGNATION STATEMENT

The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

PHYSICIANS – ACCREDITATION STATEMENT

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences and Innovation Horizons. The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
    The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy technician
    The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 1.00 Completion
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