Clinical Ethics Consultation

​Below are responsibilities I have had as a clinical ethicist at different institutions. In parentheses I have indicated where I had various roles -- UAMS for University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, ACH for Arkansas Children's Hospital, MWHC for MedStar Washington Hospital Center, and CNMC for Children's National Medical Center. 

Consulting​
  • Taking part in full consults and "curbside" coaching throughout the hospital (UAMS, ACH, MWHC)
  • Regularly attending and contributing to rounds and multidisciplinary conferences
    • psychiatry, MICU, neonatal ICU (UAMS)
    • palliative care (ACH)
    • advanced heart failure, high risk OB, psychiatry, intermediary care, neonatal ICU, MICU (MWHC)

Committees & Subcommittees
  • Member, Ethics Committee (UAMS, ACH, MWHC, CNMC)
  • Ethics Consultation Subcommittee
    • Member (UAMS, ACH)
    • Chair (MWHC)
  • Policy Subcommittee
    • Chair (UAMS, MWHC)
    • Member (ACH)
  • Member, Medical Center Policy Review Committee (UAMS)
  • Member, Schwartz Rounds Advisory Committee (ACH)
  • Member, Solid Organ Committee (ACH)
  • Member, Healthcare Equality Index Steering Committee (UAMS, MWHC​)
  • Member, Organizational Ethics Subcommittee (MWHC)
  • Member, Psychiatry & Bioethics Case Conference (MWHC)
  • Member, Patient- and Family-Centered Care ICU Committee (MWHC)​

Clinical Ethics Education
  • SICU Ethics Education Rounds  (UAMS​)
  • Neurosurgery Resident Ethics Discussions (UAMS​)
  • Nursing Orientation (ACH, MWHC)
  • First Tuesday Ethics Discussion (ACH)
  • Medical Resident Education Conferences  (MWHC)
  • Resident/Intern Moral Distress Discussions (MWHC)
  • Gender and Sexual Sensitivity Training for Nurses (MWHC)
  • Clinical Ethics Immersion (MWHC)
  • Ethics and Clinical Social Work (MWHC)
  • Breast Cancer Fellow Didactics Session (MWHC)
  • Curriculum designer and facilitator, Moral Distress Workshops, Respiratory Therapy (MWHC)
  • Curriculum designer and instructor, Ethics Consultation Intensive for Clinicians (MWHC)​
Data Collection and Reporting
  • Creating data collection system and providing data reports to ethics committee (UAMS, ACH, MWHC)
  • Ethics Needs Assessment in Neonatal ICUs (UAMS, ACH​)
  • Organizing on-call schedule every month (MWHC)
  • Contributing to and maintaining the Center for Ethics blog (MWHC)
  • Instituted new filing system for consults, progress notes, and internal documentation (MWHC)
  • Assisting with planning for the 2016 International Conference on Clinical Ethics Consultation (MWHC)

Internship Program
  • Helping to advertise program and recruit interns for fall, spring, and summer (MWHC)
  • Working with undergraduate and graduate interns and visiting medical/surgical residents to improve their understanding of clinical ethics (MWHC)

Clinical Ethics Consultation Training

Summer Seminar in Health Care Ethics, Univ of Washington School of Medicine, Summer 2015
  • Attended intensive seminar with diverse faculty to learn about debates in clinical ethics and skills for consultation
  • Participated in mock ethics committee meetings and large group case discussions

Bioethics Consultation Skills Course, Montefiore-Einstein Center for Bioethics, Summer 2015
  • Attended intensive seminar with diverse faculty to learn about skills for consultation and quality attestation in clinical ethics work
  • Engaged in video-taped role play as a consultant and family member in simulated family meetings for difficult ethics cases; completed essays in response and received feedback from faculty

Clinical Practicum, Center for Clinical Bioethics, Georgetown University, Spring 2012
  • Attended rounds and consults for in-patient psychiatric unit at Georgetown Hospital
  • Observed group therapy and art therapy at out-patient psychiatric unit
  • Participated in weekly class discussions with doctors and experts in clinical bioethics
  • Gave presentation on a clinical ethics case to Sibley Hospital in Washington, DC
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