LAURA K. GUIDRY-GRIMES, PH.D., HEC-C
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Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

As course director and primary instructor:
Genetic Counseling Ethics I and II (Fall 2019 - Fall 2021) ​- required course for Master's-level GC students
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Caring for Vulnerable Patients (Fall 2021) - ​elective for medical students
Death & Dying (Spring 2021) - elective for medical and pharmacy students
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Physician Assistant Ethics (Summer 2019 - Summer 2020) - required course for PA students
 
As guest lecturer for courses:
I have been a guest lecturer for classes with medical students, pharmacy students, psychology doctoral interns, graduate school student researchers, nursing students in advanced degree programs, and physician assistant students.
Examples:
  • Ethical Care of Patients with Disabilities
  • Decision-making Capacity
  • Moral Distress
  • Decision-making at the End of Life
  • Ethics of Human Research
  • Ethics of Psychiatric Nursing
  • Patient Rights
  • The Therapeutic Relationship: Care and Vulnerability
  • The Process of Informed Consent and Shared Decision-making​
  • Medical Decision-making for Incapacitated or Incompetent Patients
  • Transplantation Ethics

As ethics educator for clinical trainees and staff:
I regularly lead didactics and case discussions among residents, fellows, attending physicians, nurses, social workers, care managers, and other multidisciplinary groups.
Examples:
  • Ethics of Involuntary Treatment and Covert Drugging
  • Shared Decision-making in Mental Health Contexts
  • The Challenge of Non-adherence
  • Understanding Autonomy in Psychiatric Care
  • Nursing Ethics
  • Introduction to Clinical Ethics Services
  • Unrepresented Patients
  • Ethics of the Arkansas Healthcare Decisions Act
  • "This Again?": Managing the Weight of Moral Distress
  • Adults Patients in a Pediatric Hospital: Ethical Issues that Can Arise
  • Arrestees, Prisoners, and Parolees: Ethical and Legal Guidance for the Emergency Department

As facilitator:
Community Action Poverty Simulation (2019 - )
Practice of Medicine Ethics Simulation (2019 - )
Interprofessional Education, "Choosing to Die" (Fall 2020) 

As instructor for the Academy for Inclusive Excellence:
Implicit Bias and Its Everyday Impact (2021 - )
Bias in Chart Noting (2021 - )
Addressing Disability Bias in Clinical Environments (2021 - )
​Bias in Research (2021 - ) 

As mentor:
Lee Scholarship, "Role of Physician as Healer" (2020 - 2021)

​As ethics bowl judge:
Practice of Medicine Ethics Bowl (2017 - 2019 )
Physician Assistant Ethics Bowl (Summer 2018/2019)
Genetic Counseling Ethics Bowl (Fall 2018)

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​To see examples of my teaching in academic and clinical settings, please visit my website that contains an abbreviated portfolio.


Teaching Associate, Georgetown University

Courses designed and instructed by me:
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Ethics: Bioethics
Spring 2015
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Ethics: Bioethics
Fall 2014
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Ethics: Autonomy and Health
Spring 2014
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Ethics: Oppression and Justice
Fall 2013
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Introduction to Bioethics (Guest Lecture)
Georgetown Medical Institute, Summers 2013/2014
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Identity and Literature
Summer 2013
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Ethics: Bioethics and Animals
Spring 2013
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Bioethics: Autonomy and Health 
Fall 2012
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Ethics: The Environment
Summer 2012
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  • Welcome
  • CV
  • Research
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    • Dissertation
  • Ethics Consultation
    • Other Experience
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