Upcoming Event:
Unpacking the facilitation work of clinical ethics consultations
Speakers: Professor Clare Delany (University of Melbourne) & Professor Lynn Gillam (University of Melbourne)
Event Details: Tuesday 27th of May, 17:30 (AEDT) Online
Abstract: The focus of this talk will be on the seven facilitation steps of the Critical Dialogue Method (CDM) of clinical ethics consultation. The term critical refers to the use of systematic and deliberative analysis, whilst dialogue refers to the use of collaborative discussion to generate shared understanding and resolution of an ethical problem.
The facilitative steps of CDM aim to identify ethically justified responses and also assist participants to gain greater moral clarity and understanding of the ethical problem, and confidence to respond as independent moral agents. Through detailed description of ethics facilitation methods within each step, we demystify the process of how ethicists can empower others to undertake ethical reasoning.
We also propose that the critical dialogue method shares goals with ethics education – both aim to scaffold a participant/learner’s prior knowledge, promote critical and reflective thinking and build new insight and understanding. These shared goals open up the possibility of drawing from educational pedagogy literature to advance the scholarship of clinical ethics facilitation methods.
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Stream Leaders
Dr Nathan Emmerich
Dr Nathan Emmerich is a Senior Lecturer in Bioethics at the School of Medicine and Psychology at ANU. He is the lead for Professionalism and Leadership in Phase One of the MChD and teaches a large course in Bioethics which functions as a capstone for biology and biology-related degrees offered at ANU. He is the Deputy Chair of ACT Health’s Clinical Ethics Committee. His current research interests related to conscientious objection, the regulation of abortion, the provision of care at the end of life, and psychedelic medicine.