New Bioethics Commission Public Health Case Studies Now Available
Last week, the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission) released a set of Public Health Case Studies that provides professionals and educators with...
View ArticleNew Bioethics Commission Classroom Discussion Guides Now Available
The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission) has released two Classroom Discussion Guides to help instructors at various educational levels integrate ethics...
View ArticleImplementing Innovations in Ethics Education
The Bioethics Commission began its discussion on ethics education this morning by focusing on how ethics education might be implemented in different educational settings, particularly in schools. The...
View ArticleMember Discussion of Education
Welcome back to our live coverage of the Bioethics Commission’s twenty-third meeting. During this session, Members discussed recommendations for bioethics education in their next report. Like...
View ArticleWorkshop review — Committed Professionals: Handling Obstacles to Ethics in...
This post also appears on Indiana University’s Future of Professional Ethics site. On Friday, November 13, Dr. Lisa M. Lee, Executive Director for the Presidential Commission for the Study of...
View ArticleNew Educational Module from the Bioethics Commission on Privacy in Ethics and...
The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission) has posted a new educational module on its website, Bioethics.gov. This module on privacy focuses on the Bioethics...
View ArticleOB Potpourri
This month’s issue of the medical journal Obstetrics & Gynecology (O&G) has a review of the four best ethics articles that appeared in their journal in the last year. Here are my comments (in...
View ArticleThe History of Bioethics Series – National Bioethics Commissions
This is the first post in our “History of Bioethics” series in which we will examine some of the seminal events that shaped the landscape of bioethics and its practice in the world today. This first...
View ArticleBioethics in Action: Bringing Bioethics Deliberation into the Classroom
This is the first post in our “Bioethics in Action” series of blogs. Check back here for more posts in this series. As the Bioethics Commission continues its work on deliberation and education, we...
View ArticleBioethics Committee Meeting 24: Live Teleconference
Welcome to the twenty-fourth public meeting of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission). The Bioethics Commission is meeting today, March 3, 2016, from 2...
View ArticleBioethics Commission Meeting 24: The Bioethics Commission Educational Materials
In the first session of its twenty-fourth meeting, the Bioethics Commission reviewed its current portfolio of educational materials and assessed how it might be expanded to reach new audiences. The...
View ArticleBioethics Commission Meeting 24: Member Discussion of Future Educational...
Member discussion wrapped up the Bioethics Commission’s twenty-fourth meeting. During this session, members considered future plans for their educational materials. Plans include expanding on the over...
View ArticleNew Educational Module from the Bioethics Commission on Research Design in...
The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission) has released a new educational module on research design in the context of a public health emergency. The module...
View ArticleBioethics Commission Recommends Deliberation and Education to Facilitate...
The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission) recently released Bioethics for Every Generation: Deliberation and Education in Health, Science, and Technology ....
View ArticleDemocratic Deliberation in Bioethics for Every Generation
On May 12, 2016 the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission) issued its tenth report Bioethics for Every Generation: Deliberation and Education in Health,...
View ArticleBioethics Commission’s New Recommendations Bolster Ethics Education
The Bioethics Commission has encouraged and supported bioethics education throughout its projects and activities. Our educational materials, related to our reports, are tailored reach a variety of...
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What is the Future of Ethics Education in Medical Schools?
By Micah Hester In 2004, Lisa Lehman and colleagues noted that “Despite widespread agreement that ethics should be taught [in medical schools], there is little formal consensus concerning what, when,...
View ArticleIntroducing New Educational Materials from the Bioethics Commission on...
The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission) has released a set of new educational materials focused on classroom deliberation at the secondary and...
View ArticleIntroducing the Bioethics Commission’s User Guide for Medical Educators
The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission) has released a new user guide, designed to help medical educators find useful pedagogical materials related to the...
View ArticleIntroducing the Bioethics Commission’s New Educational Module: Community...
The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission) has released a new module titled “Community engagement in Ethics and Ebola.” This module is designed to introduce...
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