DC2701: Summer Seminar in Healthcare Ethics 2026

Monday, August 3, 2026, 8:00 AM - Thursday, August 6, 2026, 12:00 PM PT, Zoom

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (19.50 hours), IPCE (19.50 hours), Non-Physician (19.50 hours)

Lectures are designed to familiarize participants with basic definitions and arguments in major topics of clinical ethics. The course aims to provide participants with skills and information to enable them to make competent ethical decisions in clinical situations and to assist others in doing so. Hence, careful attention is paid to methods of case analysis and to discussion of cases. Summer Seminar has always attracted a mix of participants that resembles the actual participants in clinical care, making it possible to share different, but complementary views.

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1. Identify fundamental concepts and principles for the understanding of ethical issues in clinical care
2. Implement a method for analyzing ethical cases in clinical health care
3. Employ skills in decision-making for clinical cases that present ethical problems
4. Discuss current issues and cases in health care ethics

The annual Summer Seminar is an intensive, interactive introduction to the “four-box method” for analyzing ethical issues in clinical ethics. It covers Core Competencies for Health Care Ethics Consultation and helps prepare for certification.

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In support of improving patient care, the University of Washington School of Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

The University of Washington School of Medicine designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 19.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

“This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 19.50 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.”

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

University of Washington School of Medicine adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of an accredited activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others in control of content are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the start of the activity. All those in control of content have no financial relationships to disclose, unless otherwise listed.