
32nd Annual Dorothy J. MacLean Fellows Conference on Clinical Medical Ethics
Target Audience
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this educational activity, participants will be able to:
- Discuss how clinical medical ethics applies broadly to the American healthcare system and specifically to their individual fields or specialties;
- Identify the ethical situations or conflicts in routine clinical encounters;
- Explain how to apply the tenants of clinical medical ethics to scenarios they encounter in their fields or specialties;
- Describe how current literature and directives in the field of clinical medical ethics will help them to make improved ethics decisions in their practice;
- Discuss the various perspectives including legal, medical, and religious that must be taken into account in order to provide holistic patient care;
- Discuss the ethical issues the COVID-19 pandemic presents to clinical care.
- 13.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 13.50 Participation
Agenda subject to change.

To learn more about the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, click here.
The University of Chicago reserves the right to cancel or postpone this conference due to unforeseen circumstances. In the unlikely event this activity must be cancelled or postponed, the registration fee will be refunded; however, The University of Chicago is not responsible for any related costs, charges, or expenses to participants, including fees assessed by airline/travel/lodging agencies.
ACCESSIBILITY The University of Chicago is committed to providing equal access appropriate to need and circumstances and complies fully with legal requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you are in need of special accommodation, please contact our office at via email at kconner1@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu.
COURSE DIRECTOR

Lindy Bergman Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine and Surgery
Executive Director, Bucksbaum Institute for Clinical Excellence
Director, MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics
Disclosure Declarations
As a provider accredited by the ACCME, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine asks everyone who is in a position to control the content of an education activity to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest. This includes any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by or used on patients. The ACCME defines “relevant financial relationships” as financial relationships in any amount occurring within the past 12 months, including financial relationships of a spouse or life partner that could create a conflict of interest. Mechanisms are in place to identify and resolve any potential conflict of interest prior to the start of the activity.
Additionally, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine requires authors to identify investigational products or off-label uses of products regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration, at first mention and where appropriate in the content.
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 13.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
University of Chicago Medicine is a Registered Social Work Continuing Education Sponsor through the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation and will offer continuing education units for the 31st Annual Dorothy J. MacLean Fellows Conference on Clinical Medical Ethics for LSW and LCSW social workers in the state of Illinois.
Please Note: The credit claiming process will close three months after the conference end date. Requests to claim credit after three months will be subject to additional fees.