Online registration closed on Thursday, October 10 at noon.
8:00 AM |
Check-In/Registration Begins |
9:00 AM |
Opening Remarks |
9:10 - 10:10 AM |
The Hippocratic Oath: Countering a Secularist Bioethics |
10:15 - 11:15 AM |
Secularism as a Threat to the Common Good and Conscience in Health Care |
11:15 - 11:30 AM |
Break |
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM |
Remaining Catholic in a Secular Society |
12:30 - 2:00 PM |
Hippocratic Oath Luncheon: The Medical Community's Role in Countering the Push for Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia |
2:00 - 2:20 PM |
Break |
2:20 - 3:20 PM |
Gender Dysphoria in Children and Adults: Science, Ideology, and Ethics |
3:25 - 4:25 PM |
Sterilization & Contraception when Future Pregnancy Presents Serious Risks |
4:25 - 4:40 PM |
Break |
4:40 - 5:40 PM |
Catholic Health Care: Hope in an Uncertain Future |
5:40 - 6:30 PM |
Wine & Cheese Reception |
Accreditation
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the Christian Medical & Dental Associations (CMDA) and St. John Paul II Foundation. Christian Medical & Dental Associations is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Physician Credit
The Christian Medical & Dental Associations designates this educational activity for a maximum
of 7 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their
participation in the activity.
Physician Assistant
AAPA accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. by an organization accredited by the ACCME or a recognized state medical society. Physician assistants may receive up to 7 credits for completing this activity.
Nurse Practitioner
The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Program (AANPCP) accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM from organizations accredited by the ACCME. Individuals are responsible for checking with the AANPCP for further guidelines.
Nurse practitioners may receive up to 7 credits for completing this activity.
Nursing
This educational activity has been approved by the Ohio Nurses Association (ONA), an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation (OBN-001-91). _6_ contact hours approved.
Objectives:
-Discuss common cases wherein a future pregnancy that would present serious risks to the life or health of the mother. Discuss medical and ethical analysis of proposed interventions that are sterilizing. Identify ethical solutions that secure positives outcomes for patients.
-Discuss the history of the Hippocratic Oath and its practical implications for medicine that is dignified, compassionate, and loving. Compare medicine rooted in an aggressive secularism with medicine rooted in the Hippocratic oath. Describe how PAS and euthanasia are a variance with the oath and care for the whole person.
-Discuss medical psychosocial realities of gender dysphoria. Identify medical outcomes of puberty suppression and gender reassignment. Assess whether puberty suppression and gender reassignment are in keeping with medical data and best patient outcomes. Discuss the medical literature on gender dysphoria in adult and pre-adult populations. Identify anthropological and medical basis for medical and psychological interventions.
-Discuss medicine’s role in securing the common good for patients and society. Define conscience. Identify the importance of conscience in medical practice today. Discuss the meaning of secularism, manifestations of it within medicine, and how it harms the common good and exercise of rights within the health care setting.
-Identify the role of faith and religion in the practice of medicine. Indicate what is distinctive about medicine inspired by a Catholic world view and how such medicine leads to positive outcomes. Identify means by which practitioners can maintain their Catholic faith and professional expertise to the service of patients.
-Discuss the legal trends of physician assisted suicide in the U.S. and Missouri. Identify ways in which the medical community can address physician assisted suicide in their respective areas of medicine. Describe the medical community’s long tradition of doing no harm to patients in the context of the push to treat suicide
and euthanasia as medical treatments.
-Identify the cultural challenges to Catholic healthcare ministries. Discuss strategies which will increase the viability of catholic healthcare ministries. Identify models of care for Catholic health care to flourish in the decades ahead.
Chaplains
The National Association of Catholic Chaplains has approved this program for 7.0 Continuing Education Hours. Please be sure to select the General Admission or Clergy/Religious (if applicable) ticket option and request a certificate of completion on your registration form. For questions, please email [email protected].
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