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7:00 AM |
Check-In/Registration Begins |
7:30 AM |
Mass |
8:30 AM |
Opening Remarks |
8:40 - 9:40 AM |
A Life Worth Living: Dignity, Hope, & Compassion in the Face of Disability |
9:45 - 10:45 AM |
The Impact of Disabilities on Determining Whether Care is Morally Obligatory or Optional |
10:45 - 11:00 AM |
Break |
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
Accompanying the Disabled in Utero and in the First Year of Life: Medical and Pastoral Interventions |
12:00 - 1:40 PM |
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1:40 - 2:00 PM |
Break |
2:00 - 3:00 PM |
Preventing Disability through Genetic Testing, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Engineering |
3:05 - 4:05 PM |
The Ethics of Refusing Treatment for Patients who are Actively Dying or Demented |
4:05 - 4:20 PM |
Break |
4:20 - 5:20 PM |
Legal and Cultural Challenges for Individuals with Disabilities who are Targeted for Death |
5:20 PM |
Closing Remarks |
5:30 - 6:15 PM |
Wine & Cheese Networking 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 Paull 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)™. 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)™. 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)™ 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). 7 contact hours approved.
Objectives:
▪ Discuss medical interventions that may currently be made on behalf of some populations that experience disability.
▪ Identify case presentation that offer practical examples of medical and pastoral care and support.
▪ Describe how medical professionals may navigate difficult conversations with medical, social and ethical
implications.
▪ Discuss the basis for the sanctity and worth of human life.
▪ Discuss the virtues of hope and compassion.
▪ Describe how medical professionals can be a compassionate presence and foster hope in disabled patients and their families.
▪ Identify how the dignity of persons who are disabled impacts medical care.
▪ Discuss the medical/ethical notion of quality of life.
▪ Describe to what degree disabilities have an impact on whether medical interventions should be pursued.
▪ Indicate, through case examples, how to apply the principles of proportionate means to the medical-ethical care offered to disabled patients.
▪ Explore the risks posed to disabled patients as a result of the cultural acceptance of suicide.
▪ Consider the impact of abortion on the disabled.
▪ Review the legal and ethics regulations and norms related to the care of disabled patients at the beginning of life and end of life.
▪ Discuss established Church teaching including the Ethical and Religious Directives on providing food and water to patients.
▪ Suggest medical care commensurate with the condition of the patient.
▪ Discuss the role of communication and spiritual care offered to families of such patients
▪ Analyze two cases regarding ethical course of action in light of the principles articulated and the medical condition of the patient.
▪ Describe the methods currently available to help patients avoid disability in their children.
▪ Consider the ethical implications for medical interventions that prevent, alleviate or cure disability,
▪ Propose an approach that can be taken by medical professionals to help their patients make the best decisions for the current and future children.
▪ Identify the unique qualities of a medical practice that upholds human dignity.
▪ List practical guidance for creating a patient-centric culture.
▪ Discuss the role a hospital has in creating a culture that grapples with and gives meaning to suffering experienced
by patients.
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 sara@forlifeandfamily.org.
Social Workers
This program has been approved for 3 hours of social work ethics and 4 general contact 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 sara@forlifeandfamily.org.
2901 S Carrollton Ave
New Orleans, LA 70118
For More Information:
Sara Dietz, Conference Coordinator
832.779.1070
[email protected]
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