Mission Statement The Advanced Competency in Pediatric Bioethics for pediatric residents provides training, experience, and skills necessary to become a physician leader in improving the ethical care of children, including one-on-one case-based tutorials with expert faculty educators, reading seminars, experience in teaching bioethics to peers and medical students, observational experience on an ethics committee, scholarship, and mentoring. Goals
Develop advanced knowledge and experience in pediatric ethical theory, case analysis, teaching skills, and exposure to medical ethics scholarship A publishable paper in bioethics in a peer-reviewed, indexed journal Experience in observing ethics committee deliberation Teaching bioethics to learners as a small or large group facilitator, with faculty mentorship
Objectives Through participation in this program, residents will be able to:
Demonstrate fundamental knowledge of basic and advanced principles of pediatric bioethics Develop teaching skills specific to medical ethics, professional behavior, or humanism. Practice direct teaching skills with medical students and residents in small and large group formats Observe and prepare for an ethics committee case/deliberation (quarterly) Present an oral presentation at a local, regional, or national meeting Prepare a written manuscript for publication in a bioethics journal
Assessments
Written assessments (2 per year) by faculty of a case analysis, book review, and/or bioethics film summary Direct assessment of teaching skills by faculty mentors (semi-annual evaluation of progress) Direct assessment of ethical case analysis skills by faculty mentors Presentation of ethics topic to residents and faculty Manuscript ready for submission to peer-reviewed, indexed journal
Learning Methods
One-on-one case-based tutorials with faculty mentors Observation of ethics committee at Nationwide Children’s (adult ethics committees at OSU and in geriatrics may also be available) Teaching in one or more of the following:
Participation (as a teacher) in NCH’s ongoing ethics curriculum for residents Participation in monthly “Ethics Rounds” for medical students Participation in ethics education for Hospital Pediatrics Fellows
Additional meetings and/or dinners devoted to career development Regular meetings with mentor(s) Experiential learning through teaching opportunities and completion of scholarly projects
Program Requirements Commitment
Must complete formal commitment to the program Begin with at least 18 months remaining in training program
Mentoring
Establish a mentor within 3 months of commitment to the program Mentors should have record of accomplishment in pediatric bioethics or medical ethics and mentor designation must be approved by Advanced Competency Program Director Conduct a semi-annual review with mentor
Teaching Skills Practice
Conduct approved teaching activity with OSU or OU medical students and/or junior resident teaching activity under direction of faculty adviser
Ethics Committee Practice
Residents in the program must attend at least 1 ethics committee meeting every 3-4 months. They will be added to the ethics committee email list.
Scholarly Work Products
Written manuscript proposal, must be approved by mentor Submission of original research or paper to a regional or national conference is encouraged Presentation
Local (E.g., NCH Ethics Committee, OSU Bioethics conference, resident teaching conference/noon conference) Regional/National Conference (if accepted and feasible from time perspective) Oral presentation to residents and faculty in Advanced Competency Course
Program Faculty
Ashley K Fernandes, MD, PhD (Philosophy), (Ambulatory Pediatrics) Director of Advanced Competency, Associate Director, Center for Bioethics at OSU [Interests: philosophical ethics, religion and ethics, end of life care, bioethics education, poverty and health, medicine and the Holocaust] Sheria Wilson, MD, MA (Bioethics), Co-Director of Advanced Competency [Interests: neonatal/perinatal ethics, teaching and scholarship] Pedro Weisleder, MD, MA (Bioethics), Chair of NCH Ethics Committee and Director of the Center for Pediatric Bioethics, Faculty [Interests: ethics committee chair, neurology/ethics, medicine/research and the Holocaust] Mark Wells, MD, MA (Bioethics) [Interests: pediatric ethics, philosophical ethics, end of life, complex care children]
Mission Statement
The Advanced Competency in Pediatric Bioethics for pediatric residents provides training, experience, and skills necessary to become a physician leader in improving the ethical care of children, including one-on-one case-based tutorials with expert faculty educators, reading seminars, experience in teaching bioethics to peers and medical students, observational experience on an ethics committee, scholarship, and mentoring.
Goals
- Develop advanced knowledge and experience in pediatric ethical theory, case analysis, teaching skills, and exposure to medical ethics scholarship
- A publishable paper in bioethics in a peer-reviewed, indexed journal
- Experience in observing ethics committee deliberation
- Teaching bioethics to learners as a small or large group facilitator, with faculty mentorship
Objectives
Through participation in this program, residents will be able to:
- Demonstrate fundamental knowledge of basic and advanced principles of pediatric bioethics
- Develop teaching skills specific to medical ethics, professional behavior, or humanism.
- Practice direct teaching skills with medical students and residents in small and large group formats
- Observe and prepare for an ethics committee case/deliberation (quarterly)
- Present an oral presentation at a local, regional, or national meeting
- Prepare a written manuscript for publication in a bioethics journal
Assessments
- Written assessments (2 per year) by faculty of a case analysis, book review, and/or bioethics film summary
- Direct assessment of teaching skills by faculty mentors (semi-annual evaluation of progress)
- Direct assessment of ethical case analysis skills by faculty mentors
- Presentation of ethics topic to residents and faculty
- Manuscript ready for submission to peer-reviewed, indexed journal
Learning Methods
- One-on-one case-based tutorials with faculty mentors
- Observation of ethics committee at Nationwide Children’s (adult ethics committees at OSU and in geriatrics may also be available)
- Teaching in one or more of the following:
- Participation (as a teacher) in NCH’s ongoing ethics curriculum for residents
- Participation in monthly “Ethics Rounds” for medical students
- Participation in ethics education for Hospital Pediatrics Fellows
- Additional meetings and/or dinners devoted to career development
- Regular meetings with mentor(s)
- Experiential learning through teaching opportunities and completion of scholarly projects
Program Requirements
Commitment
- Must complete formal commitment to the program
- Begin with at least 18 months remaining in training program
Mentoring
- Establish a mentor within 3 months of commitment to the program
- Mentors should have record of accomplishment in pediatric bioethics or medical ethics and mentor designation must be approved by Advanced Competency Program Director
- Conduct a semi-annual review with mentor
Teaching Skills Practice
- Conduct approved teaching activity with OSU or OU medical students and/or junior resident teaching activity under direction of faculty adviser
Ethics Committee Practice
- Residents in the program must attend at least 1 ethics committee meeting every 3-4 months. They will be added to the ethics committee email list.
Scholarly Work Products
- Written manuscript proposal, must be approved by mentor
- Submission of original research or paper to a regional or national conference is encouraged
- Presentation
- Local (E.g., NCH Ethics Committee, OSU Bioethics conference, resident teaching conference/noon conference)
- Regional/National Conference (if accepted and feasible from time perspective)
- Oral presentation to residents and faculty in Advanced Competency Course
Program Faculty
Ashley K Fernandes, MD, PhD (Philosophy), (Ambulatory Pediatrics) Director of Advanced Competency, Associate Director, Center for Bioethics at OSU [Interests: philosophical ethics, religion and ethics, end of life care, bioethics education, poverty and health, medicine and the Holocaust]
Sheria Wilson, MD, MA (Bioethics), Co-Director of Advanced Competency [Interests: neonatal/perinatal ethics, teaching and scholarship]
Pedro Weisleder, MD, MA (Bioethics), Chair of NCH Ethics Committee and Director of the Center for Pediatric Bioethics, Faculty [Interests: ethics committee chair, neurology/ethics, medicine/research and the Holocaust]
Mark Wells, MD, MA (Bioethics) [Interests: pediatric ethics, philosophical ethics, end of life, complex care children]
Participation (as a teacher) in NCH’s ongoing ethics curriculum for residents
Participation in monthly “Ethics Rounds” for medical students
Participation in ethics education for Hospital Pediatrics Fellows
Local (E.g., NCH Ethics Committee, OSU Bioethics conference, resident teaching conference/noon conference)
Regional/National Conference (if accepted and feasible from time perspective)
Oral presentation to residents and faculty in Advanced Competency Course
