Characteristics, Policies, and Practices of Clinical Ethics Fellowship Programs

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Authors

Amanda Bachand, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine Medical Student
Ellen Fox
Jason Adam Wasserman, Corewell Health East

Description

• While clinical ethics fellowship programs are now commonplace in U.S. hospitals, recent research has revealed significant problems including a shortage of personnel who are appropriately trained to perform ethics consultation, lack of access to high quality training for ethics consultants, and lack of funding for clinical ethics training.1

• Our goal was to accurately describe the characteristics, policies, and practices of existing clinical ethics fellowship programs in the U.S. and Canada as well as the opinions of clinical ethics fellowship program directors regarding program standards, accreditation, and funding through a robust questionnaire.

• This project focused specifically on the development of a cognitive interviewing protocol designed to refine the questionnaire that would be used to measure core constructs of fellowship programs.

Publication Date

5-2025

Keywords

fellowship programs, ethics

Disciplines

Bioethics and Medical Ethics

Recommended Citation

Bachand A, Fox E, Wasserman JA. Characteristics, policies, and practices of clinical ethics fellowship programs. Poster presented at: Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine Embark Capstone Colloquium; 2025 May; Rochester Hills, MI.

Comments

The Embark Capstone Colloquium at the Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Rochester Hills, MI, May, 2025.