DESCRIPTION
Biomedical ethics & humanities grand rounds provides audiences the opportunity to learn from national and regional experts regarding new discoveries and research in the application of ethics and humanities in medicine.  We seek to offer an innovative forum for engaging with ethical, legal, humanitarian, and policy issues of particular salience to patient care.  Visit our website.

TARGET AUDIENCE
Ethics & humanities are multidisciplinary fields by nature.  We expect this to appeal to a wide audience of both health care providers as well as patients and community members. There are no specialties or prerequisites required to make it a meaningful experience, regardless of the background of the attendee.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Explain the latest research and best practices in biomedical ethics. 
Discuss the latest advances in humanities in medicine.   

Accreditation Statement:


In support of improving patient care, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Statement(s):
AMA
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ANCC
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosure Summary
As a provider accredited by Joint Accreditation Interprofessional Continuing Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Mayo Clinic School of CPD) must ensure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in its educational activities. Course Director(s), Planning Committee Members, Faculty, and all others who are in a position to control the content of this educational activity are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest related to the subject matter of the educational activity.  Safeguards against commercial bias have been put in place.  Faculty also will disclose any off label and/or investigational use of pharmaceuticals or instruments discussed in their presentation.  Disclosure of these relevant financial relationships will be published in activity materials so those participants in the activity may formulate their own judgments regarding the presentation.

Listed below are individuals with control of the content of this program who have disclosed...

Relevant financial relationship(s) with industry:
None

No relevant financial relationship(s) with industry:
Ann Allen
Daniel Hall-Flavin, M.D., M.S. 
Jessica Hirsch, CIP
Jo Rian, Ph.D.
Richard Sharp, Ph.D.
Erik St Louis, M.D.
Susanne M. Cutshall, APRN, CNS, D.N.P.

For disclosure information regarding Mayo Clinic School of Continuous Professional Development accreditation review committee member(s), please go here.

ATTENDANCE/CREDIT
Text the session code (provided only at the session) to 507-200-3010 within 48 hours of the live presentation to record attendance.  All learners are encouraged to text attendance regardless of credit needs.  This number is only used for receiving text messages related to tracking attendance.  Additional tasks to obtain credit may be required based on the specific activity requirements and will be announced accordingly. Swiping your badge will not provide credit; that process is only applicable to meet GME requirements for Residents & Fellows.

TRANSCRIPT
Any credit or attendance awarded from this series will appear on your Transcript.

COURSE DIRECTORS
Eric St. Louis, M.D.; Dan Hall-Flavin, M.D.

QUESTIONS?
Contact Jessica Hirsch, D. Bioethics at 8-4023