Surgical Ethics
Surgical Ethics Academic Half Days take place twice a year, in the Fall and the Spring. Sessions are provided to all surgical residents including Otolarynoglogy-Head & Neck Surgery, OB/GYN and Neurosurgery. Faculty and residents from designated specialties present ethical topics relevant to resident training and surgical careers.
Two topics are presented per session, and include a didactic lecture followed by small group case discussions.
Topics Presented Include:
- Conflict of Interest of Product Sales in the Office
- End of Life Issues
- Professionalism and Confidentiality
- Informed Consent
- Medical Mistakes
- Professional Obligations
- Societal and Ethnic Diversity
- Financial Ethics of Product Sales in the Physician's Office
- Ethical Issues Around Resource Allocation Decisions
- Death
- Beneficence
