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Schedule

UAMS Workshop in Healthcare Ethics and Humanities

Moral Distress

 May 25, 26, and 27, 2022

Virtual Conference via Zoom

Times in CTWednesday, May 25Times in CTThursday, May 26Times in CTFriday, May 27
10:00 – 10:15
Zoom Webinar
Welcome & Introductory Comments
Skye Miner, Ph.D. (UAMS)
10:00-10:15 
Zoom Webinar
Welcome Back & Intro of Keynote
(D. Micah Hester, Ph.D., UAMS)
10:00-10:05 
Zoom Webinar
Welcome Back 
(Jamie Carlin Watson, Ph.D., UAMS)
10:15-11:00 
Continue Zoom webinar
Paper
A Compassionate Care Approach to Help Alleviate Psychological and Emotional Experiences of Moral Distress
 
Ariel Clatty, Ph.D.,
Hillary Villarreal, M.A.
(Univ. of Pittsburgh MC)
10:15-11:15 
Continue Zoom webinar
Keynote
Addressing moral distress: Taking a moral community approach
 
Elizabeth Epstein, Ph.D., RN
(Univ. of Virginia)
10:05-10:50
Continue Zoom webinar
Paper
Chronicling Moral Distress: Lessons Learned by One Clinical Ethics Service
 
Arlene Davis, J.D.
(Univ. of North Carolina)
11:00 – 11:15Break11:15 – 11:30Break10:50 – 11:00Break
11:15 – 12:00
Zoom
Meeting
Mini-workshop
Cultivating Resilience: sharing strategies for managing moral distress
 
Rebecca Greenberg, Ph.D., RN
(Univ. of Toronto)
11:30-12:00
Continue
Zoom webinar
Flash sessions
See info. below, various authors
11:00-11:45
Zoom meeting
Mini-workshop
Moral Distress: Developing Strategies for Enhancing Communication
 
Megan Prescott, MSW
(Univ. of Colorado)
12:00 – 1:00Lunch12:00 – 1:00Lunch11:45 – 12:45Lunch
1:00- 2:30 
Zoom meeting Special Reserved link
W1:GA; W2:GB; W3:GC1:00-2:30 
Zoom meeting Special Reserved link
W1:GB; W2:GC; W3:GA12:45-
2:15 
Zoom meeting Special Reserved link
W1:GC; W2:GA; W3:GB
2:15-2:30Closing Comments 
Skye Miner, Ph.D. (UAMS)

Workshops

Afternoon experiences will break the participants into three smaller groups (G1-3) which will rotate through the following three workshops (W1-3) over three days:

W1 – Responding to Moral Distress in the Clinic:  This workshop will discuss how to address moral distress in clinical settings.  Participants will work together on strategies and processes that can be implemented within a clinical environment.  (Leader:  Jamie Carlin Watson, Ph.D., UAMS)

W2 – Education about Moral Distress:  This workshop will discuss how to educate others in your institutions about moral distress—the concept, the research, and the responses to Moral Distress.  (Leader: D. Micah Hester, Ph.D., UAMS)

W3 – Organizational considerations regarding moral distress – This workshop will discuss how thinking about Moral Distress can influence ethical climate, culture and policy within policy review in your institution.  (Leader:  Laura Guidry-Grimes, Ph.D., UAMS)

Flash Sessions

  • “Managing Moral Distress in Health Care: Is Lying Acceptable?” – Debbie Brady, LCSW (UAMS)
  • “RISE-ing above Moral Distress” – Jessica Roumillat, MSW, M.A. (Children’s MC Dallas)
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