About this Event
Deakin University’s School of Medicine is offering a one day training course focusing on Clinical Ethics in Organ Transplantation.
The course has been designed by Deakin Bioethics in collaboration with clinicians involved in organ transplantation. Participants will explore the fundamental principles guiding organ donation and transplantation as well as recent developments and debates in transplant ethics. The focus will be on ethical issues relating to decision-making about living donation and transplantation of organs from living and deceased donors. An optional second day focused on ethical issues in .
Providing a practical introduction to ethical decision-making, the course will facilitate learning through the use of case studies and interprofessional small group discussions. For information about the faculty involved in the course including speakers, panelists, and facilitators, and the program, please see the current flyer: Please note the flyer will be updated as faculty are confirmed and program details finalised.
The course will be held at Deakin's beautiful corporate campus, "Deakin Downtown", 727 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC 3000.
Tickets are inclusive of course materials and refreshments (coffee, morning & afternoon tea, lunch).
All attendees will receive a certificate of completion, identifying the number of CPD hours for the workshop.
For all queries regarding this event, contact us at [email protected]
Agenda
🕑: 08:30 AM - 09:00 AM
Registration and refreshments
🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:10 AM
Welcome and course overview
🕑: 09:10 AM - 10:30 AM
Foundations of transplant ethics
Info: *Introduction to ethical theory & principles of transplant ethics *An approach to ethics in clinical practice
🕑: 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Morning tea
🕑: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Fundamentals of decision-making
Info: *Autonomy and informed consent *Risk communication and shared decision-making
*Paternalism, risk thresholds, and the limits of autonomy
🕑: 12:30 PM - 01:15 PM
Lunch
🕑: 01:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Confidentiality & privacy
Info: *Disclosure of unexpected findings to donors and donor families
*Public solicitation of donors & anonymity in donation
*Reporting suspicions of organ trafficking
🕑: 02:45 PM - 03:00 PM
Afternoon tea
🕑: 03:00 PM - 04:15 PM
Current controversies in transplant ethics
Info: topics TBC
🕑: 04:15 PM - 04:55 PM
Panel case discussion
🕑: 04:55 PM - 05:00 PM
Closing remarks
Event venue & nearby stays
Deakin Downtown, 727 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
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