Special Opportunity from The Dartmouth Institute

Work with a National Expert to Develop an Ethics Committee for Your Critical Access Hospital or Rural Health Facility

For the first time, prominent ethics expert, Dr. Bill Nelson, Director of the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth's Rural Ethics Initiative, is conducting a fully online course and mentoring program to assist small rural facilities and/or critical access hospitals establish and cultivate an ethics committee. Dr Nelson's recently published book, "Critical Access Hospital Ethics Committee Resource Guide" will be given to each student. “Research indicates that many critical access hospitals said they would like to have an ethics committee, but because they’re small, they may not have the resources,” says Nelson. “Everyone knows each other in rural communities, so issues of privacy and confidentiality are very different than if you’re in a non-rural setting where you’ll probably never see that patient outside of the hospital. The rural setting alters that relationship because you may be treating your neighbor. It raises many issues that are rarely, if ever, discussed in ethics literature, however rural caregivers must address - so having an effective ethics resource can be very beneficial
This course will give you practical tools you can put to use immediately – to create a new ethics committee or to improve upon a current ethics committee or program. Learners are provided with a course text, and given the opportunity to have one-on-one mentoring conversations with Dr. Nelson to discuss specific issues related to the development of an ethics committee in their facility. 
This course is FULLY online. The class will meet virtually every other week for a 1 hour session. Between sessions you will be asked to complete readings and assignments. Expect to spend approximately 3 hours/week on the course.

For more info and to register, go to:
http://www.tdiprofessionaleducation.org/eth2000.html