October 2014 Vol 20 No 2

In This Issue

1 Feature An Initiative to Improve Ethics Capacity in Primary Care

4 JCB Announcements

5 Master of Health Science (MHSc) in Bioethics

6 Calls for Submission

12 Publications

15 Seminars Events amp Conferences

25 Submission amp Contact Information

Ontariorsquos healthcare

system has gradually been moving from predominantly institutionalized care towards a more community-centred approach While there has been substantial research conducted on ethical practice in acute care institutions ethics research and support for community-based health care providers is very limited As people live longer the number of patients living in their own communities with chronic comorbidities and complex psychosocial needs is steadily increasing With increasing clinical and social complexity in the community providers in primary care are facing more complex ethical dilemmas more often

Stakeholder interviews conducted by the Toronto Central CCAC provided more insight into the ethical issues that arise Community-based health care providers were asked to describe how they currently approach and manage complex ethical issues ldquoTalking to colleaguesrdquo and ldquomuddle through itrdquo were common themes demonstrating the need for greater ethics support in the community

Feature An Initiative to Improve Ethics Capacity in Primary Care

From l-r Frank Wagner Laura Wentzell Anne Wojtak and Jodeme Goldhar - Toronto Central CCAC

October 2014 Vol 20 No 2 Page 2

Feature An Initiative to Improve Ethics Capacity (contrsquod)

Four partner organizations came together to address this gap in ethics expertise in the community by creating the Primary Care Ethics Integration Initiative The initiative aims to build ethics capacity in primary care to address the complex needs of patients support staff in better management of ethical issues and help primary care professionals achieve the highest possible quality of care and integration for their patients Longer term the initiative aims to build a repeatable scalable and sustainable model to increase ethics knowledge and capacity in primary care on a local regional provincial national and global scale

The Primary Care Ethics Integration Initiative is built on three pillars 1) educating future primary care professionals 2) training current primary care professionals and 3) using research and evaluation to inform and direct the work

The University of Toronto Department of Family and Community Medicine is taking the lead on the first phase of the project to develop an approach to ethics education for future primary care physicians While ethics is a key component of medical student training today many primary care practitioners in their first few years of practice face new and complex

issues presented by patients and their families With the many teaching sites located in the greater Toronto area there is an opportunity to test a new way to deliver this important content so students understand how to identify ethical situations develop the necessary core competencies and feel competent and confident in managing difficult ethical situations in practice

The second stream of work led by the Toronto Central CCAC will focus on ethics programs designed for community-based primary care professionals The work will begin in two inter-professional team based practices with the plan to eventually test the model in a variety of care settings including solo physician practices Based on initial stakeholder interviews

Figure 1 Primary Care Ethics Integration Initiative

October 2014 Vol 20 No 2 Page 3

Feature An Initiative to Improve Ethics Capacity (contrsquod)

the content will address key ethical issues in primary care such as end-of-life care advance care planning consent and capacity and patient confidentiality The goal will be to equip each team with the necessary core competencies to be able to manage ethical issues as they arise in practice

The Primary Care Ethics Integration Initiative creates a structural framework to build ethics capacity within the health care system by preparing students and training our health care professionals It will also create a conceptual model to build momentum in the system whereby practitioners begin to use a common approach and language to ethical decision making As this capacity and momentum builds the initiative (with support from the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics) will foster a network of community-based primary care professionals with ethics expertise who can provide consultation to their peers This multi-pronged approach to building capacity in the community health care system will help achieve greater expertise in ethics build a sustainable model to further integration and continue the focus on delivering high quality care to the most complex patients

Sara Abhari Ethics Summer StudentToronto Central CCAC

Frank WagnerBioethicistToronto Central CCAC and University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics

Laura Wentzell Project Manager Health Systems Integration for Complex Populations and Primary CareToronto Central CCAC

Comments on articles in this newsletter Email your response to newseditorjcbutorontoca We may publish your comments in the next issue

October 2014 Vol 20 No 2 Page 2

Feature An Initiative to Improve Ethics Capacity (contrsquod)

Four partner organizations came together to address this gap in ethics expertise in the community by creating the Primary Care Ethics Integration Initiative The initiative aims to build ethics capacity in primary care to address the complex needs of patients support staff in better management of ethical issues and help primary care professionals achieve the highest possible quality of care and integration for their patients Longer term the initiative aims to build a repeatable scalable and sustainable model to increase ethics knowledge and capacity in primary care on a local regional provincial national and global scale

The Primary Care Ethics Integration Initiative is built on three pillars 1) educating future primary care professionals 2) training current primary care professionals and 3) using research and evaluation to inform and direct the work

The University of Toronto Department of Family and Community Medicine is taking the lead on the first phase of the project to develop an approach to ethics education for future primary care physicians While ethics is a key component of medical student training today many primary care practitioners in their first few years of practice face new and complex

issues presented by patients and their families With the many teaching sites located in the greater Toronto area there is an opportunity to test a new way to deliver this important content so students understand how to identify ethical situations develop the necessary core competencies and feel competent and confident in managing difficult ethical situations in practice

The second stream of work led by the Toronto Central CCAC will focus on ethics programs designed for community-based primary care professionals The work will begin in two inter-professional team based practices with the plan to eventually test the model in a variety of care settings including solo physician practices Based on initial stakeholder interviews

Figure 1 Primary Care Ethics Integration Initiative

October 2014 Vol 20 No 2 Page 3

Feature An Initiative to Improve Ethics Capacity (contrsquod)

the content will address key ethical issues in primary care such as end-of-life care advance care planning consent and capacity and patient confidentiality The goal will be to equip each team with the necessary core competencies to be able to manage ethical issues as they arise in practice

The Primary Care Ethics Integration Initiative creates a structural framework to build ethics capacity within the health care system by preparing students and training our health care professionals It will also create a conceptual model to build momentum in the system whereby practitioners begin to use a common approach and language to ethical decision making As this capacity and momentum builds the initiative (with support from the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics) will foster a network of community-based primary care professionals with ethics expertise who can provide consultation to their peers This multi-pronged approach to building capacity in the community health care system will help achieve greater expertise in ethics build a sustainable model to further integration and continue the focus on delivering high quality care to the most complex patients

Sara Abhari Ethics Summer StudentToronto Central CCAC

Frank WagnerBioethicistToronto Central CCAC and University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics

Laura Wentzell Project Manager Health Systems Integration for Complex Populations and Primary CareToronto Central CCAC

Comments on articles in this newsletter Email your response to newseditorjcbutorontoca We may publish your comments in the next issue

October 2014 Vol 20 No 2 Page 3

Feature An Initiative to Improve Ethics Capacity (contrsquod)

the content will address key ethical issues in primary care such as end-of-life care advance care planning consent and capacity and patient confidentiality The goal will be to equip each team with the necessary core competencies to be able to manage ethical issues as they arise in practice

The Primary Care Ethics Integration Initiative creates a structural framework to build ethics capacity within the health care system by preparing students and training our health care professionals It will also create a conceptual model to build momentum in the system whereby practitioners begin to use a common approach and language to ethical decision making As this capacity and momentum builds the initiative (with support from the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics) will foster a network of community-based primary care professionals with ethics expertise who can provide consultation to their peers This multi-pronged approach to building capacity in the community health care system will help achieve greater expertise in ethics build a sustainable model to further integration and continue the focus on delivering high quality care to the most complex patients

Sara Abhari Ethics Summer StudentToronto Central CCAC

Frank WagnerBioethicistToronto Central CCAC and University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics

Laura Wentzell Project Manager Health Systems Integration for Complex Populations and Primary CareToronto Central CCAC

Comments on articles in this newsletter Email your response to newseditorjcbutorontoca We may publish your comments in the next issue

October 2014 Vol 20 No 2 Page 4

Professor Lynette Reid from the Department of Bioethics at Dalhousie University will be with us at the JCB as a Visiting Scholar from September 16th until October 14th Many of you will know Lynette but for those who havenrsquot yet had the pleasure of meeting her here is her bio httpwwwmedicinedalcadepartmentsdepartment-sitesbioethicspeopleLynette_Reidhtml

Source Barbara Secker September 12 2014

Dr Mark Bernstein (MHSc graduate) has published two new books for fellows and residents including one on Neurosurgical Ethics which is described as the first-of-its-kind The titles of the two books are Neuro-Oncology The Essentials and Neurosurgical Ethics in Practice Value-based Medicine To read more visit httpwwwuhncacorporateNewsPagesDr_Mark_Bernstein_writes_two_new_booksaspx

Source uhnca September 16 2014

Diego Silva (Principal Investigator) has received a CIHR Catalyst Grant New Investigators and Mid-Career Investors Transitioning into Ethics along with Co-Is Angus Dawson and Ross Upshur The title of the project to be funded is ldquoReciprocity and Solidarity as Guiding Principles in Tuberculosis Prevention and Treatment Policyrdquo over 2014-16 The amount was $84332

Source cihr-irscgcca September 2014

Larryrsquos Book Lessons in Dying a Good Death is a work of non-fiction by Phil Dwyer It tells the story of the end-of-life experience of Dr Larry Librach a world-renowned pioneer in palliative care (and former JCB Director) who helped thousands of patients to

die well Larryrsquos Book will be published by Dundurn in spring 2016

Source larrysbookca September 2014

MHSc in Bioethics (Domestic Class of 2016)

Dhalia Menna-Dack is a Youth Facilitator in the cross-organizational LIFEspan Service at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital and Toronto Re-hab UHN She focuses on supporting clients and fami-lies with developing advocacy and practical life skills Dolly also coordinates youth engagement programs at Holland Bloorview including the Youth Advisory Coun-cil and the Youth Mentorship Program She holds a BA in Bioethics from the University of Toronto

Collaborative Program in Bioethics (Incoming September 2014)

Carey DeMichelis is enrolled in the PhD in Applied Psychology and Human Development at the University of Toronto with a background in Developmental Psy-chology She holds a MA degree from the University of Chicago in Comparative Human Development and a BA from the University of Colorado where she majored in Psychology and minored in Philosophy and Religious Studies

Sophie Roher is enrolled in the Health Services Research program at the Institute for Health Policy Management and Evaluation Sophie holds an Arts and Science Degree from McMaster University Her research focuses on the ethics of offering experimen-tal fertility preservation options to young children with cancer Her research supervisor is Jennifer Gibson

JCB Announcements

October 2014 Vol 20 No 2 Page 5

wwwutorontocajcb

MASTER OF HEALTH SCIENCE (MHSc) IN BIOETHICS

This professional degree program is designed to help students address a variety of real-world ethical challenges in health healthcare and research The programrsquos interactive problem-based learning approach emphasizes interprofessional exchange and practical experience informed by theory The two-year course-based program is offered in a modular format allowing high achieving professionals to earn a masterrsquos degree without interrupting their careers

CLASSES AT U OF TMHSc in Bioethics Program

The MHSc in Bioethics is designed to bull Provide an interactive learning environment bull Equip students with a solid interdisciplinary

grounding in the philosophical legal cultural and educational aspects of bioethics

bull Expose students to the breadth of clinical organizational and research ethics issues facing our health system today

bull Build studentsrsquo ethics awareness ethical decision-making skills and problem-solving abilities to become leaders in bioethics

bull Provide practical knowledge about ethics program development ethical decision-making frameworks research ethics review ethics consultation ethics policy development and ethics education planning and delivery

Apply Now

The University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics is recruiting now for September 2015 The deadline for applications is March 1 2015 for both domestic and international applicants

Who should applybull Health Practitionersbull Health Administrators or Research Ethics

Administratorsbull Ethics Committee Members or Research Ethics

Board Membersbull Lawyers Journalists Policy Analysts Privacy

Officers Regulators Educators and Researchers focusing on health

QuestionsFor more information please visit wwwutorontocajcb or contact Carmen Alfred Academic Secretary at carmenalfredutorontoca (416) 978-0871

Improving Health Through Bioethics

October 2014 Vol 20 No 2 Page 6

Calls for Submission

bull Call for Papers bull

6th International Ethics Symposium (IES)Amphitheacuteacirctre Cavaillegraves Esplanade ndash STRASBOURG March 11-14 2015

The arrival of Information and Communication Tech-nologies (ICT) has profoundly changed our society in the 21st century The pervasiveness and prevalence of these technologies move our representations of the human being and of our relationships with others Everything including the society acquires a digital identity in the midst of multiple networks paving the way for new types of communications focusing on the present the immediate the ldquohere and nowrdquo of the global villagehellip

Send your submissions (paper or poster)Possible Topics

bull The Digital Phenomenonbull Security Surveillance and Freedom(s)bull ICT and Medicine bull ICT Education and Communicationbull ICT and Ethics

To be returned to ereralchru-strasbourgfr and mthielunistrafr before November 15 2014

For more information please visit httpwwwethique-jieunistrafr

bull Call for Applications bull

Interfaculty Centre for Biomedial Ethics and Law - PhD researcher

For the Interfaculty Centre for Biomedial Ethics and Law we are looking for a PhD researcher with an interest in bioethical research on research integrity in developing countries The candidate has a strong background and training in medical ethics philosophy medicine pharmacy social sciences or theology

Scientific integrity amp misconduct in biomedical research in developing countries

The Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law is one of the leading research groups in medical ethics The team consists of 20 researchers in the Faculty of Medi-cine and has a strong international orientation More information can be found at httpwwwcbmerbe

Project Summary

The issues of research integrity and misconduct feature regularly in academic journals and the press Little or no research has been done on these topics within biomedical research in Africa Asia or South America Misconduct within biomedical research is costly because it threatens the excellence and pro-gression of biomedical research It can lead for exam-ple to wrong medication and damages trust both the publicrsquos trust in biomedical research and the mutual trust of biomedical researchers Biomedical research is increasingly interdisciplinary and international There-fore a breach in trust has a huge impact

The project consists of three different phases Firstly we will perform an analysis of the official national documents concerning the guidance on scientific integrity in a cluster of 10 countries in the concerning continent Secondly we will conduct a survey aimed at biomedical researchers active in different contexts Finally we will bring the two previous phases together

October 2014 Vol 20 No 2 Page 6

Calls for Submission

bull Call for Papers bull

6th International Ethics Symposium (IES)Amphitheacuteacirctre Cavaillegraves Esplanade ndash STRASBOURG March 11-14 2015

The arrival of Information and Communication Tech-nologies (ICT) has profoundly changed our society in the 21st century The pervasiveness and prevalence of these technologies move our representations of the human being and of our relationships with others Everything including the society acquires a digital identity in the midst of multiple networks paving the way for new types of communications focusing on the present the immediate the ldquohere and nowrdquo of the global villagehellip

Send your submissions (paper or poster)Possible Topics

bull The Digital Phenomenonbull Security Surveillance and Freedom(s)bull ICT and Medicine bull ICT Education and Communicationbull ICT and Ethics

To be returned to ereralchru-strasbourgfr and mthielunistrafr before November 15 2014

For more information please visit httpwwwethique-jieunistrafr

bull Call for Applications bull

Interfaculty Centre for Biomedial Ethics and Law - PhD researcher

For the Interfaculty Centre for Biomedial Ethics and Law we are looking for a PhD researcher with an interest in bioethical research on research integrity in developing countries The candidate has a strong background and training in medical ethics philosophy medicine pharmacy social sciences or theology

Scientific integrity amp misconduct in biomedical research in developing countries

The Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law is one of the leading research groups in medical ethics The team consists of 20 researchers in the Faculty of Medi-cine and has a strong international orientation More information can be found at httpwwwcbmerbe

Project Summary

The issues of research integrity and misconduct feature regularly in academic journals and the press Little or no research has been done on these topics within biomedical research in Africa Asia or South America Misconduct within biomedical research is costly because it threatens the excellence and pro-gression of biomedical research It can lead for exam-ple to wrong medication and damages trust both the publicrsquos trust in biomedical research and the mutual trust of biomedical researchers Biomedical research is increasingly interdisciplinary and international There-fore a breach in trust has a huge impact

The project consists of three different phases Firstly we will perform an analysis of the official national documents concerning the guidance on scientific integrity in a cluster of 10 countries in the concerning continent Secondly we will conduct a survey aimed at biomedical researchers active in different contexts Finally we will bring the two previous phases together

October 2014 Vol 20 No 2 Page 7

Calls for Submission

with a recognised leadership in medical ethics re-search You will receive a monthly scholarship accord-ing to official regulations in academic institutions

For more information please contact Prof dr Kris Dierickx tel +32 16 37 33 42 mail krisdierickxmedkuleuvenbe or Mrs Katleen Vercammen tel +32 16 33 02 27 mail katleenvercammengbiomedkuleuvenbe

You can apply for this job no later than November 10 2014 via httpsictskuleuvenbeappsjobsitevacatures53011522

bull Call for Abstracts bull

ICN Conference in Seoul 2015

The International Council of Nurses is delighted to in-vite you to submit an abstract for the ICN Conference in Seoul Republic of Korea in June 2015 This gather-ing of thousands of nurses will explore the importance of cross-cultural understanding and global cooperation in nursing

The Conference will provide opportunities for nurses to build relationships and to disseminate nursing knowledge and leadership across specialities cultures and countries The three ICN pillars ndash Professional Practice Regulation and Socio-Economic Welfare ndash will frame the scientific programme and the dynamic exchange of experiences and expertise

The deadline for abstracts is October 7 2014 For more information on the submission process please visit httpwwwicn2015com

in a theoretical normative ethical reflection Our proj-ect will lead to novel research findings tackling the lack on data and the controversy that abound both with regard to the major aspects of scientific integ-rity and misconduct and will play a crucial role in the possible international harmonisation of the guidance on research integrity and the handling of research misconduct in that countycontinent This is vital for the sustaining of the excellence of and the trust in biomedical research

Profile

The candidate should have

bull a strong interest in medical ethicsbull a masters degree in medical ethics medicine

philosophy theology humanities or social sci-ences

bull good written and oral skills in Englishbull experience or willingness to follow training in

empirical research methods

The applicant must be a citizen of one of the coun-tries on the OECD DAC table that are listed under the following categories Least Developed Countries Low Income Countries or Low Middle Income Countries Click here for an overview of these countries httpwwwkuleuvenbeirocountrieshtml The applicant must not possess dual citizenship where the second citizenship is from an EU country

The time period between the date of completion of your MA degree and the date of submission of your scholarship application can be no more than ten years

You will work full time in an international environment

October 2014 Vol 20 No 2 Page 8

Calls for Submission

Global Health Equity amp Innovation Summit

The Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the Uni-versity of Toronto is proud to announce an inaugural Global Health Equity amp Innovation Summit Creating a Pandemic of Health from November 3-5 2014 in the MaRS Discovery District Toronto Ontario

Be an agent of changeSubmit a an Abstract

The event will bring together global health leaders who will explore how best to create a pandemic of health through our foundational theme ldquoCreating and Spreading Health What would it take to promote full happy lives from the first to the last breath for allrdquo A ground-breaking scholarly agenda will emanate through the following 5 sub-themes

1 Preventing the preventable treating the treat-able transcending the inevitable What is the gold standard for health systems

2 Urbanism health and the growth of megacities When is more more

3 Politics privilege and power What really deter-mines global health inequities

4 Achieving convergence What kind of life should future generations experience

5 Global big data How can Big Data accelerate Global Health Progress

Who will attend

bull University of Toronto faculty and student com-munity

bull Toronto Academic Health Science Network Hospi-tal Community

bull Other local national and international partners (including government academic institutions community and NGO organizations)

Why Submit a PosterPresenting a poster is a unique opportunity to share onersquos experience and ideas with both peers and global health leaders The Summit will offer excellent net-working opportunities and could represent a career boost a launch pad towards the development of new collaborative initiatives and the opportunity to offer a meaningful contribution towards the solution of major global health challenges The top 3 posters will be celebrated and the success-ful candidates will give a short oral presentation dur-ing the Summit Those with successful submissions featured at the Summit will receive complimentary registration to attend the event

The deadline for submissions is October 10 2014 To submit an abstract please visit httpsadobeform-scentralcomf=MST7eEglYroFUAZYzb-Gw

6th Annual CUGH Global Health Conference

The Sixth Annual Conference of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) will be held March 26-28 2015 in Boston Massachusetts The fo-cus for the 2015 conference is Mobilizing Research for Global Health More than 1500 leaders professionals educators and students from diverse fields of study including engineering business law policy chemis-try biology communications nursing public health medicine oral health and environmental studies are expected to attend Follow the 2015 conference up-dates here

CUGH invites all persons wishing to report original re-search innovative projects or novel programs related to global health to submit abstracts to be considered for presentation Abstracts in all areas of global health

October 2014 Vol 20 No 2 Page 9

Calls for Submission

are welcome and are collected through six Global Health Tracks (read more here)

bull Communicable Diseasesbull Non-communicable Diseases amp Injuriesbull Education Training Capacity Buildingbull Governance Management Human Rights

Economicsbull Social amp Environmental Determinants of Healthbull Innovations New Technologies Improvement

Science

DeadlinesAll abstracts must be received by CUGH by October 15 2014 (Abstract presenters are required to be registered for the conference by December 31 2014)

CUGH will award three $500 awards to three student poster presentations Students who wish to compete must submit an abstract by October 15 2014 and in the submission form OPT IN to compete

Early registration ends January 31 2015 For more in-formation please visit httpglobalreachmedumicheduevents6th-annual-cugh-global-health-conference

4th Annual Conference on Medicine and Reli-gion Spiritual Dimensions of Illness and Heal-ing

The conference runs from March 6-8 2015 We invite abstracts for 60-minute panel and workshop ses-sions 20-minute paper presentations and posters that address issues at the intersection of medicine and religion including but not limited to the conference theme We also invite student participation in an es-say contest All proposals must be submitted online by 4pm CST Thursday October 23 2014

For detailed instructions please visit httpwwwMedicineandReligioncom

26th Annual Bioethics Society Conference

The conference theme Shadows and Light Bioethics and Human Rights invites presenters and participants to contemplate a broad canvas of ethical concern from the particular and familiar encounters of traditional domains in bioethics ndash patient and caregiversubject and researcher relationships - to the global stage

Bioethics strives for a common language to express a universally shared framework for addressing prob-lems that plague and challenge humankind Bioethics and human rights endeavors both grapple with basic issues of human nature human equality and human dignity This conference opens the door and hopefully the imagination to identification analysis evaluation discussion and debate of matters that illustrate the interplay of bioethics and human rights in

bull health care and social service practicesbull research involving humansbull the formation of health care and social service

professionalsbull the development of public policybull national and international efforts to address so-

cial conditionsbull social media and its ability to ldquovirtuallyrdquo shape

understandings of human solidaritybull the contribution of arts and humanities to our

understanding of these issues

Abstracts (submission by November 1 2014) will be considered on any topic however topics for the 2015 conference include

October 2014 Vol 20 No 2 Page 10

Calls for Submission

bull Human Rightsbull Aboriginal healthbull Clinical ethicsbull Organizational Ethicsbull Community and public healthbull End of life decision-makingbull Ethics and agingbull Ethics educationbull Mental health ethicsbull Policy and organizational ethicsbull Professional ethicsbull Research ethicsbull Theoretical bioethicsbull Womenrsquos and childrenrsquos health

For more information or to submit an abstract please visit httpwwwcbs-scb2015cacallforpresentationsphp

bull Funding Opportunities bull

Doctoral Research Award 2014-2015 Priority Announcement

Application Deadline October 1 2014The specific objectives of this funding opportunity are

bull To provide recognition and funding to students early in their academic research career provid-ing them with an opportunity to gain research experience

bull To provide a reliable supply of highly skilled and qualified researchers

For more information please visit httpswwwresearchnet-recherchenetcarnr16vwOpprtntyDtlsdoall=1ampmasterList=trueampprog=2097ampresultCount=25ampsort=programamptype=EXACTampview=currentOppsampla

nguage=E and for the priority announcment httpswwwresearchnet-recherchenetcarnr16vwOpprtnty-Dtlsdoall=1ampmasterList=trueampprog=2101ampresultCount=25ampsort=programamptype=EXACTampview=currentOppsamplanguage=E

Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships (2014-2015)

Application Deadline November 5 2014The Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (Vanier CGS) was created to attract and retain world-class doctoral students and to establish Canada as a global centre of excellence in research and higher learning It is avail-able to both Canadian and international PhD students studying at Canadian universities

For more information please visit httpswwwresearchnet-recherchenetcarnr16vwOpprtntyDtlsdoall=1ampmasterList=trueampprog=2064ampresultCount=25ampsort=programamptype=EXACTampview=currentOppsamplanguage=E

CIHR Fellowship (2014-2015)

Application Deadline November 14 2014Fellowships provide support for highly qualified candi-dates in all areas of health research at the post-PhD degree or post-health professional degree stages to add to their experience by engaging in health research either in Canada or abroad

For more information please visit httpswwwresearchnet-recherchenetcarnr16viewOpportuni-tyDetailsdobrowseArc=trueampfodAgency=CIHRamporg=CIHRampprogCd=10519ampview=browseArchiveamplanguage=E

October 2014 Vol 20 No 2 Page 11

Calls for Submission

bull Intensive Courses bull

Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law

The Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law (of KU Leuven) organizes 3 intensive courses in the autumn of 2014

ldquoJustice and Priority Setting in Health Care In-tensive Course on Contemporary Ethical Issues regarding Choices in Health Carerdquo (October 8-10 2014)Course coordinators Yvonne Denier and Paul Schots-mans keynote speaker James J Walter (Austin amp Ann OrsquoMalley Chair Emeritus of Bioethics at Loyola Marymount University)

Contemporary health care systems face many chal-lenges which essentially boil down to the following question How can we reconcile (1) the principle of justice and equity for all with (2) the assignment of providing good quality care and (3) the principle of economic sustainability The objective of this intensive course is to analyse the key issues at stake both from a fundamental perspective and from the perspective of applied ethical questions

ldquoIntensive Course on Ethics of Reproductive Technologiesrdquo (November 12-14 2014)Course coordinator Kris Dierickx keynote speaker Inge Liebaers (Centre for Medical Genetics University Hospital Brussels)

Reproductive medicine seems to have no limits in vitro fertilization pre-implantation genetic diagno-sis reprogenetics cloning stem cell research third party reproduction etc These medical possibilities or promises however are not without ethical and social

implications The objective of this course is to focus at some of the most challenging ethical issues in repro-ductive medicine as well on the level of fundamental notions as applied clinical questions

ldquoIntensive Course on Foundational Approaches Contemporary and Educational Issues in the Field of Nursing Ethicsrdquo (December 2-5 2014)Course coordinator Chris Gastmans keynote speaker Joan McCarthy (School of Nursing and Midwifery University College Cork Ireland)

The objective of the course is to foster exchanges on foundational and methodological approaches as well as on contemporary and educational issues in nurs-ing ethics This course works from an interdisciplinary (philosophical theological nursing clinical-ethical) perspective

The intensive courses are part of the Erasmus Mun-dus Master of Bioethics programme organized by a consortium of three European universities namely KU Leuven (Belgium) Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen (The Netherlands) and the Universitagrave degli Studi di Padova (Italy) Because of this combination partici-pants of the intensive course will join Master students from all over the world There will be ample time for intensive discussions The language of instruction will be English

The courses are of interest to participants from di-verse professional backgrounds such as ethics law economy sociology philosophy and theology nursing medicine and is open to health care workers admin-istrators managers policy makers participants of bioethics committees and PhD students

More detailed information on the intensive courses httpwwwmasterbioethicsorg click on Intensive Courses

October 2014 Vol 20 No 2 Page 12

Recent Publications

Ahluwalia P Cameron D Cockburn L Ellwood L Mori B Nixon SA Analyzing international clinical education practices for Canadian rehabilitation students BMC Medical Education 201414187

Al-Awamer A Downar J Developing a palliative care service model for Muslim Middle Eastern countries Supportive care in cancer Official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer 17 July 2014

Ammar A Bernstein M Cross-Cultural Ethics In Ammar A Bernstein M eds Neurosurgical Ethics in Practice Value-based Medicine Berlin Springer201423-34

Ammar A Bernstein M Neurosurgeonsrsquo Duties In Ammar A Bernstein M eds Neurosurgical Ethics in Practice Value-based Medicine Berlin Springer2014123-34

Ammar A Bernstein M eds Neurosurgical Ethics in Practice Value-based Medicine Berlin Springer2014286 pp

Benatar SR The state of our prisons and what this reveals about our society S Afr Med J 2014104(9)613-4

Benatar SR Doctors Without Borders Humanitarian Quests Impossible Dreams of Meacutedecins Sans Frontiegraveres [Book Review] S Afr Med J 2014104(9)603

Bernstein M International Neurosurgery Collaborations In Ammar A Bernstein M eds

Neurosurgical Ethics in Practice Value-based Medicine Berlin Springer2014265-75

Bernstein M Jain VK Ethical Decision-Making In Ammar A Bernstein M eds Neurosurgical Ethics in Practice Value-based Medicine Berlin Springer2014135-46

Buchman DZ Ho A Whatrsquos trust got to do with it Revisiting opioid contracts Journal of Medical Ethics 201440673-7

DePellegrin T Bernstein M Neurosurgeons and the Media In Ammar A Bernstein M eds Neurosurgical Ethics in Practice Value-based Medicine Berlin Springer2014255-64

Devon KM Bernstein M Neurosurgical Innovation In Ammar A Bernstein M eds Neurosurgical Ethics in Practice Value-based Medicine Berlin Springer2014171-9

Downar J Bernstein M End-of-Life Care In Ammar A Bernstein M eds Neurosurgical Ethics in Practice Value-based Medicine Berlin Springer201489-99

Foreman T Ethics Rhetoric and Expectations Responsibilities and Obligations of Health Care Systems Bioethical Inquiry 201411295-9

Gibson BE Parallels and problems of normalization in rehabilitation and universal design Enabling connectivities Disability and Rehabilitation Special Issue Designing Inclusive Environments Shaping Transitions from Theory into Practice 2014 MarEarly Online

October 2014 Vol 20 No 2 Page 13

Recent Publications

Gibson BE King G Kingsnorth S McKeever P The lsquoplacementrsquo of people with profound impairments across the lifespan Re-thinking age criteria BMC Medicine 201412(83)wwwbiomedcentralcom1741-70151283

Haro AV Knight BP Cameron DL Nixon SA Ahluwalia PA Hicks EL Becoming an occupational therapist Perceived influence of international fieldwork placements on clinical practice Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy 201481(3)173-82

Henry B As an ethicist Canadian Oncology Nursing Journal 201424(3)218-9

Ibrahim GM Bernstein M Priority Setting In Ammar A Bernstein M eds Neurosurgical Ethics in Practice Value-based Medicine Berlin Springer2014233-42

Ibrahim GM Bernstein M Training of Neurosurgeons In Ammar A Bernstein M eds Neurosurgical Ethics in Practice Value-based Medicine Berlin Springer2014211-21

Kompanje EJO Bernstein M Consent in Emergency Clinical Research In Ammar A Bernstein M eds Neurosurgical Ethics in Practice Value-based Medicine Berlin Springer2014191-200

Lipsman N Bernstein M Research Ethics In Ammar A Bernstein M eds Neurosurgical Ethics in Practice Value-based Medicine Berlin Springer2014181-90

Malomo AO Bernstein M Ethics Principles and Theories In Ammar A Bernstein M eds Neurosurgical Ethics in Practice Value-based Medicine Berlin Springer201411-21

Malomo AO Bernstein M Neuroethics In Ammar A Bernstein M eds Neurosurgical Ethics in Practice Value-based Medicine Berlin Springer2014201-9

Mendelsohn D Bernstein M Errors In Ammar A Bernstein M eds Neurosurgical Ethics in Practice Value-based Medicine Berlin Springer2014147-59

Mohsin N Al-Busaidy Q Al-Marhuby H Al-Lawati J Daar A Deceased organ renal transplantation and the disruptive effect of commercial transplants The experience of Oman Indian Journal of Medical Ethics 201411(3)153-6

Phelan S Wright V Gibson BE Representations of Disability and Normality in Rehabilitation Technology Promotional Materials Disability and Rehabilitation 2014 FebEarly Online

Singh JM Bernstein M Brain Death In Ammar A Bernstein M eds Neurosurgical Ethics in Practice Value-based Medicine Berlin Springer2014109-20

Upshur R Bernstein M Workplace Ethics and Professionalism In Ammar A Bernstein M eds Neurosurgical Ethics in Practice Value-based Medicine Berlin Springer2014161-9

Upshur REG Echlin PS Sport-related mTBI A Public Health Ethical Imperative to Act AANS Neurosurgeon 201423(3)

Winsor S Bensimon CM Sibbald R Anstey K Chidwick P Coughlin K Cox P Fowler R Godkin D Greenberg RA Shaul RZ Identifying Prioritization Criteria to Supplement Critical Care Triage Protocols for the Allocation of Ventilators during a Pandemic Influenza Healthcare Quarterly 201417(2)44-51

October 2014 Vol 20 No 2 Page 14

Recent Publications

Paediatric Patient and Family-Centred Care Ethical and Legal Issues by Randi Zlotnik-Shaul (ed) This book provides the reader with a theoretical and practical understanding of two health care delivery models the patientchild centred care and family-centred care Both are fundamental to caring for children in healthcare organizations The authors address their application in a variety of paediatric healthcare contexts as well as the ethical and legal issues they raise

Each model is increasingly pursued as a vehicle for guiding the delivery of health care in the best interests of children Such models of health care delivery shape health care policies programs facility design resource allocation decisions and

day-to-day interactions among patients families physicians and other health care professionals This book is a valuable resource for paediatricians nurses trainees graduate students practitioners of ethics and health policy

This book is available here httpwwwspringercommedicinebook978-1-4939-0322-1

October 2014 Vol 20 No 2 Page 13

Recent Publications

Gibson BE King G Kingsnorth S McKeever P The lsquoplacementrsquo of people with profound impairments across the lifespan Re-thinking age criteria BMC Medicine 201412(83)wwwbiomedcentralcom1741-70151283

Haro AV Knight BP Cameron DL Nixon SA Ahluwalia PA Hicks EL Becoming an occupational therapist Perceived influence of international fieldwork placements on clinical practice Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy 201481(3)173-82

Henry B As an ethicist Canadian Oncology Nursing Journal 201424(3)218-9

Ibrahim GM Bernstein M Priority Setting In Ammar A Bernstein M eds Neurosurgical Ethics in Practice Value-based Medicine Berlin Springer2014233-42

Ibrahim GM Bernstein M Training of Neurosurgeons In Ammar A Bernstein M eds Neurosurgical Ethics in Practice Value-based Medicine Berlin Springer2014211-21

Kompanje EJO Bernstein M Consent in Emergency Clinical Research In Ammar A Bernstein M eds Neurosurgical Ethics in Practice Value-based Medicine Berlin Springer2014191-200

Lipsman N Bernstein M Research Ethics In Ammar A Bernstein M eds Neurosurgical Ethics in Practice Value-based Medicine Berlin Springer2014181-90

Malomo AO Bernstein M Ethics Principles and Theories In Ammar A Bernstein M eds Neurosurgical Ethics in Practice Value-based Medicine Berlin Springer201411-21

Malomo AO Bernstein M Neuroethics In Ammar A Bernstein M eds Neurosurgical Ethics in Practice Value-based Medicine Berlin Springer2014201-9

Mendelsohn D Bernstein M Errors In Ammar A Bernstein M eds Neurosurgical Ethics in Practice Value-based Medicine Berlin Springer2014147-59

Mohsin N Al-Busaidy Q Al-Marhuby H Al-Lawati J Daar A Deceased organ renal transplantation and the disruptive effect of commercial transplants The experience of Oman Indian Journal of Medical Ethics 201411(3)153-6

Phelan S Wright V Gibson BE Representations of Disability and Normality in Rehabilitation Technology Promotional Materials Disability and Rehabilitation 2014 FebEarly Online

Singh JM Bernstein M Brain Death In Ammar A Bernstein M eds Neurosurgical Ethics in Practice Value-based Medicine Berlin Springer2014109-20

Upshur R Bernstein M Workplace Ethics and Professionalism In Ammar A Bernstein M eds Neurosurgical Ethics in Practice Value-based Medicine Berlin Springer2014161-9

Upshur REG Echlin PS Sport-related mTBI A Public Health Ethical Imperative to Act AANS Neurosurgeon 201423(3)

Winsor S Bensimon CM Sibbald R Anstey K Chidwick P Coughlin K Cox P Fowler R Godkin D Greenberg RA Shaul RZ Identifying Prioritization Criteria to Supplement Critical Care Triage Protocols for the Allocation of Ventilators during a Pandemic Influenza Healthcare Quarterly 201417(2)44-51

October 2014 Vol 20 No 2 Page 14

Recent Publications

Paediatric Patient and Family-Centred Care Ethical and Legal Issues by Randi Zlotnik-Shaul (ed) This book provides the reader with a theoretical and practical understanding of two health care delivery models the patientchild centred care and family-centred care Both are fundamental to caring for children in healthcare organizations The authors address their application in a variety of paediatric healthcare contexts as well as the ethical and legal issues they raise

Each model is increasingly pursued as a vehicle for guiding the delivery of health care in the best interests of children Such models of health care delivery shape health care policies programs facility design resource allocation decisions and

day-to-day interactions among patients families physicians and other health care professionals This book is a valuable resource for paediatricians nurses trainees graduate students practitioners of ethics and health policy

This book is available here httpwwwspringercommedicinebook978-1-4939-0322-1

October 2014 Vol 20 No 2 Page 14

Recent Publications

Paediatric Patient and Family-Centred Care Ethical and Legal Issues by Randi Zlotnik-Shaul (ed) This book provides the reader with a theoretical and practical understanding of two health care delivery models the patientchild centred care and family-centred care Both are fundamental to caring for children in healthcare organizations The authors address their application in a variety of paediatric healthcare contexts as well as the ethical and legal issues they raise

Each model is increasingly pursued as a vehicle for guiding the delivery of health care in the best interests of children Such models of health care delivery shape health care policies programs facility design resource allocation decisions and

day-to-day interactions among patients families physicians and other health care professionals This book is a valuable resource for paediatricians nurses trainees graduate students practitioners of ethics and health policy

This book is available here httpwwwspringercommedicinebook978-1-4939-0322-1

October 2014 Vol 20 No 2 Page 15

Seminars Events amp Conferences

JCB Bioethics Seminars This MonthSeminars are held on Wednesdays at 410-530pm 155 College Street Room 108 (first floor)

To remotely join the JCB seminars series online please log on to httpsjcbadobeconnectcombioethicsseminars

October 1 2014 John Pringle PhD (C) Collaborative Program in Bioethics University of Toronto Joint Centre for BioethicsldquoCharity Medicine for the Global Poor Humanitarian Ethics and the Nigerian Lead-Poisoning Outbreakrdquo

October 8 2014Mathieu Doucet PhD Assistant Professor Department of Philosophy University of WaterlooldquoImplicit Bias in Medicinerdquo

October 15 2014 - 15th Annual Alloway LectureRoom 610 (Auditorium) 6th Floor Health Sciences Building 155 College StreetLinda Emanuel MD PhD Buehler Professor of Medicine Director Buehler Center on Aging Health amp Society Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Principal Education in Palliative amp End of Life Care (EPEC) Program Principal Patient Safety Education Program (PSEP)ldquoCare of the human spirit in palliative and hospice care How can we know what to dordquo

October 22 2014Chris Lowry PhD Assistant Professor Department of Philosophy University of WaterlooldquoDisability and Egalitarianismrdquo

October 29 2014Susitha Wanigaratne PhD candidate in Epidemiology Dalla Lana School of Public Health University of Toronto with additional commentary by Jonathan Hellmann MBBCh FCP FRCPC Medical Advisor Bioethics Department The Hospital for Sick Children and Professor Pediatrics University of TorontoTopic Clinical outcomes for deliveries and births of insured refugee women and non-refugee immigrant women that occur in Ontario hospitals

October 2014 Vol 20 No 2 Page 16

Seminars Events amp Conferences

Suite 754 155 College Street Toronto Ontario M5T 1P8 Canada Tel [416] 978-2709 Fax [416] 978-1911 wwwutorontocajcb A partnership among the University of Toronto Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Centre for Clinical Ethics a joint venture of Providence Centre St Josephrsquos Health Centre and St Michaelrsquos Hospital Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital The Hospital for Sick Children Humber River

Regional Hospital Mount Sinai Hospital North York General Hospital Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Toronto Central Community Care Access Centre Trillium Health Partners and University Health Network

15th Annual Alloway Lecture

ldquoCare of the human spirit in palliative and hospice care how can we know what to dordquo

Linda Emanuel MD PhD

Buehler Professor of Medicine Director Buehler Center on Aging Health amp Society

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Principal Education in Palliative amp End of Life Care (EPEC) Program

Principal Patient Safety Education Program (PSEP)

Wednesday 15 October 2014 400 ndash 530 pm

Room 610 (Auditorium) 6th Floor Health Sciences Building 155 College Street

Abstract This presentation will review the dramatic progress of science in palliative care in the last 3 decades in order to profile the need for more research into care of the human spirit in that setting It will set out an agenda for research a model for understanding the human experience of spiritual well-being and distress and what is known in the field

Admission to the Alloway Lecture is Free

For the full Bioethics Seminar schedule wwwjointcentreforbioethicscatoolsseminarsshtml

October 2014 Vol 20 No 2 Page 17

October 2 2014Jim Pattison Ethical Leadership Program Busi-ness Ethics Speaker SeriesToronto ON

Speaker Peter Jaworski Georgetown UniversityldquoHow Much is that Kidney in the Windowrdquo

200pm-330pm Ted Rogers School of Management Ryerson University 55 Dundas St West Room TRS 3-109httpswwweventbritecaehow-much-is-that-kid-ney-in-the-window-tickets-13203077761

October 2-4 2014European Association of Centres of Medical Eth-ics (EACME) Annual ConferenceLille France

Frailty vulnerability and social participation Ethical Social and Political Challenges for an Inclusive Society

The Center for Medical Ethics Ethics Department Catholic University of Lille France and the European Association of Centres of Medical Ethics (EACME) will organize the EACME annual conference in 2014

Contact details and further informationPresident of the Conference Jean-Philippe Cobbaut Scientific Secretary Pierre BoitteCenter for Medical Ethics Ethics and Philosophy De-partment Catholic University of Lille 41 Rue du Port59016 Lille France

Tel 0033-3-20134046Fax 0033-3-20134146E-mail eacme2014univ-catholillefrConference website httpwwweacme2014org

October 6 2014Launch of the University of Toronto Global In-stitute for Psychosocial Palliative and End-of-Life Care (GIPPEC)Toronto ON

GIPPEC is a new interdisciplinary extra-departmental unit of the University of Toronto established to devel-op and enhance collaborative research education and global outreach in this field and to contribute to health policy and global access to palliative and supportive care

430-630pm 7th Floor Atrium Princess Margaret Cancer Centre 610 University Avenue

October 8-9 2014Emerging Ethical and Legal Challenges in Chronic Neurological ConditionsCleveland OH

The care of patients with serious chronic neurological conditions poses difficult ethical andlegal dilemmas that extend beyond the acute care setting This conference provides an opportunity for participants to engage in discussions regarding con-tinuously emerging and profound legal and ethical challenges

The topics for this conference includebull Obligations to provide or withhold innovative or

alternative therapiesbull Societal and social issues in our new healthcare

systems and the problem of stigmabull Nonepileptic seizures and other conversion disor-

ders A dialogue about emerging issuesbull Public Health amp Epilepsy Considering driving

guns and advocacy

Seminars Events amp Conferences

October 2014 Vol 20 No 2 Page 17

October 2 2014Jim Pattison Ethical Leadership Program Busi-ness Ethics Speaker SeriesToronto ON

Speaker Peter Jaworski Georgetown UniversityldquoHow Much is that Kidney in the Windowrdquo

200pm-330pm Ted Rogers School of Management Ryerson University 55 Dundas St West Room TRS 3-109httpswwweventbritecaehow-much-is-that-kid-ney-in-the-window-tickets-13203077761

October 2-4 2014European Association of Centres of Medical Eth-ics (EACME) Annual ConferenceLille France

Frailty vulnerability and social participation Ethical Social and Political Challenges for an Inclusive Society

The Center for Medical Ethics Ethics Department Catholic University of Lille France and the European Association of Centres of Medical Ethics (EACME) will organize the EACME annual conference in 2014

Contact details and further informationPresident of the Conference Jean-Philippe Cobbaut Scientific Secretary Pierre BoitteCenter for Medical Ethics Ethics and Philosophy De-partment Catholic University of Lille 41 Rue du Port59016 Lille France

Tel 0033-3-20134046Fax 0033-3-20134146E-mail eacme2014univ-catholillefrConference website httpwwweacme2014org

October 6 2014Launch of the University of Toronto Global In-stitute for Psychosocial Palliative and End-of-Life Care (GIPPEC)Toronto ON

GIPPEC is a new interdisciplinary extra-departmental unit of the University of Toronto established to devel-op and enhance collaborative research education and global outreach in this field and to contribute to health policy and global access to palliative and supportive care

430-630pm 7th Floor Atrium Princess Margaret Cancer Centre 610 University Avenue

October 8-9 2014Emerging Ethical and Legal Challenges in Chronic Neurological ConditionsCleveland OH

The care of patients with serious chronic neurological conditions poses difficult ethical andlegal dilemmas that extend beyond the acute care setting This conference provides an opportunity for participants to engage in discussions regarding con-tinuously emerging and profound legal and ethical challenges

The topics for this conference includebull Obligations to provide or withhold innovative or

alternative therapiesbull Societal and social issues in our new healthcare

systems and the problem of stigmabull Nonepileptic seizures and other conversion disor-

ders A dialogue about emerging issuesbull Public Health amp Epilepsy Considering driving

guns and advocacy

Seminars Events amp Conferences

October 2014 Vol 20 No 2 Page 18

The format of the conference will offer framework presentations by leading individuals from medicine law and ethics followed by structured exploration and discussions

For more information please visit http wwwccf-cmeorgepilepsy14

October 9 2014Health Law Ethics and Policy Seminar Series

Speaker John Dawson Professor Faculty of Law University of Otago (New Zealand) ldquoRandomized Con-trolled Trials of Community Treatment Order Regimesrdquo

Commentator Tess Sheldon PhD candidate Dalla Lana School of Public Health University ofToronto

Solarium Falconer Hall 84 Queenrsquos Park 1230 to 200 PM A light lunch is provided

October 29-November 1 2014Canadian Critical Care ForumToronto ON

The Critical Care Canada Forum is a 3-day conference focusing on topics that are relevant to the individuals involved with the care of critically ill patients wherev-er the patients are located Internationally recognized the Critical Care Canada Forum focuses on leading-edge science through informative and interactive ses-sions outstanding international faculty poster pre-sentations and more than 50 exhibits with the latest products and services for the critical care professional

For more information please visit httpwwwcritical-carecanadacom

October 31 2014Health Ethics Seminars 2014John Dossetor Health Ethics CentreEdmonton AB

Speaker Lynette Reid PhD Sabbatical Professor John Dossetor Health Ethics Centre Unit Head Professional Competencies Unit Associate Professor Department of Bioethics Faculty of Medicine Dalhousie University Halifax ldquoQueue-jumping Fairness and Advocacy Ethical Dimensions of Preferential Accessrdquo

1200-100pm MSTMDT Dvorkin Centre (2G207 WMC) JDHEC 5-16 University Terrace Edmonton AB For more information please call (780) 492-6676 or visit our website at httpwwwualbertacabioeth-ics

Telehealth broadcasting available for seminars To register httpwwwbioethicsualbertacaHealth20Ethics20Seminarsaspx or contact dossetorcentreualbertaca or your local Telehealth provider

October 31 2014Inaugural MPA Annual ConferenceToronto ON

One of the first and foundational collaborative op-portunities for the Alliance is the Inaugural Medical Psychiatry Annual Conference Integration for Better Care taking place on Friday October 31 2014

This inaugural conference will interest physicians staff and clinical leadership who work with patients with medically unexplained symptoms andor patients with co-occuring medical and mental health illness ndash this includes primary care mental health emergency and subspecialties in childrenrsquos health medicine seniorrsquos services and oncology

Seminars Events amp Conferences

October 2014 Vol 20 No 2 Page 19

For more information or to register online visit httpwwwcpdutorontocamedicalpsychiatryalliance-part-ners or contact the event coordinator Zoryana Salo zoryanasalo81gmailcom

Please join us at the Inaugural Medical Psychiatry An-nual Conference Integration for Better Care

Register today ndash space is limited Registration closes October 24 2014

November 2-4 201421st Canadian Conference on Global Health Partnerships in global healthOttawa ON

As the largest gathering for global health in Canada this conference brings together researchers and aca-demics decision makers NGOs policy makers stu-dents and health care providers in an effort to share good practices innovation and knowledge

The theme Partnerships for Global Health aims to develop and strengthen partnerships both within between and amongst countries and across institu-tions sectors and disciplines and will examine part-nerships from a variety of perspectives

bull Partnerships at the sub-organizational (depart-mental) organizational and systems levels (including regulatory projectoperational and governance partnerships)

bull Partnerships between sectors governments NGOsCharitable organizations academic pro-fessional organizations corporations and NGOs

bull Research NGO Educational and Social partner-ships that further global health and reduce global health inequities and

bull Ethical partnerships ndash what can we learn from the research and practice of global health part-nerships about ethics in partnering

Register online - early bird deadline is September 15 2014 httpwwwccgh-csihcacsih2014

November 3-5 2014Global Health Equity amp Innovation SummitToronto ON

The Dalla Lana School of Public Health and the Insti-tute of Global Health Equity amp Innovation will be host-ing a summit entitled ldquoCreating a Pandemic of Healthrdquo The event will bring together global health leaders who will explore how best to create a pandemic of health through our foundational theme ldquoCreating and Spreading Health What would it take to promote full happy lives from the first to the last breath for allrdquo A ground-breaking scholarly agenda will emanate through the following 5 sub-themes

1 Preventing the preventable treating the treat-able transcending the inevitable What is the gold standard for health systems

2 Urbanism health and the growth of megacities When is more more

3 Politics privilege and power What really deter-mines global health inequities

4 Achieving convergence What kind of life should future generations experience

5 Global big data How can Big Data accelerate Global Health Progress

For more information please visit httpspandemi-cofhealthca

Seminars Events amp Conferences

October 2014 Vol 20 No 2 Page 20

November 10-12 2014Priorities 2014Melbourne Australia

Priorities 2014 is the biennial conference of the Inter-national Society on Priorities in Health Care (ISPHC) The 10th International Conference will be held in Melbourne Australia

The International Society on Priorities in Health Care was formed in 1996 to strengthen the theory and practice of priority setting in health care It provides the leading international forum in which health re-searchers clinicians and managers involved in priority setting come together to exchange ideas and experi-ences We are extremely excited and proud to bring the Societyrsquos 10th world congress to the beautiful city of Melbourne this year

The theme for Priorities 2014 is ldquoExamining the Past and Contemplating the Future ndash 20 Years of Priority Settingrdquo

For more information please visit httpwwwpriori-ties2014com

For conference inquiries please contactMahaela Jackson Deakin Event Management ServicesT +61 3 9244 5435 E eventsdeakineduau

November 10-13 2014Fourth International Bioethics Multiculturalism and Religion Workshop On Social Responsabil-ityMexico City Mexico

The meeting in Meacutexico will consist in a three-day workshop where bioethics experts from Buddhism Christianity Confucianism Daoism Hinduism Islam

Judaism and Mesoamerican traditions will gather to discuss different papers submitted for this occa-sion The collection of these papers will result in the publication of a book As means of publicity and involvement of university community and the public we suggest to organize at Anahuac University one or two open events on topics related to sensible bio-ethics issues in the light of human rights For more information please visit httpwwwunescobiochairorgindexphpoption=com_contentampview=articleampid=1903Afourth-workshop-on-social-responsibility-in-bioethicsampcatid=383Abioethics-multiculturalism-and-religion-amplang=en

November 13 2014Health Law Ethics and Policy Seminar Series

Speaker Colleen Flood Professor Faculty of Law University of Ottawa ldquoUpcoming Constitutional Chal-lenges to Medicare Can We Regulate Private Practice Through Contractsrdquo

Commentator TBDCo-sponsored by the David Asper Centre for Constitu-tional Rights

Solarium Falconer Hall 84 Queenrsquos Park 1230 to 200 PM A light lunch is provided

November 27 2014Health Law Ethics and Policy Seminar Series

Speaker Belinda Bennet Professor Faculty of Law Queensland University of Technology (Australia) ldquoPan-demics Plans and the Public Regulatory Discourses in Global Healthrdquo

Commentator Jacob Shelley SJD Candidate Vanier Doctoral Fellow Faculty of Law University of Toronto

Seminars Events amp Conferences

October 2014 Vol 20 No 2 Page 21

Seminars Events amp Conferences

Solarium Falconer Hall 84 Queenrsquos Park 1230 to 200 PM A light lunch is provided

January 6-8 2015UNESCO International Conference on Bioethics Medical Ethics and Medical LawJerusalem Israel The Conference is designed to offer a platform for the exchange of information and knowledge and to hold discussions lectures workshops and an exhibition of program and databases

Target Groups Teachers and Educators in Medical Schools Nursing Schools Law Schools Schools of So-cial Work Faculties of Philosophy and Ethics Profes-sional Organizations Governmental amp Public BodiesThe Conference is organized by the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics (Haifa) the Zefat Academic College and the International Center for Health Law and Ethics

The Conference is sponsored by UNESCO the World Medical Association (WMA) the World Psychiatric As-sociation (WPA) and the World Association for Medi-cal Law (WAML)

For additional information please visit httpwwwbioethics-conferencescom For registration please contact seminarsisascoil Or tel +972-2-6520574 Fax +972-2-6520558

January 15 2015Health Law Ethics and Policy Seminar Series

Speaker Angela Campbell Associate Professor Fac-ulty of Law McGill University ldquoEngaging with Surro-gatesrsquo Choices Tracing and Proscribing Viable Mothers in Lawrdquo

Commentators Brenda Cossman Faculty of Law University of Toronto Kyle Kirkup PhD Candidae and Trudeau Fellow Faculty of Law University of Toronto

Solarium Falconer Hall 84 Queenrsquos Park 1230 to 200 PM A light lunch is provided

February 12 2015Health Law Ethics and Policy Seminar Series

Speaker Steven Hoffman Assistant Professor Faculty of Law University of Ottawa ldquoAchieving Global Collec-tive Action for Improving Access to Antimicrobials and Sustaining their Effectivenessrdquo

Commentator Paul Grootendorst Director Social and Administrative Pharmacy and Associate Professor Les-lie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy University of Toronto

Solarium Falconer Hall 84 Queenrsquos Park 1230 to 200 PM A light lunch is provided

February 26 2015Health Law Ethics and Policy Seminar Series

Speaker Eric Feldman Professor Faculty of Law University of Pennsylvania ldquoE-Cigarettes A New Chal-lenge for Law and Public Healthrdquo

Commentator Robert Schwartz Executive Director Ontario Tobacco Research Unit and Associate Profes-sor Dalla Lana School of Public Health University of Toronto

Solarium Falconer Hall 84 Queenrsquos Park 1230 to 200 PM A light lunch is provided

October 2014 Vol 20 No 2 Page 22

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March 2-8 2015National Health Ethics Week

In collaboration with the Nova Scotia Health Ethics Network (NSHEN) and participating organizations across Canada the Canadian Bioethics Society (CBS) is coordinating National Health Ethics Week Registra-tion is now open

National Health Ethics Week is a time set aside for health and educational institutions ethics committees health care professionals community organizations and members of the general public to host and take part in educational events that explore health ethics issues It was designed with the following goals in mind

bull Encourage the organization of events to raise awareness of ethics issues related to health and health care across Canada

bull Provide greater visibility for Canadian ethics com-mittees services and supports

bull Provide an opportunity for Canadians to engage in dialogue regarding current health ethics issues facing their communities

We invite your organization to participate in Canadarsquos National Health Ethics Week We also encourage you to share this email widely with colleagues and other organizations who may be interested in getting in-volved

For more information about the initiative and how to get involved please visit the CBS website at httpwwwbioethicscaethicsweek or contact us at ethic-sweekbioethicsca

March 12 2015Health Law Ethics and Policy Seminar Series

Speaker Shannon Gibson Research Associate Fac-ulty of Law University of Toronto ldquoRegulating Direct to Consumer Advertising of Prescription Drugs in the Digital Erardquo

Commentator TBD

Solarium Falconer Hall 84 Queenrsquos Park 1230 to 200 PM A light lunch is provided

March 25-28 20156th Annual Consortium of Universities for Glob-al Health (CUGH) ConferenceBoston MA

The 6th Annual Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) Conference Mobilizing Research for Global Health will take place on March 26-28 2015 at the Sheraton Boston Hotel in Boston Massachusetts For more information and to register for the 2015 CUGH Conference please visit httpglobalhealth-centerumnedunews6th-annual-consortium-universi-ties-global-health-cugh-conference-call-abstracts-and-save-date

May 27-29 201526th Annual Canadian Bioethics Society ConferenceWinnipeg MB

The conference theme Shadows and Light Bioethics and Human Rights invites presenters and participants to contemplate a broad canvas of ethical concern from the particular and familiar encounters of traditional

October 2014 Vol 20 No 2 Page 23

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domains in bioethics ndash patient and caregiversubject and researcher relationships - to the global stage

Bioethics strives for a common language to express a universally shared framework for addressing prob-lems that plague and challenge humankind Bioethics and human rights endeavors both grapple with basic issues of human nature human equality and human dignity This conference opens the door and hopefully the imagination to identification analysis evaluation discussion and debate of matters that illustrate the interplay of bioethics and human rights in

bull health care and social service practicesbull research involving humansbull the formation of health care and social service

professionalsbull the development of public policybull national and international efforts to address so-

cial conditionsbull social media and its ability to ldquovirtuallyrdquo shape

understandings of human solidaritybull the contribution of arts and humanities to our

understanding of these issues

For more information please visit httpwwwcbs-scb2015ca

June 19-23 2015International Council of Nurses 2015 ConferenceSeoul Republic of Korea

The Conference will provide opportunities for nurses to build relationships and to disseminate nursing knowledge and leadership across specialties cultures and countries The three ICN pillars ndash Professional Practice Regulation and Socio-Economic Welfare ndash

will frame the scientific programme and the dynamic exchange of experiences and expertise

Featured plenary speakers will bring inspiration and the latest information on the nursing workforce and workplace ethicshuman rights clinical care and patient safety Concurrent sessions symposia and posters will address these issues plus developments in nursing education pandemicsdisasters care systems and access technology regulation and the history of nursing The Conference will also be the venue for ICN Network meetings and thought provoking main sessions ndash including a debate on a priority issue for the profession For more information please visit httpwwwicn2015com

November 12-15 20152nd International Conference Wherersquos the Patientrsquos Voice in Health Professional Education 10 Years OnVancouver BC

The conference is about practice innovation and theory that embeds the patientclient voice in health professional education It is an opportunity to share examples of how health professional education can be enriched by patient involvement Over three days participants will present examples of collaborative projects between educators and patientcommunity groups and examine the outcomes of these partner-ships for faculty patients students and the learning environment

AudienceThe conference is international and interprofessional in scope Interested professions will include medicine nursing midwifery physical therapy occupational therapy pharmacy kinesiology social work dietetics and other health disciplines Participants and present-

October 2014 Vol 20 No 2 Page 24

Seminars Events amp Conferences

ers will include Educators patientsclients research-ers practitioners community organizers policy mak-ers and service userscarers

TopicsConference topics will focus on patientcommunity involvement in health professional education and may include

bull Patients as teachersbull Patientcaregiver experiencesbull Innovations with standardized or volunteer pa-

tientsbull E-learning interprofessional education practice

education continuing professional developmentbull Health advocacy social determinants of health

cultural competencysafety models of patient and public involvement

bull Overcoming barriers to patient participationbull Outcomes of patient involvementbull Recognition and support for patientcommunity

educatorsbull Role of community partners in curriculum devel-

opment assessment and institutional decision making

bull Student learningbull Approaches to community-university engagementbull Community-university partnerships

For further information visit the conference website at httpinterprofessionalubccapatientsvoice or email marketingipceubcca to get on the enquiry list to receive updates

Our bioethics seminars take place from 410 to 530 pm

Join us on Wednesdays atthe Joint Centre for Bioethics

155 College St Room 108 (first floor)

Or login online httpsjcbadobeconnectcombioethicsseminars

JCB Seminar Series

The purpose of this newsletter is to facilitate communication among people interested in bioethics throughout the Joint Centre for Bioethics participating institutions and elsewhere The newsletter is published and distributed by email at the beginning of each month If you would like to receive the news-letter please contact

Editor Laurie BulchakEmail newseditorjcbutorontocaFax (416) 978-1911

The Joint Centre for Bioethics (JCB) is a partnership among the University of Toronto Baycrest Health Sciences Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Centre for Clinical Ethics a joint venture of Providence Healthcare St Josephrsquos Health Centre and St Michaelrsquos Hospital Holland Bloorview Kids Rehab The Hospital for Sick Children Humber River Hospital Mount Sinai Hospital North York General Hospital Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Toronto Central Community Care Access Centre Trillium Health Partners and University Health Network (Princess Margaret Hospital Toronto General Hospital Toronto Rehabilitation Institute and Toronto Western Hospital)

The University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics

Submissions to the newsletter must be made by the 20th of the preceding monthPrevious issues of the newsletter are posted on our website at

httpwwwjointcentreforbioethicscaenewsletterenewslettershtml

Joint Centre for BioethicsUniversity of Toronto155 College Street Suite 754Toronto Ontario M5T 1P8 Canada

Phone (416) 978-2709Fax (416) 978-1911Email newseditorjcbutorontocaWeb httpwwwjointcentreforbioethicsca

October 2014 Vol 20 No 2 Page 25

Submission amp Contact Information