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Workshops and Seminars
- Salim El-Hoss Bioethics and Professionalism Program (SHBPP) holds a “Clinical Ethics: Ethics Consultation and Patient Care” workshop for members of the Medical Center Ethics Committee
This workshop has been designed for members of hospital ethics committees and physicians. It consisted of a three hour meeting which aimed at bringing physicians and members of the Medical Center Ethics Committee together to discuss issues pertaining to clinical ethics and case discussions as future consultants. During the workshop, Dr. Arawi introduced participants to the importance and role of a hospital ethics committee, the characteristics of an ethics consultant and his/her role, and the impact such committees have on patient care. Dr. Tulsky familiarized the audience with the C.A.S.E.S approach of case analysis, introduced techniques of formulating ethics questions and ways of applying the skill of ethical analysis.The workshop was held at the Gefinor-Rotana Hotel on March 30, 2012.
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"Clinical Ethics Consultations"Thalia Arawi, Director, SHBPP
"Cases Talk"James A.Tulsky, MD
"AUB Assembling Information Family Meeting Talk" James A.Tulsky, MD
"Case Discussions" James A.Tulsky, MD
- Two Workshops in Research Ethics held at Landmark Hotel in Amman, Jordan
These workshops were held by the Middle East Research Ethics Training Initiative (MERETI) on March 18-23, 2012; March 24-26, 2012, of which Dr. Arawi, the founding director of SHBPPis an International Board Member, in collaboration with the SHBPPand The Jordanian Society of Forensic Science. The first workshop was on Training Institutional Review Board (IRB)/ Research Ethics Committee (REC) Members while the second one was on International Research Ethics. The workshops were attended by professionals from Saudi Arabi, Lebanon, Sudan, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, UAE, Morocco, Yemen, Palestine, Afghanistan and Qatar. Faculty included Dr. Henry Silverman from the University of Maryland, Dr. Thalia Arawi from the SHBPP, American University of Beirut, Faculty of Medicine (AUB FM), Dr. Ibrahim Ramahi from the Jordanian Ministry of Health, Dr. Hany Sleem, Coordinator of the Egyptian Network for (REC)s, Dr. Suhail al Hamad from the University of Sharjah and Dr. Nahed Ali from Egypt.
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- The SHBPP holds its First National Workshop on "Organ Donation, Procurement and Transplantation: Ethical Challenges”
The SHBPP in collaboration with the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension at the AUB FM held its First National Workshop on ethical issues related to organ donation. This activity is the first conference on organ donation, procurement and transplantation held at the level of the nation. The conference aimed at reviewing international ethical frameworks for organ donation and transplantation, identifying the main ethical issues surrounding organ donation, procurement and transplantation in Lebanon and surrounding regions, and discussing ethical solutions for the current problems encountered in organ donation and procurement. For that purposes, experts for the UK were invited to come and share their knowledge in that area. Around 85 participants from all over the country attended this conference which took place on February 21, 2012 at the Gefinor Rotana Hotel, Beirut, Lebanon.
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Opening Speech - Dr. Thalia Arawi
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"Organ Transplantation in Practice" Keith Rigg, Consultant Transplant Surgeon Nottingham University Hospitals, UK
"Organ Donation: Ethical Framework" Hugh Whittall, Director Nuffield Council on Bioethics
- The SHBPP at the AUB FM held its First National Nursing Ethics Conference entitled “Nursing and Healthcare Ethics: Making a Difference for Patients”
The conference took place on January 13 and 14, 2012 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Hamra (Beirut, Lebanon). Invited speakers were Dr. Carol Taylor, Nurse Ethicist from Georgetown University, and Dr. Douglas Olsen, Nurse Ethicist from the Uniformed Services University. Dr. Hoda Huijer Abu Saad, Director of the Hariri School of Nursing at AUB FM and Dr. Thalia Arawi, Clinical Bioethicist and Director of the SHBPP at AUB FM also gave presentations during the conference. The conference was attended by around 90 participants (clinical nurses, nurse administrators, managers, nurse educators, advanced practice nurses, social workers and other health care professionals) from Lebanon and the region (AUB, AUBMC, Makassed Medical Center, Bikhazi Medical Group, Lebanese University, Dar al Ajaza al Islamyya, International College, Fille de la Charité, Hariri Foundation, St. Georges Hospital, Ain wa Zain, Nursing and Midwifery Council from Sharjah, Sharjah Kuwaity Hospital, Al Qassimy Hospital Sharja, Al Seef Hospital in Kuwait, and KSA).
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"Ethical Challenges" Huda Huijer, Director Hariri School of Nursing
"Informed Consent" Douglas P. Olsen, PhD, RN
"Recognizing Values Conflict" Douglas P. Olsen, PhD, RN
"Ethics and the Nurse-Pateint Relationship" Douglas P. Olsen, PhD, RN
"Ethcial Behavior" Carol Taylor, PhD, RN
"Introducing Basic Concepts" Carol Taylor, PhD, RN
"Why Nursing Ethics" Thalia Arawi, Director, SHBPP
- The SHBPP at the AUB FM holds the Second Regional Conference on "Current Controversies in Research Ethics: Research Integrity, Research Ethics Committees and International Clinical Trials”
On the occasion of Global Medical Ethics Day, the SHBPP at the AUB FM, in collaboration with UNESCO and ISESCO and in joint sponsorship with the Cleveland Clinic held its 2nd Regional conference. The conference took place on September 16 and 17 at the Golden Tulip Hotel in Beirut, Lebanon and was attended by professionals from Lebanon and the Arab world. The conference aimed at bringing physicians, healthcare professionals and bioethicists from the region together to discuss issues pertaining to research ethics. It also aimed at further developing the regional network of professionals related to the formation of the Arab Biomedical Ethics Society, which was initially planned during the first regional conference.
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Opening Speech - Dr. Mohamed Sayegh
Opening Speech - Dr. Thalia Arawi
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"Human Research Protection Program" Ali K. Abu Alfa, MD
"Ethics of Veracity in Health Care" Ahmad Bayt Amer, MD
"Perspectives of Egyptian Chairs of Research Ethics" Amal Mattar, MA
"Human Tissue in Research" Maysa Al-Husseini, MD
"IRB Distance Training" Amid Abu Hmaidan, MA
"Attitudes of Faculty and Patients Regarding issues" Henry Silverman, MD, MA
"Egyptian Network of Reasearch Ethics Committees" Azza Radwan, MD
"Challenges in Arab RECs" Henry Silverman, MD
"Advancing Personalized Medicine for Cancer Center" Fadwa Attiga, PhD
"Perceptions of Research" Hala Mansour, PhD
"Applying Ethical Guidlines" Tamer Hifnawy, MD
"Self-Assesment of the Research Ethics Committees" Hany Sleem, MD
"Review of Non-National (International) Research" Gaiath Hussein, MD
"Commitment to Ethics" Raydeh El Khani, MD
"Final Issues in International Research" Henry Silverman, MD, MA
"الجوانب الاخلاقية و القانونية لإجراء البحوث على الأجنة البشريةٌ" Fawaz Saleh, PhD
" سبل تعزيز التوعية بالمعايير الاخلاقية " Samih Abu Alragheb, PhD
"عرض الأخلاقيات" Taher Salloum, MD
"التوعية بالمعايير العلمية" Hamed Roushdy, PhD
- Ethical Issues in Surgery: The SHBPP in Collaboration with the American College of Surgeons and AUB FM Department of Surgery Holds the First "Ethical Issues in Surgery" Workshop at the Gefinor Rotana on March 25, 2011
The SHBPP at the AUB FM, the Department of Surgery, and the American College of Surgeon – Lebanon Chapter, co-organized the first workshop on ethical issues in surgery. The workshop stressed the need for ethical conduct as well as state-of-the-art surgical technology and medical care. It highlighted the importance of raising awareness among surgeons about ethical issues in surgery.
The workshop was held at the Gefinor-Rotana Hotel on March 25, 2011.
During the workshop, a discussion about the interface between the law and medical practice ensued. Members of the audience which consisted of surgeons from different areas in Lebanon were very much interested in the ethical issues raised and debates arose concerning a myriad of issues like conflict of interest, truth telling, malpractice laws, confidentiality, privacy, rule enforcement and others.
Members of the panel consisted of Drs. Arawi, Hoballah, Jamali, khalifeh (who is also the Minister of Health) from AUB FM and Maitre Charles Ghafari (lawyer if the Lebanese Order of Physician).
Dr. Arawi, in collaboration with the Dr. Hoballah plans on working on developing an electronic forum for open case discussion related to ethical issues in surgery.
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- The SHBPP at AUB FM holds the First Regional Conference on "Biomedical Ethics in Medical Schools"
In 2003, the World Medical Association proclaimed that a global Medical Ethics Day will be observed every September 18.On the occasion of that day, the SHBPP at the AUBFM, and under the leadership of its Director Dr. Thalia Arawi, organized the first Regional Conference entitled “Biomedical Ethics in Medical Schools: A Regional Perspective” on September 17-18, 2010 at the Gefinor Rotana Hotel in Beirut. This conference was held in partial sponsorship with the UNESCO Cairo office and in collaboration with the Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Mohamed Sayegh, Vice President for Medical Affairs and Dean of Medicine, launched the conference with a speech after which the keynote address was delivered by Dr. Howard Brody, Director of the Institute for the Medical Humanities at the University of Texas Medical Branch (Galveston, Texas). The conference included a series of presentations by physicians from different areas in the region (Qatar, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Kuwait, Sudan, Lebanon and others) during which they presented their experience in the teaching of biomedical ethics. A workshop by Dr. Richard Frankel from Indiana University on the importance of Narrative Ethics was also part of the conference. Towards the end, a meeting was held setting the basis for the founding of the first Biomedical Ethics Society in the Arab World and the Region.
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- The Faculty of Medicine at the American University of Beirut Commemorates Global Medical Ethics Day by Holding the First Medical Ethics Teaching Symposium
In 2003, the World Medical Association proclaimed that a global Medical Ethics Day will be observed every Sept. 18. On the occasion of that day, the AUB FM and under the organization of its Ethics Matters Initiative organized a symposium on “Teaching Medical Ethics in Lebanese Medical Schools” on September 18, 2009 at the Gefinor Rotana Hotel in Beirut. The keynote address was presented by Dr. Philip Rosoff, Professor of Pediatrics and Director of Clinical Ethics at Duke University who was introduced by Dr. Samir Atweh, Associate Dean for Medical Education. The Ethics Matters Initiative was then introduced by Dr. Ramzi Sabra, Assistant Dean for Medical Education who co-organized the event with Dr. Thalia Arawi. Dr. Arawi,AUBMC Clinical Bioethicist and Coordinator of the of the Ethics Matters Initiative, opened the symposium with an introductory presentation about the need for ethics teaching in medical schools and raised questions about the magnitude of the hidden curriculum and the importance of rethinking admission policies and criteria.
The symposium included a series of short presentations by representatives of the various medical schools on their medical ethics curricula.
Towards the end, a panel discussion took place and the following recommendation ensued:
- Medical schools should reexamine their admissions criteria, policies and practices to ensure that those individuals with high ethical standards and moral character, or those who have the potential to develop in that direction, are admitted.
- Biomedical ethics education should be longitudinal, spanning all the undergraduate years, and should extend into graduate training and postgraduate careers (continuing medical education).
- Multiple methods and approaches to teaching and to student assessment are recommended, and these should align with the multiple objectives of medical ethics education, encompassing knowledge, attitudes, behavior and skills.
- Medical schools and the academic medical centers housing them should foster an institutional culture that supports and upholds the ethical principles of the practice of medicine. The same strict standards for behavior should be applied to all the constituency of the school, beginning with the members of the faculty who should serve as good role models for students and residents.
- It is recommended that representatives of the various medical schools in Lebanon form a network dedicated to bioethics education, with the aim of developing a common vision for bioethics education in Lebanon based on a common set of values and objectives. This network should collaborate and consult with other bodies such as the National Lebanese Consultative Committee for Ethics, the UNESCO Committee for Bioethics, and others.
  
  
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"Welcome Address" Samir Atweh, MD
"The Ethics Matters Initiative" Ramzi Sabra, MD
"Why Medical Ethics?" Thalia Arawi, PhD
"Medical Ethics at AUB FM" Thalia Arawi, PhD
"Teaching Students and Doctors Clinical Ethics" Phillip Rosoff, MD
"Teaching Medical Ethics in Lebanese Medical Schools USEK Experience" Kamal Kallab, MD
"Lebanese American University" Mona Haidar, MD
"Teaching of Medical Ethics at the University of Balamand" Michel Daher, MD
"Medical Ethics at the Faculty of Medicine - Lebanese University" Fadi Abou-Mrad, MD
"BAU’s Medical Ethics Curriculum" Mohamad Toufic Houri, MD
"Ethics in the Medical Curriculum at LAU: How We Do It?" Kamal Badr, MD
"Faculté de Médecine Université Saint-Joseph" Roland Tomb, MD
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