CARNA/PHEN conference in Calgary is SOLD OUT….
Edmonton Date Announced!
Sept. 19, 2008
Shaw Conference Centre

Please e-mail mailto:events@tl2.c to receive more detailed information as it becomes available.

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Agenda

Conference Objectives
Moral distress is defined as knowing what is the right thing to do, but being unable to do it due to institutional, social or other barriers. This ground-breaking conference is designed to offer those working in health care an opportunity to:

  • Identify situations that cause moral distress in the healthcare workplace
  • Reflect on their own experiences
  • Discuss practical strategies for dealing with moral distress at the individual and organizational level
  • Explore how such situations can be turned into constructive opportunities to improve professional and therapeutic relationships

Who Should Attend?
The conference is open to all and will likely be of particular interest to healthcare providers – including nurses, physicians, social workers, spiritual care providers, psychologists and many other allied health professionals – as well as health administrators, policy-makers and members of clinical ethics committees. Members of the public are also encouraged to attend.

Agenda

8:15 am Continental Breakfast
Sponsored by Calgary Health Region
8:45 am Opening Remarks & Introduction
Wendy Austin, University of Alberta
8:55 am – 9:15 am Catch-22: A Theatrical Presentation
9:15 am – 9:35 am Table Discussions
Sponsored by Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta
9:35 am – 10:35 am Telling Your Story: It's OK to Talk About It
John Lantos, University of Chicago (via videoconference)
10:35 am – 10:50 am Break
Sponsored by Health Quality Council of Alberta
10:50 am – 11:45 am OK, I’m Distressed. What Now?
Dawn Oosterhoff, Ontario Medical Association
Sponsored by Centre for Nursing and Health Studies, Athabasca University
11:45 am – 1:15 pm Lunch and PHEN and CARNA Annual General Meetings
Those not attending the AGMs are invited to attend a video and facilitated discussion from 12:00 pm – 12:45 pm
1:15 pm – 2:30 pm Concurrent Sessions
  1. Canary in the Coal Mine: Moral Distress and The Scarcity of Human Resources
    Ruth Purtilo, Yale University’s Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics & Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health
  2. Nurses’ Experience of Moral Distress: Surveying the Landscape
    Dawn Oosterhoff, Ontario Medical Association
  3. Moral Distress Among Families & Caregivers: A Personal Account
    Barbara Farlow, Canadian Patient Safety Institute
  4. The Flashlight & The Hammer: Tools & Metaphors for Grappling With Moral Tension
    Wendy Austin, University of Alberta
    Sponsored by School of Health Sciences, University of Lethbridge
  5. Interprofessional Angst: When Nurse and Physician Don’t See Eye to Eye
    Daniel Garros, Stollery Children’s Hospital & University of Alberta
  6. Why Are We Doing This? Moral Distress and Futility
    Cynda Hylton Rushton, Johns Hopkins University
2:30 pm – 2:45 pm Break
Sponsored by Faculty of Health and Community Studies, Grant MacEwan College
2:45 pm – 3:40 pm Transforming Moral Distress into Healing
Cynda Hylton Rushton, Johns Hopkins University
3:40 pm – 4:30 pm Moral Courage: The Art of Doing The Right Thing
Ruth Purtilo, Yale University’s Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics & Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health