Description

This Schwartz Rounds session will bring together experts in the fields of Neurology, Ethics and Palliative Care to discuss the challenges facing medical professionals and families and patients when a diagnosis is made of Brain Death.

Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:

1| Identify the definitions and implications of a diagnosis of Brain Death
2| Recognize ethical considerations in making a diagnosis of Brain Death and in conveying to and discussing the diagnosis and prognosis with family members and caretakers
3| Discuss the emotional implications of a diagnosis of Brain Death not only to family members of the patient but to the staff taking care of such patients and the interpersonal and interprofessional conflicts that may arise in many cases

Faculty

Facilitator:

Stephen Ryzewicz, MD, FACP, DFASAM
Academic Hospitalist
Baystate Medical Center

Panelists: 

Dr. Benjamin Barnes

Yael Tarshish, MD
Medical Director of Palliative Care, UMass Chan-Baystate
Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate

Peter A. DePergola II, Ph.D., M.T.S., HEC-C
Chief Ethics Officer & Senior Director, Clinical and Organizational Ethics
Chief, Ethics Consultation Service & Chair, Ethics Advisory Committee
Director, Clinical and Organizational Ethics Postgraduate Programs
Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Office of Clinical and Organizational Ethics, Division of Healthcare Quality

Faculty Disclosure

The design and content of Baystate Continuing Inter-professional Education (CE) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options. Any relevant financial relationships are mitigated prior to the educational activity.

None of the planners or faculty for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.                                                                              

Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Baystate Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. 

Physicians
Baystate Continuing Inter-professional Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM.  Physicians should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses
Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 contact hour(s).  Nurses should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team and learners will receive 1.0 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.