Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:
1. To identify the relevant questions of moral analysis and moral reasoning in the context of healthcare delivery.
2. To examine sources of implicit bias and burnout in the context of caring for chronically ill patients.
3. To discuss methods by which to practice self-care and maintain integrity in the context of caring for others.
4. To distinguish between caring for a person with needs and caring for the needs a person has.

Faculty

Peter A. DePergola II, PhD., M.T.S. 
Director of Clinical Ethics, Baystate Health
Assistant Professor of Medicine , UMass Medical School- Baystate
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine, Tufts Univ. School of Medicine

None of the members of the faculty and planning committee for this educational event have commercial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods and services consumed by or used on patients.