Session III
Beginning June 3, 2019
Faith and Morality in Encountering End-of-Life Issues
Part Two — Online
Faculty
Rev. Jerry Coleman, SS, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor
Graduate Department of Pastoral Ministries
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara, Calif.
MC Sullivan, RN, MTS, JD
Chief Healthcare Ethicist
Archdiocese of Boston
Boston
Description
The second online session will continue the examination of critical clinical
and ethical issues surrounding end-of-life care.
Session IV
Beginning July 15, 2019
Respect and Care at the Beginning of Life
Part One — Online
Faculty
Rev. Tom Kopfensteiner, S.T.D.
Executive Vice President, Mission
Catholic Health Initiatives
Englewood, Colo.
Susan McCarthy
Ethics Consultant
Door County Memorial Hospital
Sturgeon Bay, Wis.
Description
This course consists of two successive online sessions beginning July 15 and Aug. 26. Sessions will discuss the Catholic tradition regarding
marriage and the family, Humanae vitae, Catholic identity and American pluralism. The course will also examine clinical and ethical issues
involving contraception/sterilization, ectopic pregnancy, preeclampsia,
genetics, genomics and other vital beginning-of-life issues in Catholic
health care.
Session V
Beginning Aug. 26, 2019
Respect and Care at the Beginning of Life
Part Two — Online
Faculty
Rev. Tom Kopfensteiner, S.T.D.
Executive Vice President, Mission
Catholic Health Initiatives
Englewood, Colo.
Susan McCarthy
Ethics Consultant
Door County Memorial Hospital
Sturgeon Bay, Wis.
Description
The second online session will continue the examination of critical
clinical and ethical issues around beginning-of-life care in Catholic health care.
Session VI
Beginning Oct. 7, 2019
The Catholic Social Tradition, Social Teaching and Social Practice
Part One — Online
Faculty
Mark Repenshek, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Ethics and Mission
Hospital Sisters Health System, Eastern Wisconsin Division
Green Bay, Wis.
Sr. Patricia Talone, RSM, Ph.D.
Consultant
Sisters of Mercy, Mid-Atlantic Community
Merion Station, Pa.
Description
This course consists of two successive online sessions beginning Oct. 7 and Nov.18. The course will examine foundational principles of human dignity, solidarity, participation, subsidiarity, option for the poor and the common good. The course will also provide an in-depth look at
transparency, disparities, community benefit, public health,
environmental issues and international outreach.
Session VII
Beginning Nov. 18, 2019
The Catholic Social Tradition, Social Teaching and Social Practice
Part Two — Online
Faculty
Mark Repenshek, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Ethics and Mission
Hospital Sisters Health System, Eastern Wisconsin Division
Green Bay, Wis.
Sr. Patricia Talone, RSM, Ph.D.
Consultant
Sisters of Mercy, Mid-Atlantic Community
Merion Station, Pa.
Description
The second online session will continue the examination of critical
clinical and ethical issues around Catholic social teaching, social justice, commitment to the poor, building healthy communities and carrying out the healing mission of Jesus in the world.
Session VIII
Beginning Dec. 30, 2019
Helping to Shape the Ethical Culture of the Organization
Part One — Online
Faculty
Alan Sanders, Ph.D.
Vice President, Ethics Integration and Strategy
Trinity Health East Group
Newtown Square, Pa.
Description
This course consists of two successive online sessions beginning Dec. 30 and Feb. 10. The course will focus on organizational ethics, the business
of health care, power, accountability, partnerships, and understanding and applying the principle of cooperation in a range of settings and
situations. The course will also discuss a just workplace, employee
relations, ethical conflict resolution, ethics policy development and review, and fostering an ethical culture within organizations.
Session IX
Beginning Feb. 10, 2020
Helping to Shape the Ethical Culture of the Organization
Part Two — Online
Faculty
Alan Sanders, Ph.D.
Vice President, Ethics Integration and Strategy
Trinity Health East Group
Newtown Square, Pa.
Description
The second online session will continue the examination of critical
clinical and ethical issues around organizational culture, partnerships, just working relationships and new frameworks for doing ethics outside the
acute care setting.
Session X
April 2-3, 2020
Putting Catholic Health Care Ethics into Practice
In-person Meeting, CHA St. Louis Office
Faculty
Rev. Charles Bouchard OP, S.T. D.
Senior Director, Theology and Sponsorship
Catholic Health Association
St. Louis
Nathaniel Blanton Hibner, Ph.D.(c)
Director, Ethics
Catholic Health Association
St. Louis
Description
The last session is a two-day in-person meeting at CHA's St. Louis office to review and apply key learnings from coursework and to put these insights
into practice through discussion and integration activities. The session will also
address the characteristics of a robust ethics program in facilities and systems, including facilitation of ethics committees, ethics consults and learning when to refer ethical issues to a professional ethicist. The concluding session will also feature a reception for participants and faculty to celebrate completion of the program, network and discuss opportunities for ongoing communication.