Presenter:
Caroline Jones, MD, MA
Overview:
Futility and Moral Distress in Pediatrics
Objectives:
To increase awareness and education for pediatric providers
Caroline Jones, MD, MA is an assistant professor in the division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. She earned a master’s degree in ethics from Vanderbilt University and served as adjunct professor of medical ethics at Allegheny University and St. Christopher’s Children’s Hospital prior to attending medical school. She did her residency and fellowship at UTHSCSA. After completing her training, she joined the medical staff at Methodist Children’s Hospital in San Antonio, where she served as chair of the Pediatric Ethics Committee. She returned to UTHSCSA in September 2020. She is currently Medical Director of the PICU and vice chair of the University Health Ethics Committee.
Financial Disclosures:
Caroline Jones, MD, MA has no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
The Pediatric Grand Rounds Planning Committee (Deepak Kamat, MD, PhD, Daniel Ranch, MD and Elizabeth Hanson, MD) has no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. Planning Committee member Steven Seidner, MD has disclosed he receives funding from Draeger Medical for the Clinical Study to Evaluate the Safety and Effectiveness of the Infinity Acute Care System Workstation Neonatal Care Babylog VN500 Device in High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation (HFOV) Mode in Extremely Low Birth Weight (ELBW) Neonates for which he is a co-principal investigator.
Credits:
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hour)
Non-Physician Participation Credit (1.00 hour)
MOC-2 credit (1.00 hour)
Texas Medical Board of Ethics credit (1.00 hour)
Target Audience:
Pediatric Doctors and Providers
Faculty, residents, health care providers; medical students and trainees.
Accreditation:
The UT Health Science Center San Antonio is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Credit Designation:
The UT Health Science Center San Antonio designates this live activity up to a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nurses and other healthcare professionals will receive a Certificate of Attendance. For information on applicability and acceptance, please consult your professional licensing board.