Medical Ethics
Attending/House Staff Education
Clinical Ethics Education: Intramural Educational Programs and Ethics Rounds are conducted on the following services at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center: Medicine, Anesthesiology, Dentistry and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Emergency Department, Neurology, Nursing, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, Pediatrics (General, PACU and NICU), Psychiatry, Public Health; Social Work, Surgery and Urology. These programs continue on a regular basis and often center on a discussion of a case that is under active consultation.
Required Course in Medical Ethics for all Medicine Interns: A three session (4.5 hour course) is offered to all Medicine interns within the first six months of their arrival. This required course addresses informed consent and refusal, decisions near the end of life, DNR orders, advance directives, futility and professionalism, and other topics.
For more information please contact:
Cathleen A. Acres, MA, BSN
Administrative Director, Division of Medical Ethics
(212) 746-1126
cacres@med.cornell.edu
