Pandemic Policies and Practices: A Conversation on Allocating Scarce Resources
Join
us as we examine an issue affecting public health and clinical care workers
nationwide: how to implement a fair and transparent approach for allocating scarce
resources. Our guest speaker, Dr. Douglas White, UPMC Endowed Chair for Ethics
in Critical Care Medicine in the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine,
consolidated 10 years of research efforts into a model policy to assist
hospitals and health care systems to distribute critical care resources during
a public health emergency. We explore how he developed the model policy developed, who provided
input, and the important features.
**Instructions to access the recording will be provided after
you register.**
Target
Audience
This
presentation is appropriate for public health and clinical professionals,
attorneys, researchers, students, and others interested in learning more about
pandemic preparedness.
Facilitators
Lisa S. Parker, PhD and Elizabeth Van Nostrand, JD
Instructor
Douglas
B. White, MD, MAS, directs the University of Pittsburgh Program on
Ethics and Decision Making in Critical Illness. A faculty member of the Center
for Bioethics & Health Law, he conducts both empirical research on and
normative ethical analysis of surrogate decision-making for patients with
life-threatening illness. He has several ongoing NIH funded studies and has
published widely using both quantitative and qualitative methods to examine the
process of surrogate decision making in intensive care units. In addition to
holding the position of UPMC Endowed Chair for Ethics in Critical Care
Medicine, White serves as Professor of Critical Care Medicine, Medicine, and Clinical
Translational Science; Director, Program on Ethics and Decision Making in
Critical Illness; and Vice Chair for Faculty Development at the University of
Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He graduated summa cum laude from Dartmouth
College with a BA in English Literature and received his MD and MAS from the
University of California San Francisco.
Technology
Requirements
This
recorded webinar is presented through the Vimeo Internet-based platform. A
computer with high-speed internet connection and the ability to download and
run this platform is required.
Creation
Date
This
training was recorded May 12, 2020.
For more
information about this course or for assistance with registration, contact marphtc@pitt.edu.