Medical Ethics in Disasters Panel: Home

Dr. Stephen Friedland, Chair of the VBMC Ethics Committee

Dr. Timothy Collins, HQMP Pulmonologist

Dr. Kenneth Wilson, VBMC Psychiatrist

Marie Flynn Danek, Esq. Of Phelan, Phelan & Danek

Cathi Tegtmeier RN, MPH, Assistant Emergency Response Coordinator--EMs, Dutchess County Department of Emergency Response

Rev. John Simon, BBA, M.Div., MTS, Board Certified Chaplain, Director of Spiritual Care Services at VBMC

Facilitated by:

Frank Mineo, Ph.D., Chair of the VBMC Emergency Management Committee

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

5:30pm-6:30pm

Joseph Tower Auditorium at Vassar Brothers Medical Center

Refreshments will be offered starting at 5:00pm

This a free educational event offered to all HQ Medical Staff. 

This activity is designed to equip medical professionals with the capability to respond ethically to their community's needs in the occurence of man-made and natural disasters.  Vassar Brothers Medical Center's Ethics Committee is offering a panel discussion to address this and other ethical considerations in disaster preparedness.

CME—Vassar Brothers Medical Center is accredited by the Medical Society of the State of New York to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians. Vassar Brothers Medical Center designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM.  Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. The faculty of CME programs are expected to exhibit scientific rigor and to provide educational information that is objective and well balanced.  Faculty members are required to disclose to the audience any commercial relationship that could be perceived as a potential, apparent, or real conflict of interest.

CH  - One CME = 1.0 contact hour

http://nursecredentialing.org/FunctionalCategory/FAQ/RenewalFAQ.aspx

In accordance with the disclosure policies of Vassar Brothers CME, the effort is made to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all educational activities.  These policies include resolving all conflicts of interest between faculty and commercial interests that might otherwise compromise the goal and educational integrity of this activity.  All faculty members participating in this activity have disclosed all significant relationships – financial or otherwise – with the manufacturers or providers of products or services mentioned in the activity.  The planners of this activity have reviewed these disclosures and have determined that the faculty relationships are not inappropriate in the context of their respective presentations and are consistent with the educational goals and integrity of the activity.

Please call (845)437-3101 to register for the event.  Seats are limited.