ETHICS ALERT!

Speaker: Katherine Brown-Saltzman, MA, RN

Katherine Brown-Saltzman, MA, RN is the former co-director of the UCLA Health Ethics Center and has made significant contributions to advancing ethical standards in healthcare. She co-founded the UCLA Health Ethics Center, which led to the development of a robust clinical ethics consultation service and a clinical ethics fellowship. Katherine has been active in developing interdisciplinary programs on sustaining self-care, moral distress, and ethics education, including jointly developing a clinical ethics fellowship at UCLA. She is also the co-founder and president of Ethics of Caring, a non-profit organization that has provided annual ethics conferences for Southern California since 1993. She lectures nationally and internationally and has developed ethics and end-of-life care policies. Katherine has published on diverse topics such as ethics, professional self-care, end-of-life care, bereavement, spirituality, psychosocial care, guided imagery, and cultural issues.

In this CMLearning Network webinar, Katherine is here to share her work that emphasizes the ethical obligation of self-care, which is particularly relevant to case managers navigating the demanding landscape of healthcare.

Webinar Description:

Ethics is a cornerstone of professional case management practice. Case managers often face complex and challenging situations that require them to make difficult decisions involving multiple stakeholders, including clients, families, health care providers, and insurance companies. In these situations, a strong foundation in ethical principles is crucial for making decisions that are in the best interest of the client and that align with professional standards. This webinar will help case managers stay current on best practices and ethical guidelines, and provide them with the tools they need to navigate difficult situations with confidence.

This webinar will present key ethical issues that case managers confront in their practice, engaging them through a case study that provides them with both an ethical lens for assessment and ways of mitigating the harms of ethical conflicts both to their patients, the community, and themselves. By appreciating the impact for health care professionals, whether it is moral distress or burnout one can explore their potential for ethical agency and an ethic of care. Understanding the moral community of mutual responsibility and obligations, positions each one as sharing advocacy and helps to create an ethical environment. An ethical practice of self-care goes beyond good health and mental health habits, expanding to valuing the meaning of one’s work, understanding moral resiliency, the power of connection, creativity, and hope as one cares for others. The webinar translates the concepts of principle-based ethics into skillful recognition of how an ethical practice can create a responsiveness that moves us to be engaged and effective.

Learning Outcomes:

After this presentation, the successful participant will be able to:

1. Define the term "moral community" and outline its relevance to shared responsibilities and collective advocacy.
2. Understand and implement relationship-based ethics, emphasizing the importance of caring, empathy, and engagement.
3. Recognize the significance of self-care in ethical practice, focusing on the development and application of a self-care plan.
4. Evaluate the importance of moral resiliency and devise strategies for its enhancement in a case management setting.

Credit Information:

The Commission for Case Manager Certification (CCMC) is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

This program has been pre-approved by The Commission for Case Manager Certification to provide continuing education credit to CCM® board certified case managers. The course is approved for 1 Ethics CE contact hour(s). Activity code and Approval number will be awarded on your certificate of completion.

This program has been pre-approved by The Commission to provide continuing education credit to CDMS® board certified disability managers. The course is approved for 1 Ethics CE contact hour(s). Activity code and Approval number will be awarded on your certificate of completion.

To earn contact hours/CEs: The webinar is available for viewing at no cost. If you would like to receive contact hour(s)/CE for this webinar, click on the "Purchase" button below following the viewing to purchase the webinar and complete the evaluation. Once both the presentation and survey are marked as complete, you will receive your Certificate of Completion. If you are a CCM, your CEs will automatically record in your CCMC account.

Disclosures:

All planners and speakers have disclosed that they have no relevant financial relationships or conflicts of interest with commercial interests related directly or indirectly to this educational activity.

Commercial Support or Non-Commercial Sponsorship: There is no commercial support for this activity. The planners and faculty have no relevant relationships to disclose.

Expiration date: 2/16/2027