Abstract:
When we consider the future of Pediatrics, we can think of transformations that have already affected our patients and their families in terms of digital advances with corresponding ethical dilemmas. We need to consider the benefits and challenges for ethical debate in a digital context and these are both nuanced, and context driven. The digital world has meant we can sometimes fall into echo chambers or polarized debates where we may communicate to share and give commentary, but not to listen and receive, in a real-time dialogue that may actually limit communication and reduce the understanding and rapport that comes from in-person interactions.
This workshop seeks to explore some of these areas, giving participants practical and useful tools to help to guide and inform discussions to enable us to evaluate and respond to these dilemmas as we seek to provide the best care to our patients and their families.
Audience take-away:
- A brief review of different ethical principles, values and theories in healthcare
- An exploration of some of the digital advances that need to be considered in terms of ethics
- An understanding of the ways that communication and debate occur and some suggestions as to how to make the debate more productive and useful
