The CEP provides a personalized educational program that allows professionals and their organizations, as well as interested members of the community, to develop background and expertise in clinical and organizational ethics. The Program educates institutional representatives to become ethics resource persons within their organizations and assists them in designing and implementing an ethics education plan to meet their organization’s specific needs. For all participants, including individual members, the CEP provides education in healthcare ethics—clinical and organizational—health policy issues, and policy development through a variety of formats.
Get more information about membership benefits, membership brochure or by calling (412) 623-2033 or emailing cep@pitt.edu.
- Bioethics Bootcamp
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This one-day program provides an introduction to the basic concepts found in bioethics literature and is designed to prepare participants to engage in CEP programming that is more specialized, advanced, or applied to particular areas of clinical or organizational ethics.
- Fall Weekend Retreat
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This intensive, yet informal weekend conference features faculty from local universities and national scholars, who address a range of healthcare ethics issues—some foundational, some emerging.
- Workshop Series
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Four full-day workshops, offered at intervals throughout the year, are designed to provide background on ethical issues to participants, and include skill-focused workshop sessions to teach participants to develop ethics policy and continuing education programming for their organizations. These seminars are designed to build from foundational knowledge and skills toward more advanced understanding and ability.
- On-site Programming
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The CEP offers institutional members on-site continuing ethics education programs designed to meet the needs of the organization and help expand ethics awareness. These programs can be for ethics committee members, particular units, or the entire organization.
- Webinars
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Access to online clinical and bioethical presentations at partnering institutions, including Pitt's Center for Bioethics & Health Law and West Virginia Medicine Wheeling Hospital.
- Ethics Education Planning
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Participants designated by organizations holding an institutional membership are encouraged to work with CEP faculty to design an individually tailored ethics education plan for their organization.
- Networking Opportunties
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The connections made and ongoing relationships developed among program participants are among the benefits of the CEP. Over time, program participants learn from each other, as well as from faculty, and share their experiences with implementing ethics plans, policies, and continuing ethics education within their organizations.