On-Demand CE Training

ODL 226: Questionable Surrogacy: The Ethically Appropriate Selection, Roles and Responsibility of Health Care Surrogates

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Target Audience:

This course is targeted for social workers, case managers, nurses, and counselors.

Overview:

Social workers, case managers, counselors and other professionals are very involved in identifying and acting in a supporting role to those who qualify to act as a Health Care Surrogate.  This program will educate the participating helping professionals in identifying the decision-making standards of Health Care Surrogacy; present and evaluate strategies for resolving disputes between surrogates and health care team members; ethical principles involved and explore in general the role of the helping professional in the overall process.  Three ethically complex cases of surrogate decision making will be examined.  Esteemed speaker Jason Lesandrini, MA, FACHE, LPEC, Owner of Ethics Architect will present this interactive program.

Course Objectives:

By the end of the session – the participant will be able to:

  • Identify at least three health care surrogate decision making standards.
  • Identify at least two strategies for resolving disputes between surrogates and health care team members.
  • Discuss the application of the ethical codes of social workers, case managers, nurses, and counselors to healthcare surrogacy.

Presenter:

Jason Lesandrini MA, FACHE, HEC-C, LPEC

Jason Lesandrini MA, FACHE, HEC-C, LPEC, Medical Ethicist; Assistant Vice President of Ethics, Advance Care Planning and Spiritual Health at a major Atlanta Health System; Adjunct Faculty; Mercer University
Jason Lesandrini is currently the Assistant Vice President of Ethics, Advance Care Planning and Spiritual Health at a major health system in GA. Prior to this position, he was a Medical Ethicist at Grady Healthcare. He is adjunct faculty and teaches at Mercer University and has also taught at GA State University as well. He has presented at numerous conferences – both locally and nationally – and has also written several journal articles. He has a B.A. in Philosophy from Michigan State University and a M.A. in Philosophy from GA State University. He is working on his PhD in Medical/Healthcare Ethics.

1 CREDIT HOUR APPROVED FOR:

Social Workers
ASWB ACE – 1 Ethics Credit;
New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work – 1 Contact Hour
Case Managers
CCMC – 1 Ethics Hour
Nurses
California Board of Registered Nursing –  1 Contact Hours
Counselors
NBCC ACEP – 1 Ethics or 1 Contact Hours*
New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners – 1 Contact Hours

* Some states do not require/accept ethics hours for counselors, for those cases contact hours will be awarded.

Please make sure to check with your own state board to ensure the transferability of CE credit. Some state boards may place restrictions regarding the modality of training required for ethics credits to be awarded. If this training indicates ethics credits are available, please verify that your state allows them to be earned through an on-demand course format.