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A Pilot Evaluation of Portfolios for Quality Attestation of Clinical Ethics Consultants. Am J Bioeth 2016;16(3):15-24

Date

02/26/2016

Pubmed ID

26913652

DOI

10.1080/15265161.2015.1134705

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-84959348723 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   51 Citations

Abstract

Although clinical ethics consultation is a high-stakes endeavor with an increasing prominence in health care systems, progress in developing standards for quality is challenging. In this article, we describe the results of a pilot project utilizing portfolios as an evaluation tool. We found that this approach is feasible and resulted in a reasonably wide distribution of scores among the 23 submitted portfolios that we evaluated. We discuss limitations and implications of these results, and suggest that this is a significant step on the pathway to an eventual certification process for clinical ethics consultants.

Author List

Fins JJ, Kodish E, Cohn F, Danis M, Derse AR, Dubler NN, Goulden B, Kuczewski M, Mercer MB, Pearlman RA, Smith ML, Tarzian A, Youngner SJ

Author

Arthur R. Derse MD, JD Director, Professor in the Institute for Health and Equity department at Medical College of Wisconsin

MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Certification
Ethicists
Ethics Consultation
Ethics, Medical
Humans
Pilot Projects
Professional Competence
Quality of Health Care
United States