Yarmouth, NS: Rodd Hotel Yarmouth 417 Main StreetYarmouth, NS

2016 Living at Risk Workshop Whose Choice Is It Anyway?

February 10, 2016 Yarmouth, NS

March 10, 2016 Sydney, NS

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Sydney, NS: Membertou Trade & Convention Centre 50 Maillard StreetSydney, NS

To register, please visit: www.nshen.ca

2016 Living at Risk Workshop | February 10, 2016 | Yartmouth, Nova Scotia | March 10, 2016 | Sydney, Nova Scotia

Registration

All registrations must be completed on-line.

Registrations must be received on or before Tuesday, February 2, 2016 for the Yarmouth workshop and Tuesday, March 2, 2016 for the Sydney workshop.

The cost of this workshop is $35.00

Space is limited so please register early.

Workshop Cancellations: Cancellations received in writing on or before Tuesday, February 2, 2016 for Yarmouth and Tuesday, March 2, 2016 for Sydney, will be refunded the full registration fee. No refunds will be provided after this date. Name substitutions will be accepted at any time.

Confirmation:When you register online, your confirmation will be received immediately.

Location:

Yarmouth: Rodd Hotel Yarmouth417 Main StreetYartmouth, NSToll Free: 1-800-565-7633

Sydney: Membertou Trade & Convention Centre50 Maillard StreetSydney, NS

Inquiries:Please contact Krista Mleczko-Skerry with any questions or comments.Phone: 902.494-4038Email: krista.mleczkoskerry@iwk.nshealth.ca or www.nshen.ca

2016 Living at Risk Workshop | February 10, 2016 | Yartmouth, Nova Scotia | March 10, 2016 | Sydney, Nova Scotia

Individual choices to live “at risk” can test commitments to the principle of respect for choice. They often challenge us to re-examine the values that drive health policy and health care practice.

Drs Christy Simpson and Marika Warren from the Nova Scotia Health Ethics Network present highlights from our sold-out 2015 conference “Whose Choice Is It? Ethics and Living at Risk”. This workshop will focus on key points from our conference sessions on the following topics; vulnerable populations, community care and home care, public health, and dignity of risk.

We will provide the opportunity for participants to reflect on living at risk and the important ethical questions that it raises about what it is to provide good care and what it is to live a good life.

Workshop Objectives:

• Describe what “living at risk” looks like within your practice • Describe ethical concerns related to living at risk • Describe challenges raised by living at risk from a range of perspectives • Discuss why caring for individuals living at risk can be so challenging

Living at Risk Workshop: Whose Choice Is It Anyway?

2016 Living at Risk Workshop | February 10, 2016 | Yartmouth, Nova Scotia | March 10, 2016 | Sydney, Nova Scotia

Agenda

9:15 – 9:30 am Continental Breakfast / Registration

9:30 – 9:45 am Opening

9:45 - 10:45 am Session

Organizational

10:45 – 11:15 am Nutrition Break

11:15 – 12:00 pm Session

Community and Home Care

12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch

1:00 – 1:45 pm Session

Vulnerable Populations

1:45 - 2:15 pm Session

Public Health

2:15 – 2:30 pm Break

2:30 – 3:15 pm Session

Dignity of Risk

3:15 - 3:30 pm Wrap up discussion

2016 Living at Risk Workshop | February 10, 2016 | Yartmouth, Nova Scotia | March 10, 2016 | Sydney, Nova Scotia

Christy Simpson - Christy Simpson is the Department Head of the Department of Bioethics at Dalhousie University. She is the coordinator for the ethics-based collaborations between the Department, Capital Health and the IWK Health Centre, as well as the newly formed Nova Scotia Health Ethics Network. Her primary responsibilities include ethics education and capacity-building, policy development and review, and support for clinical and organizational ethics consultations.

Christy completed her doctorate in philosophy, specializing in bioethics, at the Department of Philosophy at Dalhousie University in 2001. During her doctoral studies, Christy also undertook two clinical practicums at local health care facilities, which stimulated her interest in the role of hope in health care. Her research in this area continued during a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Alberta (2000-2002) and is still strong today.

Marika Warren - Marika Warren is an assistant professor with the Department of Bioethics at Dalhousie University and a health care ethicist for the Nova Scotia Health Ethics Network (NSHEN). Her role with NSHEN involves building ethics capacity in Nova Scotia by providing ethics support such as education, consultation, and assistance with policy development. Marika also be participates in ethics research and collaborations as a member of the Ethics Collaborations Team.

Marika completed a doctorate in philosophy at the University of Toronto. Her dissertation focused on equality rights in the case of severe cognitive disability. She gained additional experience in bioethics as an undergraduated reserach assistant at the University of Alberta’s John Dossetor Health Ethics Centre for a project entitled “Relational Ethics: Foundation for Health Care” and through work for the Provincial Health Ethics Network (PHEN) in Alberta between 1999 and 2008.

Speaker Biographies

2016 Living at Risk Workshop | February 10, 2016 | Yartmouth, Nova Scotia | March 10, 2016 | Sydney, Nova Scotia

Support for NSHEN’s activities, including this workshop, comes from the following collaborating parters: