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26th Annual Pediatric Ethics Conference- It Takes a Village: The Role of Pediatric Ethics in the Community
Overview
Overview
This year’s conference examines the evolving ethical landscape of pediatric healthcare through diverse topics including sustainability, behavioral health, trauma-informed care, neonatal opioid withdrawal, and the intersections of ethics, policy, and law. Featuring expert-led talks, workshops, and panel discussions, the event provides a platform to explore challenges such as extended stay patients, mental health policies, and professional ethics in the face of legal divergence. Join us to engage with narratives, best practices, and advocacy strategies that strengthen ethical frameworks in pediatric care and community support.
Registration closes 4/28
Learning Objectives
- Analyze the ethical issues facing children’s hospitals to enhance understanding and decision-making in clinical practice.
- Evaluate the ethical challenges of meeting the behavioral health needs of youth in Colorado through active discussion and collaboration.
- Analyze the complex interplay of civil, legal, and ethical obligations involved in caring for neonates with opioid withdrawal and their families.
- Evaluate strategies to individually and organizationally navigate clinical scenarios where professional ethics and laws diverge.
- Reflect on narratives encountered in clinical work and identify best practices for engaging these narratives in ethics, research, care, and advocacy.
- Identify examples of how healthcare expertise can inform policy decisions.
- Apply ethical principles to analyze and address complex ethical challenges in children's hospitals.
- Understand the intricacies of the systems that are involved with extended stay patients and the overall impact.
- Integrate trauma-informed care principles into pediatric mental health settings to enhance patient safety, therapeutic engagement, and overall treatment outcomes.
- Identify at least one reason zero tolerance to violence policies are untenable in acute care settings.
Learner Outcome
After attending this event, participants will report new knowledge of practical strategies to navigate complex ethical challenges in pediatric healthcare enabling them to improve decision-making and advocacy in their professional practice. Participants will report at least one practice change they intend to make as a result of this event.
| Registration- In Person Only | 1-Day | 2-Days |
|---|---|---|
| Ethics Committee, Liaison and Student | $50 | $80 |
| CHCO Staff/Provider | $65 | $100 |
| Community Staff/Provider and General Public | $100 | $150 |
| Planning committee or Speaker | Complimentary | |
Additional Information
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
 Learner Packet 2025.pdf | 1.21 MB |
Program
| Agenda- Thursday, May 1 2025 | |
| 7:30 -8:00am | Sign-In and Breakfast Provided |
| 8:00-8:15 am | Welcome and Conference Overview |
| 8:15-9:00 am | Ethical Issues for the Sustainability of Pediatric Healthcare Raphe Schwartz |
| 9:00- 9:45 am | Financing Pediatric Health Care Kevin Wilson |
| 9:45-10:15 am | Morning Break |
| 10:15-11:00 am | Extended Stay Patients (Medical Health and Mental Health) Megan Cook, LCSW |
| 11:00-11:30 am | Q&A for speakers |
| 11:30-12:30 pm | Lunch Provided |
| 12:30-1:15 pm | Trauma Informed Care and the Community Lyndsay Jensen Gaffey, MA, LPC, ATR |
| 1:15-2:00 pm | The Intersection of Pediatric Behavioral Health, Public Policy, and Ethics in 2025 Sandra L. Fritsch, MD, MSEd, DFAACAP |
| 2:00-2:30 pm | Break |
| 2:30-3:15 pm | Zero Tolerance Policies and Bias Darcy Copeland, RN, PhD |
| 3:15-3:45 pm | Q&A for speakers |
| 3:45- 4:00 pm | Evaluation and Adjourn |
| Agenda- Friday, May 2, 2025 | |
| 7:30 -8:00am | Sign-In and Breakfast Provided |
| 8:00-8:15 am | Welcome and Conference Overview Speaker |
| 8:15-9:00 am | Policing or Supporting? Navigating Civil, Legal, and Ethical Considerations in Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Ian D. Wolfe, PhD, MA, RN, HEC-C |
| 9:00- 9:45 am | Intersections Between Pediatric Ethics and Policy and Lawmaking Kathryn Wells, MD, FAAP ;Ida Drury, PhD, MSW |
| 9:45-10:15 am | Break |
| 10:15-11:00 am | The Policy of Pediatric Mental Health Ron-Li Liaw, MD |
| 11:00-11:30 am | Q&A for speakers |
| 11:30-12:30 pm | Lunch Provided |
| 12:30-1:30 pm | Grand Rounds: Antigone 2025: When Professional Ethics and Laws Diverge Ian D. Wolfe, PhD, MA, RN, HEC-C |
| 1:30-1:45pm | Break |
| 1:45-2:45pm | Workshop: The Role of Narrative in Care and Advocacy Mark Kissler, MD, MS |
| 2:45-3:45 | Effective Advocacy Panel Heidi Baskfield, JD, Ellen Stern Other Speakers pending |
| 3:15-3:45 | Q&A for speakers |
| 3:45- 4:00 pm | Evaluation and Adjourn |
Venue
This event is available for in-person attendance only.
Travel
Hyatt Regency Aurora-Denver Conference Center
13200 East 14th Place, Aurora, Colorado 80011, USA:
Hyatt | Children's Hospital Colorado
For group reservations being paid for by the University of Colorado or Children’s Hospital Colorado, please contact Eugene Berry at eugene.berry1@hyatt.com
Springhill Suites by Marriott- Anshutz Medical Campus
13400 E Colfax Ave, Aurora CO. 80011:
Please use booking code is U79.
Please contact Anthony for group sales at 720-859-1100.
Faculty
Faculty
Heidi Baskfield, JD
Executive Director
Speak Our Minds
Megan Cook, LCSW
Director of Clinical Social Work and Family Health Navigators I
Children's Hospital Colorado
Darcy Copeland, RN, PhD
Professor
PhD and NEC Program Coordinator
University of Northern Colorado
Ida Drury, PhD, MSW
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
University of Colorado
Sandra L. Fritsch, MD, MSEd, DFAACAP
Professor of Psychiatry
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Medical Director, Pediatric Mental Health Institute, Children’s Hospital Colorado
Medical Director, Project Director, CoPPCAP; Colorado Pediatric Psychiatry Consultation & Access Program
Lyndsay Jensen Gaffey, MA, LPC, ATR
Vice President | Patient Care Services
Pediatric Mental Health Institute | Children’s Hospital Colorado
Mark Kissler, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Hospital Medicine
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Director of Narrative Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine
K. Ron-Li Liaw, MD
Mental Health In-Chief
Professor, Psychiatry-Child
University of Colorado Hospital, Children's Hospital Colorado
Raphe Schwartz
Chief Strategy Officer
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Kathryn (Kathi) Wells, MD, FAAP
Professor of Pediatrics, University of Colorado
Section Head, Child Abuse Pediatrics
Executive Director, Kempe Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect
Kevin J.D. Wilson
Director, Medicaid Initiatives & Strategy
Children's Hospital Colorado
Ian D. Wolfe, PhD, MA, RN, HEC-C
Director of Ethics
Children’s Minnesota
Accreditation
Registration, attendance, sign-in and submission of the evaluation, including a written response to questions related to any change in practice that you may make as a result of learning that took place at this activity, are required for successful completion and receipt of the certificate of attendance. Claim only those hours you attend.
Medical: Children’s Hospital Colorado is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Children’s Hospital Colorado designates this live activity for a maximum of 11.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nursing: Children’s Hospital Colorado is approved with distinction as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by Colorado Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This educational activity for 11.75 nursing contact hours is provided by Children’s Hospital Colorado.
ASHA:
Other: A general certificate of attendance will be given to all other care providers.
Available Credit
- 11.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 0.60 ASHA
- 11.75 Attendance
- 11.75 NCPD
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Price
Cancellation Policy
A registration refund, minus a 10% processing fee, will be granted if cancellation is requested by 4/17/2025. No refunds will be granted after this date or for non-attendance. You may send a substitute by notifying the conference coordinator prior to conference.
Children’s Hospital Colorado reserves the right to modify the agenda or cancel this conference in the event of an unforeseen circumstance, or if minimum acceptable registration is not attained with a full refund to participants. For additional information, please reach out to lainey.crawford@childrenscolorado.org. If you require special assistance or services to allow full participation, please notify us at least four weeks in advance of the conference.