Kinsman Bioethics Conference
The annual Kinsman Bioethics Conference was established in 1989 through an endowment from the late John Kinsman. The conference convenes leaders in ethics from across the state and is hosted by a different city in Oregon each year. The conference is a collaborative partnership, designed to draw on and nurture the strengths of each community it serves. Breakout sessions promote shared learning among medical facilities throughout the region and offer powerful new tools for improvements in health care ethics. Many times, the conference is also a special time for attendees to build collaborative relationships and an opportunity to mentor and support future leaders in the field.
2025 Kinsman Bioethics Conference
Dates
April 17 - 18, 2025
Venue
Riverhouse Lodge
3075 N. Hwy 97
Bend, OR 97703
Registration
TBA.
We are excited to announce Dr. Cynda Hylton Rushton as our Keynote Speaker!
Dr. Cynda Hylton Rushton, an international leader in bioethics and nursing, is the Anne and George L. Bunting Professor of Clinical Ethics at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics and the School of Nursing, and co-chairs the Johns Hopkins Hospital’s Ethics Committee and Consultation Service. A founding member of the Berman Institute, she co-led the first National Nursing Ethics Summit that produced a Blueprint for 21st Century Nursing Ethics.
To learn more about Dr. Rushton, click here.
Past Kinsman Presentations
April 25, 2024
View the Agenda
Featured Keynote Speaker
Denise M. Dudzinski, PhD, HEC-C
Professor (Joint) in Bioethics & Humanities and Pediatrics, Division of Bioethics & Palliative Care Fellow of the Hastings Center
Adjunct Professor, School of Law and in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Washington
Chief of the UW Medicine Ethics Consultation Service, Director of Organizational Ethics at Seattle Children's Hospital
Conference Course Objectives
- Examine common ethical dilemmas faced at the bedside through various ethics-based frameworks
- Explain the ways in which structural inequities through policy, legislation, etc... negatively impact marginalized patients and their loved ones
- Consider the role that policy has on both clinical ethics at the bedside and broader organizational ethics issues
Moving Towards a Beloved Community Bioethics - Patrick T. Smith, PhD
Reflection - Patrick T. Smith, PhD
Patrick T. Smith, PhD - Associate Research Professor of Theological Ethics and Bioethics; Senior Fellow, Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University
Along with his work at the Divinity School, Smith is the director of the bioethics program for the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities, and History of Medicine and associate professor in population health sciences, Department of Health Sciences, Duke University Medical School. He has served as a member of the board of directors and the executive committee for the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities. His current research and writing are in the areas of moral philosophy, bioethics, theological ethics, end-of-life care, and religious social ethics. Professor Smith was named a 2016-17 Henry Luce III Fellow in Theology, was the recipient of the 2019 Paul Ramsey Award for Excellence in Bioethics, and in 2022 received the Edmund Pellegrino Medalist Award in health care ethics.
James Mason, PhD
April 28, 2022 - View Recording
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