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Area of Science:

  • Bioethics
  • Healthcare Management

Background:

  • Demonstrating the value of ethics programs is crucial for institutional sustainability.
  • Existing metrics often focus solely on ethics consultations, potentially underrepresenting the program's full impact.
  • Clinical ethicists engage in a wide range of activities beyond consultations that contribute to institutional value.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To systematically track and quantify the activities of an ethics program beyond traditional ethics consultations.
  • To highlight the diverse contributions of clinical ethicists to their institutions.
  • To develop a more comprehensive understanding of an ethics program's overall value.

Main Methods:

  • Implementing a systematic tracking system for non-consultation activities.
  • Recording data on internal ethics education sessions.
  • Documenting participation in conference presentations, publications, grants, and committee/policy work.

Main Results:

  • The ethics program engaged in numerous activities outside of consultations.
  • Substantial quantitative data were gathered on diverse program outreach and contributions.
  • These data demonstrate significant value addition beyond ethics consultation services.

Conclusions:

  • Ethics programs offer value through a broad spectrum of activities, not just consultations.
  • Systematic tracking of diverse activities provides a more accurate measure of an ethics program's institutional value.
  • Comprehensive data collection is essential for effectively demonstrating the multifaceted contributions of clinical ethicists.