Date: 24 Februrary 2022 (Thursday)
Time: 1.00-2.00pm
Venue: Zoom Meeting
Speakers: Assoc. Prof. Dr Azanna Ahmad Kamar (UM)
Moderator: Dr Chong Lee Ai (UM)
The Clinical Ethics Grand Round Series is a bimonthly event that takes place on the last Thursday of that month between 1.00pm - 2.00pm. It is organized by the Medical Humanities and Ethics Unit (MedHEU), Faculty of Medicine.
The session for this month discussed the ethical dilemmas faced by clinicians when treating neonates and infants as well as the complexes surrounding ethical decision making. The session was hosted by Dr. Chong Lee Ai, a Consultant Paediatric Palliative Care from the University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) with the initial case presentation and discussion by Consultant Neonatologist, Associate Professor Dr Azanna Ahmad Kamar, from UMMC.
The Clinical Ethics Grand Rounds Series is a CME (Continuing Medical Education) initiative offering a wide range of clinical ethics topics from a diverse group of esteemed and experienced speakers. It is not only to help keep up likeminded people with the current and latest advances in medicine but also to guide clinicals with everyday ethics dilemmas that healthcare professionals face every day. It provides a forum for teaching participants to resolve cases based on the best ethical practices. All those interested, for example, physicians, clinicians, biomedical researchers, nurses, ethicists, philosophers, other healthcare professionals including students) are welcomed to attend.
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