Ethics Capacity Building

REN supports  for the development of local ethics capacity which include:

  • starting a new or revitalizing an existing ethics committee
  • delivery of education for local ethics consultants
  • provision of ethics education tailored to individual programs and services  for each Regional Partner
  • assistance in developing or revising policies related to clinical and organizational ethics (for example, clinical ethics consultation policy or resource allocation framework)
  • access to monthly HHS and McMaster University Ethics Grand Rounds
  • access to monthly Regional Ethics Network Community of Practice, a forum for discussion of contemporary issues in ethics.