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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
Fellowship |
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| Please indicate the type of degree associated with your educational program: | Post-doctoral |
| Educational program name: | MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics |
| What institution administers your educational program? | The University of Chicago |
| What bioethics program, department, or division administers your educational program? | The MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics which is in The Biological Sciences Division (BSD) of The University of Chicago |
| City: | Chicago |
| State/Province: | Illinois |
| Country: | United States |
| Year first class matriculated: | 1981 |
| Educational program website: | https://macleanethics.uchicago.edu |
| Does the educational program have a designated faculty program director? | Yes |
| Program Directors Name | Mark Siegler |
| Program Directors Title | Lindy Bergman Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine and Surgery and Director of the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics |
| Program Directors Email | msiegler@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu |
| Program Directors Phone | 773-513-0032 |
| Does the educational program have a designated staff program administrator? | Yes |
| Program Administrators Name | Kimberly Conner |
| Program Administrators Title | Center Manager, MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics |
| Program Administrators Email | kconner1@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu |
| Program Administrators Phone | 312-221-0459 |
| What are the educational program’s admission requirements? | Degree(s) Transcript(s) Letters of recommendation CV or resume Statement of interest Writing sample Terminal degrees such as MD, PhD, JD, or RN |
| Degree(s) | 85% have MD degrees, others have PhDs or JD degrees and we have trained 510 fellows since 1981 |
| Standardized test(s) | |
| Number of letters of recommendation: | 3 |
| What is the minimum length of time to complete the full-time educational program? | |
| What is the minimum length of time to complete the part-time educational program? | |
| What is the typical length of time to complete the full-time educational program? | |
| What is the typical length of time to complete the part-time educational program? | |
| Is the educational program offered online or in-person? | In-person only |
| What is the educational program’s average annual new trainee enrollment size? (Average over the last two years) | 35 |
| Does the educational program offer an annual stipend for trainees? | No |
| What is the stipend per trainee? | |
| What, if any, specific tracks/specializations are offered as part of the educational program? | Clinical Medical Ethics with focus on Medicine, Surgery, Pediatrics , Psychiatry, Neurology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Oncology |
| Is there a clinical component associated with the educational program? | Yes |
| Does the educational program provide training in clinical ethics consultation? | Yes |
| On average, how many clinical ethics consultations do your trainees participate in as an observer? | |
| On average, how many formal clinical ethics consultations do your trainees lead? (i.e., interact with the provider/patient/surrogate and write the chart note)? | |
| Do all of your trainees lead a minimum of 30 clinical ethics consultations (i.e., interact with the provider/patient/ surrogate and write the chart note)? | No |
| Is the training in clinical ethics consultation grounded in the ASBH Core Competencies? | Yes |
| Are trainees periodically assessed and evaluated for meeting the skills and knowledge necessary to carry out clinical ethics consultations in accord with the ASBH Core Competencies? | Yes |
| How are trainees evaluated? | Trainees are evaluated based upon their case write-ups as well as based upon their presentations of the case before 35 other clinical ethics fellows and 20-30 physicians who are clinical ethics faculty. |
| Do trainees complete an oral exam offered by a panel of three clinical ethics fellowship program directors? | No |
| Are graduates purported by the educational program to be competent to conduct independent clinical ethics consultations? | Yes |
| Does the educational program require any of the following to graduate? | Publishable manuscript(s) |
| Publishable manuscript(s) – Number trainees are required to submit: | |
| Portfolio – please describe: | |
| Do graduates receive a certificate or diploma upon successful completion? | Yes |