Ethics in Health Care: Virtual Member Forum

Health care ethics is a set of moral principles, beliefs and values designed to guide providers in making choices about medical care. In the U.S., four main principles define the ethical duties that health care professionals owe to patients.

Join our facilitator, Rebekah Apple, and other PAMED members in discussing the application of health care ethics as we explore various topics in contemporary medicine.

 

 

Four Main Principles

In the U.S., four main principles define the ethical duties that health care professionals owe to patients.

Autonomy

To honor the patient’s right to make their own decisions.

Beneficence

To help the patient advance his/her own good.

Nonmaleficence

To do no harm.

Justice

To be fair and treat similar cases alike.

 

 

2026 Session Schedule

Sessions held virtually via Zoom from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. FREE TO PAMED MEMBERS

 
Jul 15
7:30 p.m.

AI in Healthcare

 

Explore key scholarly perspectives on the ethical and clinical challenges shaping this rapidly evolving field. Review four curated articles that examine issues such as trust, equity, accountability, and the responsible integration of AI into patient care to help ground your participation in thoughtful, informed dialogue.
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Nov 18
7:30 p.m.

Topic TBD

 

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Rebekah Apple, MA, DHSc

Rebekah Apple, MA, DHSc

 

Rebekah Apple is the director of the Master of Medical Management program at Carnegie Mellon University and a medical ethicist at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Ms. Apple has worked in bioethics for fifteen years, within both hospital and hospice settings, with a special interest in organ donation/transplantation issues and also in organizational ethics. She earned her Masters degree in Bioethics from the University of South Florida and doctorate in Health Science from A.T. Still University.

She teaches medical ethics to first and third year medical students, applied ethical analysis to graduate students, and organizational ethics with a management focus to physicians. 

Apple consults with hospitals and health systems around the country and has designed and delivered education to the American College of Cardiology and the American Medical Women's Association, among others. 

 

 

CME

The Pennsylvania Medical Society (PAMED) is accredited by the Accreditation Council on Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

PAMED designates this live activity for a maximum of 3 AMA PRA Category 1 credits™. Physicians should claim credit commensurate with their participation in the activity.

No one involved in the planning or delivery of this activity has any relevant financial relationships to disclose. All potential conflicts of interest have been mitigated.