Clinical Ethics Grand Rounds

The Program for Bioethics presents Clinical Ethics Grand Rounds monthly September through November and February through April each academic year.

Research Ethics Lecture Series

The Program for Bioethics presents Research Ethics Lecture Series monthly September through November and March through May each academic year.

Schwartz Rounds™

Schwartz Rounds™ at the University of Kentucky are sponsored by the UK Program for Bioethics in coordination with the Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare. Read more about Schwartz Rounds™ and about the Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare »

Schwartz Rounds™ are offered at all three UK HealthCare hospitals and are only open to UK HealthCare employees and volunteers. Click below to view the current schedule at each hospital.

• Schwartz Rounds™ at Kentucky Children's Hospital 
• Schwartz Rounds™ at UK Albert B. Chandler Hospital 
• Schwartz Rounds™ at UK Good Samaritan Hospital 

Clinical Ethics Consultations

We have a clinical ethics consult service that deals with ethical issues and dilemmas in the patient care setting, which may involve patients, family members, the doctor-patient relationship or clinical colleagues. Examples of clinical ethics issues include:

• Confidentiality in the clinical setting
• Diminished capacity to consent 
• Informed consent
• Surrogacy issues
• Advanced directives
• Withdrawal or refusal of treatment 
• End-of-life decision-making

These issues can be complicated by a variety of socio-economic, cultural or language barriers.

The Clinical Ethics Consultation Service is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. We have a rotating service, and a clinical ethics consultant is always on call.

Pager: 859-330-0365
Email: bioethics@uky.edu 

Research Ethics Consultation

The Research Ethics Consultation Service is free and available to all University of Kentucky investigators, researchers, students and laboratory staff.

Email: bioethics@uky.edu
Phone: 859-257-9474

Welcome to KBC

To register for our upcoming annual conference on June 10, 2022, visit the registration site here: https://www.cecentral.com/live/22914. 

Membership and events »

We provide a variety of bioethics education programs and courses to the UK clinical enterprise in the form of grand rounds, graduate medical education (GME) or other continuing medical education (CME) activities. For a list of the educational programs available to faculty and staff, contact the Program Director.

We are also the educational resource for the clinical enterprise surrounding ethics and professionalism, moral distress and moral residue in the clinical setting, and organizational ethics in the clinical setting. Independent study in bioethics can also be arranged for undergraduate and graduate students throughout the university, depending on their program requirements.

For any clinical or non-clinical department, we can offer a screening and panel discussion on bioethics films.  For a complete list of films available for screening, please contact the Program Director.  An e-mail discussion of the issues raised in these films can also be coordinated for small groups who view the films after hours at home.