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Recorded Annual Meeting Presentations (RAMP) are now available for purchase.
Only $90 for presenters, $140 for registered attendees and $200 for non-attendees.

Online Program

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Report from the small group discussions


Saturday, October 31, 2015 : 2:45 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Matthew Penn, JD, Office of State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
Montrece McNeill Ransom, JD, MPH, Public Health Law Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
This session will involve participants sharing their reactions to the cases addressed in the small groups.  This will allow group sharing about the various cases and approaches used to address the ethical dilemmas presented in the cases.  The sessions will also provide an additional learning opportunity for consideration of how to address ethical issues in public health practice.

Learning Areas:

Administration, management, leadership
Ethics, professional and legal requirements

Learning Objectives:
Identify common learning experiences gained from the case analysis.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: Currently, my primary focus is developing and delivering training aimed at increasing the capacity of public health practitioners across governmental levels to understand and use law to advance public health goals. I have presented trainings, taught courses, and published on a broad range of topics including public health emergency law, tribal public health law, health disparities, careers in public health, and environmental public health law.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

Back to: 1005.0: Good decision making in real time: Practical public health ethics for health officials--Fee: $300