The Center for Ethics and Leadership in the Health Professions and the Department of Health Care Ethics are dedicated to a three-fold mission of education, research and service in health care ethics and health policy.

The Center for Ethics and Leadership in the Health Professions provides services to professionals from the Rocky Mountain region's health care community and contributes to the larger national and international dialogue on health care through scholarship and professional activities. Scholars of the Center and members of the Department faculty are knowledgeable in clinical and organizational ethics, as well as health care public policy, with special attention to the Catholic moral and social justice traditions.

MISSION: To foster moral awareness and ethical action in health care practice and leadership

The mission is accomplished, in partnership with the Department of Health Care Ethics, through teaching, scholarship and community outreach. The Center for Ethics and Leadership in the Health Professions provides services to professionals from the Rocky Mountain region’s health care community and contributes to the larger national and international dialogue on health care through scholarship and professional activities. Faculty in the Department of Healthcare Ethics and Fellows of the Center are knowledgeable in clinical and organizational ethics, and health care public policy, with special attention to the Catholic moral and social justice traditions.

VALUES

Drawing on the larger mission and values of the Rueckert-Hartman College for Health Professions and the Catholic Jesuit heritage of Regis University, the Center for Ethics and Leadership in the Health Professions is dedicated to promoting deep individual reflection and an informed civil discourse based on the following core values:

  1. Respect for the life and dignity of the human person
  2. Intellectual rigor and humility in the face of complex issues
  3. Responsibility of the individual to act with an informed conscience
  4. Commitment to the common good, with particular care for those who are poor and marginalized.
Guided by these core values, the Center for Ethics and Leadership in the Health Professions provides outreach to the Rocky Mountain health care community in the form of consultative services, education, research, and other collaborative activities. With a focus on the future, the Center is deeply committed to scholarship that promotes the moral reflection and leadership needed to create health care systems that are able to meet the dilemmas of a diverse society, scarce resources, emerging technologies, and mounting global health challenges.

The Center for Ethics and Leadership in the Health Professions offers educational and consulting services including:

  • Conference speaking engagements
  • Ethics committee training
  • Staff in-services and ethics rounds
  • Continuing medical education presentations
  • Ethics committee consultation

For more information or to schedule a service please contact us at:

Email: ethicsandleadership@regis.edu

Phone: 303.458.3533

Dr. Debra Bennett-Woods
Chair/Director and Professor, Department of Healthcare Ethics
Director, Center for Ethics and Leadership in the Health Professions

Jennifer McCurdy
Instructor, Department of Health Care Ethics
Associate, Center for Ethics and Leadership in the Health Professions

Deb Roybal
Assistant Professor, Department of Healthcare Ethics
Associate, Center for Ethics and Leadership in the Health Professions