Bioethics Symposium: Homo Ex Machina: A Mind-Bending Bioethics Production

Madison, WI US
April 5, 2025

Overview

Bioethics Symposium

The annual Bioethics Symposium brings in eminent scholars to explore topics at the intersection of medicine, public health, and ethics.

This year's topic is Homo Ex Machina: A Mind-Bending Bioethics Production

At this annual bioethics symposium, learners will gain valuable insights into the complex ethical dilemmas that arise with advanced medical technologies, such as brain implants. Learners will explore the profound impact these technologies can have on personal identities and relationships, as demonstrated by the lives of Charlie and Maggie in the play 'Homo Ex Machina.' Additionally, you will engage with insights from an expert panel comprising an ethicist, a neurologist, and a philosopher, enhancing your grasp of bioethical considerations in the context of neurostimulation and neurodegenerative diseases.

Intended Audience

Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, Physician Assistants, Social Scientists, Bioethicists and students

Elements of Competence

This CE activity has been designed to improve learner competence and focuses on the following competencies:
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education and American Association of Colleges of Nursing

  • Medical knowledge.
  • Provide patient-centered care 
  • Population Health

Interprofessional

  • Values and Ethics 
  • Roles and Responsibilities 

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

  • Engage in Self-reflection 
  • Address Health Disparities 

Learning Objectives

As a result of this educational activity, members of the healthcare team will be able to:

  1. Analyze ethical perspectives on longstanding caregiving relationships.
  2. Evaluate ethical aspects of personality changes affected by medical technology.
  3. Discuss alternate methods of medical ethics pedagogy.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 2.75 AAPA Category 1 CME
  • 2.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 2.75 ANCC Contact Hours
  • 2.75 University of Wisconsin–Madison Continuing Education Hours
    • 2.75 Approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Registration opens: 
03/31/2025
Course expires: 
05/20/2025
Event starts: 
04/05/2025 - 1:30pm CDT
Event ends: 
04/05/2025 - 6:00pm CDT
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Program

Bioethics Symposium: Homo Ex Machina: A Mind-Bending Bioethics Production

Saturday, April 5 from 2-6 p.m. in the Play Circle at Memorial Union on the UW–Madison campus.

Agenda

Staged play reading

Panel discussion

  • 4:20 p.m. — Brain pioneering together: Voices of shared agency in neural device research - Eran Klein, MD, PhD
  • 4:40 p.m. —  Existential Choices in Homo Ex Machina - Ariela Tubert, PhD
  • 5:00 p.m. — “The Play’s the Thing,” among Others, in Bioethics and Medical Humanities Education -  Arthur Derse, MD, JD
  • 5:20 p.m. — Discussion with panelists and Karola Kreitmair, PhD
  • 5:45 p.m. — End of event and start of reception. All are welcome.

Venue

Memorial Union on the UW–Madison Campus
800 Langdon St, Madison, WI 53706
Madison, WI 53706
United States
Memorial Union

Join on Saturday, April 5 from 2-6 p.m. in the Play Circle at Memorial Union on the UW–Madison campus.

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Travel

Memorial Union 

Faculty

Speakers

Eran Klein, MD, PhD

Eran Klein is a neurologist specializing in dementia at Oregon Health and Sciences University and the Portland VA Medical Center. He co-leads the Neuroethics Research Group within the Center for Neurotechnology at the University of Washington. His work focuses on ethical issues related to neurotechnology, such as effects on human agency, relationality, and privacy, as well as ethical and philosophical implications of dementia.

Ariela Tubert, PhD

Ariela Tubert is a professor of philosophy and Dolliver-NEH Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Puget Sound. She specializes in moral philosophy and philosophy of artificial intelligence. Some of her recent work explores the implications of various existentialist themes – such as the human capacity to make existential choices – for our current understanding of AI. Her book project Robot Existentialism: Artificial Intelligence and the Limits of Rationality is being supported by a collaborative research grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and she is co-director of the Dolliver NEH project “The Humanities and Artificial Intelligence” at the University of Puget Sound.

Arthur Derse, MD, JD
Arthur R. Derse, MD, JD, is the David and Julia Uihlein Chair in Medical Humanities, director of the Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities, and professor of bioethics and emergency medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW). He is the director of the MCW Medical Humanities Program. He teaches several courses in bioethics and medical humanities in the medical school and graduate program in bioethics and co-directs the medical school’s Scholarly Concentration in Bioethics and Medical Humanities. His research has focused on emergency medicine and ethics, law and bioethics, confidentiality, informed consent, end-of-life decision-making, and the doctor-patient relationship.

Planners 

Karola Kreitmair, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine History and Bioethics
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Paul Kelleher, PhD
Associate Professor (Cornell, Ph.D. 2008)
Population-level Bioethics, Philosophy of Economics (esp. climate change economics)

Nicole Nelson
Associate Professor in the Department of Medical History and Bioethics

Policy on Disclosure

It is the policy of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Interprofessional Continuing Education Partnership (ICEP) to identify, mitigate and disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies* held by the speakers/presenters, authors, planners, and other persons who may influence content of this accredited continuing education (CE).  In addition, speakers, presenters, and authors must disclose any planned discussion of unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or devices during their presentation.

For this accredited continuing education activity all relevant financial relationships have been mitigated and detailed disclosures are listed below.

NameRole(s)Financial Relationship Disclosure

Discussion of Unlabeled/Unapproved Uses of Drugs/Devices in Presentation?

Paul Kelleher

Planner No relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. No

Karola Kreitmair

Chair/FacultyNo relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. No
Nicole NelsonPlannerNo relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. No
Arthur DerseFaculty/SpeakerNo relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. No
Ariella TubertFaculty/Speaker No relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. No
Eran KleinFaculty/SpeakerNo relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. No

*Ineligible companies are those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on, patients.

The ACCME does not consider providers of clinical services directly to patients to be ineligible companies.

 

 

Accreditation

Accreditation Statement

Joint Accreditation MarkIn support of improving patient care, the University of Wisconsin–Madison Interprofessional Continuing Education Partnership (ICEP) is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation Statements

 

American Medical Association (AMA)

The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP designates this live activity for a maximum of 2.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

   

American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA)

The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 2.75 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

 

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)

The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP designates this live in-person activity for a maximum of 2.75 ANCC contact hours.

 

Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP, as a member of the University Professional & Continuing Education Association (UPCEA), authorizes this program for 0.275 CEUs or 2.75 hours.

Available Credit

  • 2.75 AAPA Category 1 CME
  • 2.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 2.75 ANCC Contact Hours
  • 2.75 University of Wisconsin–Madison Continuing Education Hours
    • 2.75 Approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

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Program Changes

Emergency situations occasionally occur and may necessitate topic or speaker changes. The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and the University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP reserve the right to alter or substitute a topic or speaker without prior notification.

Accessibility

The University of Wisconsin provides equal opportunities in employment and programming, including Title IX requirements. The University of Wisconsin fully complies with the legal requirements of the ADA and the rules and regulations thereof. If any participant in this educational activity is in need of accommodations, please notify us at help@icep.wisc.edu