DeVos Medical Ethics Colloquy - Fall 2025

Monday, October 13, 2025, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, Grand Valley State University, L.V. Eberhard Center, 301 Fulton Street SW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504, Grand Rapids, MI


AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (2.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (2.00 hours)

This continuing education activity explores the ethical dimensions of public health interventions and their impact on clinical care. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, clinicians are encountering increasing patient mistrust, treatment refusals, and avoidance of care—often without a clear understanding of the broader public health dynamics contributing to these challenges. Through interdisciplinary presentations by nationally recognized experts in clinical ethics and public health, this session will examine the ethical principles that guide population-level health strategies, including questions of trust, transparency, coercion, and communication. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of how public health ethics intersects with clinical practice and will develop the competence needed to engage patients more effectively in a time of polarized public discourse and eroding institutional trust.

1. Identify key ethical principles that guide public health interventions and distinguish them from clinical ethics principles
2. Analyze how communication strategies, including public health “messaging,” can impact trust, transparency, and patient behavior in clinical settings.
3. Apply ethical reasoning to evaluate coercive public health measures (e.g., mandates) and their potential consequences for clinician–patient relationships.

 Corewell Health West Michigan is accredited by the Michigan State Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Corewell Health West Michigan designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Corewell Health West Michigan and Grand Valley State University. The Corewell Health West Michigan is accredited by the Michigan State Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

 

Corewell Health West Michigan adheres to ACCME Criteria, Standards and Policies regarding industry support of continuing medical education. Disclosure of faculty and their commercial relationships will be made prior to the activity.

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Corewell Health West Michigan adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.