Kennedy Krieger Institute and the Maryland Healthcare Ethics Committee Network Joint Ethics Conference: Ethics Consult Documentation: What to Write, What to Share, and Why it Matters.

The Kennedy Krieger Institute Department of Social Work is authorized by the Board of Social Work Examiners in Maryland to sponsor social work continuing education learning activities and maintains full responsibility for this program. This training qualifies for Category I continuing education units earned in Ethics. About this Event Virtual Event Add to calendar Live Interactive Virtual Workshop 3.0 Category I CEUs for Social Workers. Additional Who Should Attend Healthcare Ethics Consultants, hospital ethics committee members, care coordinators, behavioral health clinicians, and healthcare professionals involved in ethics consultation or documentation. Keynote Presenter Steve O’Neill, LICSW, BCD, JD Director of Behavioral Health, OpenNotes, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Faculty, Center for Bioethics, Harvard Medical School Professor & Research Associate, Simmons University School of Social Work Session Title: Ethics Consult Documentation: What to Write, What to Share, and Why it Matters Session Description This interactive keynote session examines best practices in ethics consultation documentation across healthcare settings, with particular attention to transparency, OpenNotes, and patient access to records. Participants will explore how ethics consult notes function as ethical, clinical, legal, and educational tools, and how thoughtful documentation choices can promote trust, shared understanding, and ethical integrity while minimizing potential harms. Session Objectives • Describe the core purposes of ethics consultation documentation • Identify ethical, clinical, and legal risks related to documentation • Apply principles of transparency and OpenNotes to ethics consult notes • Distinguish key components of high‑quality ethics consultation notes • Use documentation strategies that support patient engagement and interdisciplinary collaboration Plenary Presenter Hilary Mabel, JD, HEC‑C Core Faculty, Bioethicist/Healthc