Harold Bland, M.D., has completed the Children's Mercy Center for Pediatric Bioethics Certificate Program. Bland is one of 26 graduates of the program for 2013-14. The nine-month program is the only medical ethics program in the United States focusing exclusively on pediatrics.
The program is designed to help clinicians understand common pediatric bioethical issues. This year’s class included doctors, nurses, chaplains and social workers from the U.S., Canada, Norway and Saudi Arabia.
“Our Certificate Program teaches participants to analyze the ethical issues particular to pediatrics. We want to train teachers who can go back to their home institutions and help others become better clinicians,” said John Lantos, director of the Children’s Mercy Bioethics Center.
Bland is the pediatrics education director and professor of pediatrics at the Florida State University College of Medicine.