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Ethics of Pandemic Medicine
Dr. Copel will help learners to understand basic ethics principles and how to apply them to their practice.
Learning objectives:
- Define important principles of ethics.
- Describe ethics of pandemic medicine.
- Understand the approach to pandemic medicine.
- Overview of COVID-19 pandemic.
- What can we change and improve for the future.
Disclosures: None
The New York State Osteopathic Medical Society (NYSOMS) is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) to provide osteopathic medical education to physicians. NYSOMS designates this program for a maximum of 1 AOA Category 1-A CME credits and will report CME and specialty credits commensurate with the extent of the physician's participation in this activity.
All grievances may be directed to NYSOMS Executive Director at nysoms@nysoms.org. All grievances will receive an initial response within 30 days of receipt. If the participant does not receive a satisfactory response, they can submit a complaint to the Bureau of Osteopathic Education of the AOA at 142 East Ontario Street, Chicago, IL 60611.
Emily Copel, DO
Dr. Copel was born and raised on Long Island and attended Indiana University Bloomington obtaining her Bachelor of Science in Applied Health Science in Health Education with a focus on secondary teaching. She did an international teaching program and student taught in Glasgow Scotland at Hillhead High School just prior to graduating in May of 2002. In July 2001 she joined the Greenlawn Fire Department as an Emergency Medical Technician and Class A fire fighter. During her 13 years in the volunteer fire department Dr. Copel obtained her EMT- CC certification, became an American Heart Association CPR instructor and a Suffolk county EMS instructor. After graduating she returned to Long Island and worked as a Health teacher before deciding to return to school to become a physician. During the three and a half years of her post baccalaureate studies she worked for New York Presbyterian EMS in New York City working in Washington Heights. Dr. Copel went on to attend NYITCOM and graduated in 2011. After graduation Dr. Copel completed a Traditional Osteopathic Internship at Southampton Hospital in Southampton, NY then a Family Medicine Residency at Good Samaritan Hospital in West Islip, NY and finally a fellowship in Hospice and Palliative Care medicine at Jamaica Hospital in Jamaica, NY. She is currently an attending physician on the Palliative Care team at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Good Samaritan Hospital in NY. In addition, she is a Hospitalist at Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead, NY, Flushing Hospital Emergency Department and GoHealth Urgent Care. Dr. Copel is also currently studying Biomedical Ethics and is a candidate for a Masters in Biomedical Ethics at Einstein School of Medicine in NY.
