Jill Burkemper, PhD

Jill E. Burkemper, PhD Assistant Professor, Certificate Program Director Email: burkemje@slu.edu

Jill Burkemper is a part-time Assistant Professor of Health Care Ethics. She completed her PhD in philosophy at the International Academy of Philosophy in Liechtenstein. She teaches "Ethics in Nursing and Health Care" in Saint Louis University's graduate nursing program. She is Program Director for the Center's "Certificate in Clinical Health Care Ethics." Her research interests presently include bioethics, nursing ethics, and ethics education.

Scholarly Grants and Contracts

"Ethics Education in MSN Programs: A Study of National Trends," $5,000 funded by the National League for Nursing. September 2003 - September 2004.

"Ethics in Medical Education," $12,000 funded by the Marchetti Fund, St. Louis. Co-PI with James DuBois. July 1, 1999 - June 30, 2000.

Selected Recent Publications

With DuBois, J.M., Lavin, M.A., Meyer, G.A., McSweeney, M. “Ethics Education in MSN Programs: A Study of National Trends.” Nursing Education Perspectives, vol. 28, no. 1 (2007).

"God's Dominion and the Wrongness of Killing," Health Care Ethics USA, vol. 10, no. 3 (2002).

With DuBois, J.M. "Ethics Education in U.S. Medical Schools: A Study of Syllabi," Academic Medicine, vol. 77, no. 5 (May 2002).

With DuBois, JM, Voss, K. "Research Ethics in Medical Education: An Analysis of Syllabi," In: Steneck NH, Scheetz MD (Eds), Research on Research Integrity. Proceedings of the First Research Conference on Research Integrity; 2000 Nov 18-20 (Bethesda, Maryland: Office of Research Integrity, Department of Health and Human Services; 2001).

"Patient Authorization Cannot Justify Physician-Assisted Suicide," Health Care Ethics USA, vol. 8, no. 3 (Fall, 2000).

"Dying with Dignity, Crying for Clarity," Health Care Ethics USA, vol. 8, no. 1 (Winter 2000): 7-8.

Selected Recent Presentations

"Ethics Education in MSN Programs: A Study of National Trends," presentation at the National League for Nursing Education Summit 2004, Orlando, FL, October 1, 2004.

"Health Care Ethics in the Common Morality, " presentation to Foundations for Ethics Continuing Education Institute, Center for Health Care Ethics, St. Louis, MO, May 2001.

With DuBois, J.M. "Research Ethics in Medical Education: An Analysis of Syllabi," Plenary session presentation at the Office of Research Integrity's "Research on Research Ethics Conference," Bethesda, MD, November 2000.

With DuBois, J.M. "Ethics in Undergraduate Medical Education: A Survey Study," poster presentation at the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities annual conference, Salt Lake City, UT, October 2000.

With DuBois, J.M. "Ethics Education in US Medical Schools: An Analysis of Ethics Course Syllabi," presentation at Association for Practical and Professional Ethics Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, OH, March 1-4, 2000.

Active Professional Memberships

National League for Nursing
American Society for Bioethics and Humanities

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Department of Health Care Ethics
Mailing Address: Department of Health Care Ethics
221 North Grand Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63103-2006
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