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Paula Goodman-Crews

Professional Experience

May 2000 - Present
Bioethics Consultant, Kaiser Permanente, San Diego, California

Bioethics Consultant Special Projects

•Co-Principle Investigator, AHRQ funded "Effect of Ethics Consultations on Nonbeneficial Life-Sustaining Treatments in the Intensive Care Setting: A Randomized Controlled Trial ", 2002
•Consultant, Kaiser Permanente Southern California Regional Bioethics Committee Annual Orientation for New Bioethics Committee Members, Co-Creator, Co-Lecture, 2002 - present
•Institutional Trainer, Bayer Institute "Conversations at the End of Life", 2001 - present
•Institutional Trainer, Bayer Institute "Communicating Unanticipated Adverse Outcomes", 2003 - present
•Member, Situation Management Team, immediate guidance for physicians in setting of adverse outcomes, 2003 - present
•Functional Leader, JCAHO Chapter "Ethics, Rights,Responsibilities", 2004 - present
•Trainer, Curriculum Development, "Advance Care Planning for Health Care", monthly classes taught for Kaiser members, 2000 - present
•Planning Committee Member, Kaiser Permanente Southern California Regional Bioethics Symposium, 2002 - present
•Consultant, Kaiser Permanente Southern California Regional Bioethics/ Subcommittee on Policy Suggestion, revisions to following Kaiser Regional Policies: Forgoing Life-Sustaining Treatment 2004; Advance Directives for Health Care 2002; Advance Directive Documentation, 2000 - present
•Consultant, Kaiser Permanente SCAL Region/ National; creation of clinical pathways for code status, advance care planning, end of life documentation for launching of HealthConnect (electronic medical record), 2005
•Team Leader, IHI/ Kaiser End of Life Care Quality Improvement Project, "Improving Palliative Care in the ICU", 2004
•Kaiser End of Life Care Quality Improvement Projects, " Collaborative CHF Population Management/ Advance Care Planning"; "Advance Directive Documentation", 2002 - present
•CME Program Planner, Kaiser San Diego Bioethics/ End of Life Committee Annual CME Symposiums, 2000 - present
•"Retrospective Chart Review of Coded Patients not Surviving Codes", quality improvement project,

Professional Publications

JAMA. 2003;290:1166-1172.
"Effect of Ethics Consultations on Nonbeneficial Life-Sustaining Treatments in the Intensive Care Setting: A Randomized Controlled Trial"
Lawrence J. Schneiderman, MD; Todd Gilmer, PhD; Holly D. Teetzel, MA; Daniel O. Dugan, PhD; Jeffrey Blustein, PhD; Ronald Cranford, MD; Kathleen B. Briggs, MA, LICSW; Glen I. Komatsu, MD; Paula Goodman-Crews, MSW, LCSW; Felicia Cohn, PhD; Ernlé W. D. Young, PhD

Professional Publications: Work Submitted and Accepted for Publication

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics: The International Journal for Healthcare Ethics and Ethics Committees
Dissatisfaction with Ethics Consultations: The Anna Karenina Principle
Larry Schneiderman, MD; Todd Gilmer, Ph.D. Holly D. Teetzel, M.A.; Daniel O. Dugan, Ph.D. Ernlé W.D. Young, Ph.D, .Paula Goodman-Crews, MSW, LCSW; Felicia Cohn, Ph.D.;

Education

June 1981 Master of Social Work, The Ohio State University, College of Social Work

May 1979 Bachelor of Science, Cum Laude, University of Maryland , College of Human Ecology