Call for applications to participate in the EDEM Training School on Ethics in Dementia
Lithuania 21th and 22th of September
The EC Cost action EDEM (CA21137) will host an Autumn Training School on the 21th and 22st of September 2023. The purpose of the school is to upskill mainly early-stage researchers in theoretical and applied aspects of ethical issues as they pertain to dementia care.
EDEM is a multi-disciplinary network of academics and practioners with a mission to promote the dignity, autonomy, and quality of life of people with dementia and their formal and informal caregivers while facing ethical challenges concerning dementia care. We aim to develop an ethical framework, recommendations and an educational toolkit available for use across Europe. The training school will entail a mixture of lectures and workshops which will be highly interactive with group discussions and debates on cases. As such it could appeal to either scholars or practioners interested in dementia and ethics or already working within the field.
Program
The training school covers two days:
• The first day we will focus on discussing how relevant theories and principles can be used to analyse ethical issues in dementia research, care and policy including theories of autonomy, dignity and personhood. We will focus on applying the relevant theories and principles to dementia care.
• The second day will focus on the theory of person-centred care providing participants with an understanding of the work of Tom Kitwood on personhood and dementia. We will then look at the core skills to achieve person centred care and the work of Steven Sabat and others on meaning making in communication with people with dementia. These are fundamental ideas for engaging with people with dementia in either research or clinical care.
Participants may be asked to present their own research and discuss it with fellow participants during the training school.
The detailed program will be published on the project’s website (link to be provided) in the beginning of May 2023.
Apply for participation
If you are interested in applying for participating in the training school please send a CV, including academic affiliation and research interests, and a short application where you state your research interests and how participation in the training school will further your work.
The application should be max one A-4 page (no more than 500 words).
Application and CV should be emailed to Lucca-Mathilde Thorup Ferm at [email protected] with Kate Irving [email protected] and Sigurd Lauridsen [email protected] in cc.
The deadline for the first call is 20th of May 2023.
Priority will be given to early / mid-career researchers and also use diversity in gender, academic backgrounds and nationalities as assessment criteria.
Among the successful applicants, several participants will be invited to also apply to participate in a two-day EDEM workshop focused on developing the EDEM network, prior to the training school.
Reimbursement
Expenses associated with participation in both events will be reimbursed to all participants according to the EU COST Annotated Rules. This includes transport and daily allowances (sufficient to cover hotels and meals).
Upcoming training schools
This is the first of three training schools on ethics in dementia organized by the Ethics in Dementia (EDEM) COST Action network which will be arranged throughout the following four years.
