Creighton University - Center for Health Policy & Ethics

 Amy M. Haddad, PhD

Director, Center for Health Policy and Ethics
Dr. C.C. and Mabel L. Criss Endowed Chair in Health Sciences

PhD, 1988, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
MSN, 1979, University of Nebraska Medical Center
BSN, 1975, Creighton University

Dr. Amy Haddad
Creighton University Medical Center
Center for Health Policy and Ethics, 113
2500 California Plaza
Omaha, NE 68178
(402) 280.2164 tel
(402) 280.5735 fax
ahaddad@creighton.edu

Biography

Dr. Amy Marie Haddad is the Director for the Center for Health Policy & Ethics and the Dr. C.C. and Mabel L. Criss Endowed Chair in the Health Sciences. She received her BSN from Creighton University in 1975, her MSN from the University of Nebraska Medical Center in 1979 and her PhD in education from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1988. She has been involved in education in the health sciences since 1979 at the College of Saint Mary in the nursing program, then moving on to Creighton where she has taught ethics in the health sciences since 1984.

Her publications include numerous journal articles and several books such as:
  • Purtilo, R. B. & Haddad, A. M. (2007). The Health Professional and Patient Interaction. (7th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: W.B. Saunders Co. 
  • Veatch, R. M., & Haddad, A. M. (2007). Case Studies in Pharmacy Ethics. (2nd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Haddad, A. & Jensen, G. (Eds.) (2005). Journal of Physical Therapy Education, special issue on scholarship of teaching and learning in physical therapy education.
  • Haddad, A. (2005). Chapter 94: “Application of Ethical Principles to Practice Dilemmas” in Part 8: Pharmacy Practice, Section A: Fundamentals of Pharmacy Practice, Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy, 21st ed., Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA, pp. 1745-1752.
  • Haddad, A. (2005) “Applying the scholarship of teaching and learning to ethics education in occupational and physical therapy,” in Educating for Moral Action: A Sourcebook in Health and Rehabilitation Ethics, F.A. Davis, Publishers, Philadelphia, PA, pp. 305-310, Winner of the Alpha Sigma Nu Book of the Year Award.
  • Haddad, A. M. (1998). The Future of Ethical Decision Making in Health Care. The Nursing Clinics of North America, 33(2), 373.
  • Haddad, A. M., & Kapp, M. B. (1991). Ethical and Legal Issues in Home Health Care: Case Studies and Analyses. Norwalk, CT: Appleton & Lange.

She is the author of a bimonthly column "Ethics in Action" for RN magazine, a role she has held since 1991. She was selected for the national Carnegie Scholars program of the Carnegie Center for the Advancement of the Scholarship of Teaching in 2001. As part of her Carnegie project, Dr. Haddad evaluated various methods of teaching applied ethics including the use of standardized patients. Teaching and learning in ethics education continues to be the primary focus of her research.

Dr. Haddad established a national reputation in the area of pharmacy ethics at Creighton University and has been the coordinator of four national seminars:

Ethics in Pharmacy (1989)
Advanced Ethics: Teaching and Learning Strategies (1991)
Ethical Dimensions of Pharmaceutical Care (1994)
Challenges in Pharmacy Ethics (1997)

Two of the seminars have resulted in the publication of the proceedings for distribution to pharmacy faculty and others interested in pharmacy ethics. A national network of those who teach pharmacy ethics has been established as a Special Interest Group (SIG) in the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy as well as curricular guidelines for teaching pharmacy ethics.

Dr. Haddad has recently been honored for the following:

2007 Pellegrino Medal presented by Healthcare Ethics and Law Institute (HEAL) at Samford University – The award is presented to honor individuals recognized nationally as leaders for contributions to healthcare ethics in the selfless spirit of Edmund D. Pellegrino

2003 Alpha Sigma Nu National Jesuit Book Awards in the Health Sciences Division for the book, Health Professional and Patient Interaction, 6th Edition

2003 Robert K. Chalmers Distinguished Pharmacy Educator Award by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy

Snapshot

View of snapshot of Dr. Haddad's work:

Sharing Difficulties and Resolving Ethical Problems in Small Groups [PDF]

Playing a Standardized Patient in an Ethics Course: What Nursing Students Learn [PDF]

Reflections on Ethics Education and Pharmacy Practice [PDF]