May 21, 2025, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Venue: University of Göttingen
VENUE
University of Göttingen
Conference Center at the Observatory
Geismar Landstr. 11b
37083 Göttingen
https://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/tagungszentrum+an+der+sternwarte/125324.html
COSTS AND REGISTRATION
Participation is free of charge. We are applying for continuing education credits from the Lower Saxony Medical Association. Please register to attend the event by May 11, 2025, by sending an email to:
bochum-salus-project@rub.de
ORGANIZER
- A conference organized by the “Ethics in Psychiatry” Working Group at the AEM, in collaboration with the “Digitalization and Health” Working Group at the AEM and the Institute for Ethics and History of Medicine at the University Medical Center Göttingen
- Organizing team: Anna-K. Schomburg (Göttingen), Jakov Gather (Bochum), Sebastian Laacke (Greifswald), Christin Hempeler (Bochum), Dirk Hesse (Moringen)
PROGRAM
starting at 9:30 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
Welcome
10:15 – 10:45 Uhr
Jakob Kaminski (Berlin): Embedded Ethics bei der Entwicklung eines digitalen tools für Menschen
mit psychischen Erkrankungen
10:45 – 11:15 Uhr
Joschka Haltaufderheide (Potsdam): Embedded Ethics in der Psychiatrie – Neue Wege am Schnittpunkt
psychiatrischer und digitaler Forschung
11:15 – 11:45 Uhr
Manuela Dudek (Ulm): Von der Fussfessel zum Nanochip – Digitalisierung im Maßregelvollzug
10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Dirk Hesse (Moringen): Digitalization in Forensic Psychiatry
12:15 – 1:00 p.m.
LUNCH BREAK
1:00 – 1:30 p.m.
Matthias Koller (Göttingen): Total Surveillance Through Digitalization?
1:30 – 2:00 p.m.
Kurt Schnell (Heidelberg): Using the patient journey in the ethical evaluation of medical IT, using the ePA as an example
2:00 – 2:30 p.m.
Andreas Meißner (Munich): The Electronic Health Record (ePA) – Professional Confidentiality at Risk
2:30 – 3:00 p.m.
Coffee break
3:00 – 3:30 p.m.
Sabine Müller (Berlin): Ideas for an alternative ePA: Data Protection and Patient Benefits
3:30 – 4:00 p.m.
Giovanni Rubeis (Greifswald): Digital Health Applications (DiGAs) in Psychotherapy
4:00 p.m.
Farewell
Digitalization in medicine, and particularly in psychiatry, opens up a wide range of changes in
patient care. The implementation of “digitalization” in psychiatry encompasses various areas of application
with the goal of optimizing psychiatric care, improving access to
diagnostics and treatment, and evaluating treatments. For example, digital health applications
such as apps for patients offer the possibility of supporting treatment through
online-based interventions. The use of artificial intelligence (AI) encompasses not only possibilities for treatment planning but also opportunities for the early diagnosis of mental disorders, as well as in therapeutic procedures. Also conceivable are digital applications that optimize therapeutic procedures and monitor their implementation. Furthermore, the electronic health record represents a means of data collection and storage intended to contribute to the improvement of medical care.
From medical-ethical, psychiatric, and legal perspectives, these new developments are sometimes the subject of
controversial debate. To what extent is digitalization changing psychiatric and psychotherapeutic care
for patients? What are the benefits, but also what are the risks associated with this? Can digital applications
simplify access to psychiatric care, or might they even make access more difficult for certain groups?
From an ethical and legal perspective, what boundaries are important when considering the specific situation
of people with mental illnesses?
The AEM working groups “Ethics in Psychiatry” and “Digitalization and Health” would like to explore these questions
at a joint event from an interdisciplinary perspective. The event is aimed
at members of both working groups as well as the interested (professional) public.