he Certificate in Medical Ethics is designed to prepare medical clinicians and ethics committee members to perform competent clinical ethics case consultation in a hospital, long-term care, or clinic setting. Medical ethics plays an important—and foundational—role in the provision of modern medical care. Whether through matching treatment plans to patient values, assuring risks and benefits are appropriated weighted and accounted for in decision making, or identifying appropriate surrogates, the responsibilities of ethics case consultation are increasingly complex.