From 2 to 5 December 2025, the KU Leuven Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law will be organising the 13th edition of the intensive course on nursing ethics. The course is interdisciplinary and draws on philosophy, nursing and clinical ethics.

During the course, experts from Belgium and abroad will give lectures on various topics within nursing ethics. During this edition, special attention will be paid to:

• the ethical foundation of nursing,
• dealing with nursing-ethical dilemmas,
• moral distress and ethical leadership in healthcare,
• nursing-ethical reasoning styles,
• characteristics of the ethically competent nurse (EU PROMOCON project),
• relational autonomy in end-of-life care,
• the ethics of tele-palliative care,ethics in neonatology and paediatrics,
• qualitative research in nursing ethics (QUAGOL).

There is plenty of time for discussion. The language of instruction is English.

The course is aimed at participants with diverse professional backgrounds such as nursing, medicine, psychology, social work, pastoral work, philosophy, health care and PhD students in all these areas. Lecturers from colleges, members of ethics committees and managers from all sectors of health care are particularly invited.

For more information and registration, please visit our course website 13th Edition of the Intensive Course on Foundational Approaches, Contemporary and Educational Issues in the Field of Nursing Ethics — KU Leuven or www.cbmer.be directly. On this website, you can also find information in the brochure. You can also email Chris.Gastmans. The deadline for early bird registration is October 15.