Ray E Moseley

Ray E Moseley, PhD

Associate Professor

Department: MD-BIOETHICS LAW / MEDICINE
Business Phone: (352) 273-5150
Business Email: rmoseley@ufl.edu

About Ray E Moseley

Ray Moseley, Ph.D. Program in Bioethics, Law and Medical Professionalism University of Florida College of Medicine

Dr. Moseley received his Master’s Degree in Philosophy and Medical Ethics at the University of Tennessee and completed his Doctorate in Bioethics at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.

Dr. Moseley is the Director of the UF Health Clinical Ethics Consultation and holds the Grace H. Osborn Professorship in Bioethics and is a member of the Bioethics, Law and Medical Professionalism Program, UF College of Medicine

He is the Founder and Senior Board Member of the Florida Bioethics Network (FBN), and plays a key role in the development of the FBN as a significant statewide resource. Dr. Moseley is an expert on hospital ethics services/committees and research ethics, and he serves as vice chair of the UF IRB and is the co-author of the FBN Guidelines for Ethics Committees, and the author of the CITI Training modules for members of clinical ethics committees/consultants. He regularly consults with national and international governments/institutions on the development of health care ethics services and human subject’s protections programs.

His research focuses on technological approaches to effectively addressing clinical ethics issues, and his research has included major grants to develop an innovative Ipad App which assists with developing and documenting Advance Directives, including Video Advance Directives, and a project to create and evaluate an interactive electronic informed consent form and process. His publications include articles on “Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Medical Treatment”, “Advance Medical Directives”, “Genetic Testing”, and “Ethics Committees”.

Additional Positions:
Director of UF Clinical Ethics Service
2021 – Current · UF Health

Accomplishments

UF Technology Innovator Award
2015 · University of Florida Office of Technology
FBN Senior Board Member
1991-2023 · Florida Bioethics Network
Founder and, First President of the Florida Bioethics Network
1990-1991 · Florida Bioethics Network

Teaching Profile

Courses Taught
2020-2023
PAS5005 Behav and Commnty Med 1
2019-2020,2022-2025
BMS6813 Introduction to Clinical Medicine 2A
2018,2020-2024,2024
BMS6812 Intro Clin Med 2
2019,2023-2025
BMS6810 Introduction to Clinical Medicine 1A
2013,2018
MDT7100 Elect Top/Community
2018
MDC7830 Psychiatry Clerkship
2018
MDC7400 Pediatric Clerkship
2018
MDC7124 Family Med/Geriatrics
2018,2024
BMS6300 Fund Micro and Immuno
2014,2017
GMS6335 Advanced Stem Cell Biology: Tissue Engineering
2015
GMS7093 Introduction to Clinical and Translational Research
2010-2013
MEL7947 Elect Top/Community
2021,2024
BMS6814 Intro Clin Med 4
2024
BMS6816 Cancer Bio Clin Oncol
Teaching Philosophy
My focus on teaching medical students, residents and physicians generally uses a modified Socratic case based method that challenges students to think outside of the box and to engage in critical analysis that develops defensible, reason based positions on difficult, complex and often controversial bioethics issues. I also believe it is crucial to always treat students, residents and physicians in a collegial professional manner recognizing that this subject matter may be quite different than their past educational focus and thus lead to some discomfort and stress. I also routinely use humor and personal experiences to put the audience/students at ease and to illustrate just how difficult some of the ethical issues facing physician physicians and other health care professionals are.

Research Profile

Areas of Interest
  • Ethics in healthcare

Publications

2024
Incorporating Patient Values in Large Language Model Recommendations for Surrogate and Proxy Decisions.
Critical care explorations. 6(8) [DOI] 10.1097/CCE.0000000000001131. [PMID] 39132980.
2021
An Electronic Tool to Support Patient-Centered Broad Consent: A Multi-Arm Randomized Clinical Trial in Family Medicine.
Annals of family medicine. 19(1):16-23 [DOI] 10.1370/afm.2610. [PMID] 33431386.
2021
Systematic Analysis of Extracting Data on Advance Directives from Patient Electronic Health Records (EHR) in Terminal Oncology Patients.
Journal of palliative care. 36(4):211-218 [DOI] 10.1177/08258597211001153. [PMID] 33711237.
2019
Does an interactive trust-enhanced electronic consent improve patient experiences when asked to share their health records for research? A randomized trial.
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA. 26(7):620-629 [DOI] 10.1093/jamia/ocz015. [PMID] 30938751.
2018
Patient preferences toward an interactive e-consent application for research using electronic health records.
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA. 25(3):360-368 [DOI] 10.1093/jamia/ocx145. [PMID] 29272408.
2015
The business of accreditation.
Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology. 22(3):504-6 [DOI] 10.1007/s12350-014-0021-3. [PMID] 25376669.
2012
Will the last health care professional to forgo patient advocacy please call an ethics consult?
The American journal of bioethics : AJOB. 12(8):19-20 [DOI] 10.1080/15265161.2012.692447. [PMID] 22852537.
2011
Informed consent process in Alpha-1 testing of at-risk children: views of parents and adults tested as children.
COPD. 8(1):30-8 [DOI] 10.3109/15412555.2010.541958. [PMID] 21299476.
2005
The problem with advance directives: maybe it is the medium, not the message.
Archives of gerontology and geriatrics. 41(2):211-9 [PMID] 15899529.
2001
Family physicians and the family covenant model’s usefulness in solving genetic testing conflicts.
The American journal of bioethics : AJOB. 1(3):28-9 [PMID] 11954586.
1994
Development of hospital ethics committees.
The Journal of the Florida Medical Association. 81(1):42-3 [PMID] 8133235.
1993
Ethical and practical implications of the human genome initiative for family medicine.
Archives of family medicine. 2(11):1158-63 [PMID] 8124491.
1993
Insurance and genetic testing: where are we now?
American journal of human genetics. 52(3):565-77 [PMID] 8447322.
1991
Commentary: maintaining the somatic/germ-line distinction: some ethical drawbacks.
The Journal of medicine and philosophy. 16(6):641-7 [PMID] 1787392.
1991
Prenatal screening for illegal drugs. Dilemma for the nurse-midwife.
Journal of nurse-midwifery. 36(4):245-8 [PMID] 1895174.

Grants

Sep 2015 – Aug 2019
An Interactive Patient-Centered Consent for Research Using Medical Records
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: NATL INST OF HLTH NICHD

Education

PhD, in Philosophy, concentration in Bioethics
1978-1984 · Georgetown University, Kennedy Institute of Ethics
Advanced Residency in Medical Ethics
1977 · University of Tennessee, Lakeshore Mental Health Institute
Clinical Practicum in Bioethics
1976 · University of Tennessee, Center for the Health Sciences
MA in Philosophy, concentation in Medical Ethics
1973-1978 · University of Tennessee

Contact Details

Phones:
Business:
(352) 273-5150
Emails:
Business:
rmoseley@ufl.edu
Addresses:
Business Mailing:
PO BOX 100237
BIOETHICS, LAW & MEDICAL PROFESSIONALISM
GAINESVILLE FL 326100237
Business Street:
BIOETHICS, LAW & MEDICAL PROFESSIONALISM
1600 SW ARCHER RD G1-022
COMMUNITY HEALTH & FAMILY MEDICINE
GAINESVILLE FL 326103001