Division of
Medical Ethics Calendar:
February, 2007
Activities and
Programs
February's Literature Recommendation for your enjoyment from
our Medical Humanities Scholar, Tess Jones, is "Songs From the Black
Chair" by Charles Barber...."Songs From the Black Chair" is an unflinchingly realistic
and deeply compassionate essay by Charles Barber on his experiences as an
intake worker at the Bellevue Men's Shelter in New York. First published in the
Bellevue Literary Review, the essay was selected for reprint in Utne Magazine
and was selected for inclusion in Pushcart's Best of the Small Presses
2005
Friday, February
2
Division of Medical Ethics Resident House Staff
Conference*
12:30 p.m. at the VA Medical Center in the Tsagaris
Conference Room
The topic is “Malpractice: How
the law deals with medical mistakes.” The facilitators will be Jeff
Botkin, M.D. and Leslie Francis, Ph.D., J.D.
Wednesday,
February 7
Physicians Literature and Medicine Discussion Group*
LDSH Pugh Boardroom (1st floor)
We will discuss Washington Square by Henry James. Our facilitator
will be Brooke Hopkins, Ph.D. Dinner will start at 6:15 p.m. Discussion will
begin at 6:30 p.m. Call the DMEH for more information 408-1135
Friday, February
9
Division of Medical Ethics Resident House Staff Conference*
12:30 p.m. at the UUMC Cartwright Conference Room
The topic is
“Malpractice: How the law deals with medical
mistakes.” The facilitators will be Armand Antommaria, M.D. and
Elliot Williams, J.D.
Friday, February
16
Division of Medical Ethics Resident House Staff
Conference*
12:30 p.m. in the LDSH classroom D/E/F
The topic is
“Malpractice: How the law deals with medical
mistakes.” The facilitators will be Jay Jacobson, M.D. and Roger
Sharp J.D.
Monday February
26 - Friday, March 23
Doctor Patient Relationship in Literature and the
Arts /INTMD 7992
A University of Utah Course for medical students
co-taught by DMEH Associate, Mark Matheson, D. Phil from the Department of
English and Tess Jones, Ph.D. from the Division of Medical Ethics and
Humanities. This course introduces and analyzes literature and visual arts that
raise and illuminate issues central to the doctor-patient
relationship.
Tuesday,
February 27
Evening Ethics Discussion*
7:30 p.m.
Our
topic of discussion will be “ New Ideas about
Advance Directives in Utah”. Please call the Division for articles
and more information. 408-1135 *This event is approved for 1 CME credit hour
through the University of Utah
*This event is approved for 1 CME credit
hour through the University of Utah
* CME Statements and Disclosures
Accreditation: The University of Utah School of
Medicine CME is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical
Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation: The University of Utah School of Medicine designates
this continuing medical education activity for a maximum of 1.5 credit hours in
Category 1 of the Physician Recognition Award of the American Medical
Association. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that
he/she actually spent in the educational activity.
Faculty
Disclosure: The University of Utah adheres to ACCME Standards regarding
industry support of continuing medical education, and disclosure of faculty and
commercial sponsor relationships (if any) will be made known at the activity.
Speakers are also expected to openly disclose inclusion of discussion of any
off-label, experimental, or investigational use of drugs, devices, or equipment
in their presentations.
ADA: The University of Utah complies with
the Americans with Disabilities Act by providing qualified individuals with
disabilities access to University programs, services and activities. Reasonable
prior notice is needed to arrange accommodations. Please call Natalie at
408-1135 to request an accommodation.
Program
Previews
Literature and Medicine
Wednesday,
February 7, 2007
LDS
Hospital
6:15 p.m. in Pugh Board Room
Play: Washington
Square, by Henry James
Facilitator:
Brooke Hopkins
Our
Facilitator Brooke Hopkins writes: "Washington Square is a short early
novel by Henry James (an author whom, to my knowledge, we haven't discussed in
these sessions) that features a particularly interesting medical figure, the
father of the heroine, Catherine Sloper. Unlike James' later work, Washington
Square is short and quite accessible. It's also a perplexing and troubling
novel, one that I think you'll find quite interesting. I look forward to
discussing it with you.
" …During a
portion of the first half of the present century, and more particularly during
the latter part of it, there flourished and practiced in the city of New York a
physician who enjoyed perhaps an exceptional share of the consideration which,
in the United States, has always been bestowed upon distinguished members of
the medical profession. This profession in America has constantly been held in
honor, and more successfully than elsewhere has put forth a claim to the
epithet of "liberal". In a country in which, to play a social part, you must
either earn your income or make believe that you earn it, the healing art has
appeared in a high degree to combine two recognized sources of credit. -
Washington Square
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A light dinner will be served at 6:15
p.m. and the discussion will start at 6:30 p.m.
For more information about this program,
call 408-1135.
RSVP to Jay Jacobson at jay.jacobson@intermountainmail.org .
This activity is approved by the
University of Utah for 1.5 CME credit hours.
Evening
Ethics Discussion Group
Tuesday, February 27,
2007
New Ideas about Advance
Directives in Utah Advance Directives
Advance Directives have not demonstrated
their effectiveness in shaping the care of incompetent and/or terminally ill
patients. There are a variety of potential reasons for this including; failure
to complete the documents, failure to provide copies of them to relevant
decision makers and healthcare providers, ambiguities in the documents that
lead to misunderstanding and reluctance of surrogates to follow expressed
preferences.
At our discussion we will ask: What
problems with advance directives can a modified form address? What is the
nature and magnitude of the problem that advance directives seek to address?
What steps might we consider in addition to advance directives or perhaps as
alternatives to them that would improve end of life care?
This activity is approved by the
University of Utah for 1.5 CME credit hours.
Ethics and Public Affairs: Graduate Certificate Program at
the University of Utah
Are you interested in renewing or
deepening your ethical commitment to your work? What about going back to
school? The Certificate in Ethics and Public Affairs is an interdepartmental
program administered through the Graduate School and the Philosophy and
Political Science Departments at the University of Utah. The 15-credit program
(four courses and a research paper) is meant to enable those who hold
Bachelor's degrees to engage in graduate level work without the hassles of
gaining entrance to a Master's or Ph.D. program. Without having to take the
GRE, you could focus on your study in areas such as conflict resolution,
healthcare, bioethics, human rights, education, social services, the legal
system, or government. Up to 9 of the 15 hours can count toward a graduate
degree. For more information, visit http://www.epa.utah.edu/, or call Dr. Luke
Garrott, 585-3722.
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