University of
Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Spring 2008 Series: 2nd Annual Hot Topics
in Medical Ethics: Beyond the Classroom
Sponsored
by grants from the:
American
Medical Association Foundation “Ethics in Action” Program &
Sponsoring
organization: McGovern Center for Health, Humanities, and the Human Spirit
Faculty Sponsor: Eugene Boisaubin, MD
Co-Creators: Gaia Muallem and Chirag B. Patel
Spring 2008 Co-Organizers: Andrea Elliott and Joshua Strommen
Updated 3/26/2008
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II. Series Schedule
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IV. Web Links |
V. Attendance
record for students (updated 3/26/08; refresh your browser for updated
version) |
I.
Requirements
for Credit
Students wishing
to receive Blue Book credit and/or course extra credit (
1) Click on https://bb.uth.tmc.edu/index3.html
2) Log-in with your username and password (the same as you would for your UT-H
email)
3) Once logged in to BlackBoard, click the blue "Courses" tab, and
search for "Hot Topics in Ethics". You will see a button on the right
side of the page that will let you self enroll into this course.
4) Click on the "Submit" button
5) After a moment, you will see a message on the screen confirming your
enrollment in the elective.
6) To confirm
that you have enrolled into the course, you should be able to see “2nd
Annual Hot Topics in Ethics Series - Spring 2008” under
“My Courses” in the upper
right-hand side of your BlackBoard start page.
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Credit for… |
Type of Credit |
Requirements in
Order to Receive Credit |
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Medical students |
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Medical students must attend and sign-in for at least eight of the 11 talks in order to receive Blue Book Credit. |
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Medical students |
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Medical students must attend, sign-in, and complete post-talk surveys for at least eight of the 11 talks in order to receive course extra credit. |
II. Series Schedule
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Date / Time |
Format / Location |
Topic |
Presenters |
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Tues |
Lecture, MSB 1.006 |
Politics and Healthcare |
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Rebecca Lunstroth, JD, MA,
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Tues |
Lecture and Panel, MSB 1.006 |
Family / Caretaker Panel |
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Eugene Boisaubin, MD,
Distinguished Teaching Professor, UT- |
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Thurs |
Lecture, MSB 1.006 |
Healthcare Providers’ “Duty to Treat” During Disasters |
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Howard Brody, MD, PhD, Director,
Institute for the Medical Humanities; John P. McGovern Centennial Chair of
Family Medicine, |
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Thurs |
Lecture, MSB 1.006 |
Evidence-based Ethics and the Care of Extremely Premature
Infants |
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Jon Tyson, MD,
MPH, M. Bain Distinguished Professor in Medicine and Public Health, |
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Tues |
Lecture, MSB 1.006 |
Life, |
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Stanley
Schultz, MD, H. Wayne Hightower Distinguished Professor in the Medical
Sciences; Fondren Family Chair in Cellular Signaling; Professor, Integrative
Biology and Pharmacology, |
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Thurs |
Lecture, MSB 1.006 |
Low Income and Uninsured Americans |
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Lovell
Jones, PhD, Professor, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center Departments of
Gynecologic Oncology and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Director, UT
MD Anderson Center for Research on Minority Health |
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Tues |
Lecture, MSB 1.006 |
Concierge Medicine |
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Sandra Carnahan,
JD, LLM, Associate Professor of Law, |
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Thurs 2/21/08, Noon-1 |
Lecture, MSB 1.006 |
The Ethics of Reproductive Choice |
- Amy Young, MD, Executive Vice Chair, Director of General Obstetrics, and Associate Professor, Baylor College of Medicine Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology |
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Tues |
Lecture, MSB 1.006 |
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Rebecca Lunstroth, JD, MA,
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Thurs |
Panel, MSB 1.006 |
Resident and 3rd/4th Year Medical Student Panel |
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Seth Politano, DO, PGY3 Resident in
Internal Medicine, -
Bilal Ahmed, PGY3 Resident in Internal
Medicine, -
Ryan Barrientos, PGY2 Resident in
Internal Medicine, -
TJ Seiter, MS3, |
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Tues |
Lecture, MSB 1.006 |
Healthcare Disparities Based on Socioeconomic Status |
- Niraj Mehta, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, UT-Houston Medical School Department of Internal Medicine |
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Year |
Topic |
Speaker Presentations |
Speaker Handouts / Links |
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2008 |
Politics and Healthcare |
[pdf file] |
2008 presidential candidates’ plans for healthcare: |
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2008 |
Healthcare Providers’ “Duty to Treat” During Disasters |
[pdf file] |
N/A |
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2008 |
Life, |
[pdf file] |
Houston Chronicle article [pdf file] |
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2008 |
Concierge Medicine |
N/A |
[pdf file] |
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2007, 2008 |
The Ethics of Governmental Healthcare Programs |
N/A |
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2007 |
Ethics and Caution in Medical Practice |
[pdf file] |
N/A |
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2007 |
Healthcare in Different Communities and the Impact of Public Policy |
N/A |
World
Health Organization's (WHO) ‘The Social Determinants of Health: The
Solid Facts’ |
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2007, 2008 |
Health Disparities; Low Income and Uninsured Americans |
N/A |
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2007, 2008 |
Ethics of Reproductive Choice |
[pdf file] |
N/A |
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2007, 2008 |
Experiences of Family with Elder & Long Term Care |
[pdf file] |
N/A |
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2007, 2008 |
Evidence-based Ethics and the Care of Extremely Premature Infants |
[pdf file] |
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2007 |
The Problems of Applying |
[pdf file] |
N/A |
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2007 |
The Controversial Role of the Pharmaceutical Industry in Medicine |
N/A |
Drug Promotion Database; Partnership for Prescription Assistance |
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2007, 2008 |
The Ethics of Medical Professionalism |
[pdf file] |
N/A |
IV. Web Links on Medical Ethics
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American Medical Association (AMA) Medical Ethics |
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NIH bioethics resources |