Healing by Killing
In cooperation with UT School of Nursing, this blue book elective is offered to UT Medical School students for blue book credit. This interprofessional course will explore ethics through the perspective of various historical case studies, focusing primarily on Nazi Germany. Key topics such as the response of the US government and blood banks to the emerging HIV/AIDS epidemic will be examined as well as the history of the central role played by physicians and nurses in planning and implementing genocide in the name of eugenics and racial hygiene during the Holocaust. It will focus on exploring the lessons we can learn from history as we confront the challenges of problems in today's society and in the future.
This course is being offered to UT Medical School students as an entirely online course, with the exception of the April 25 evening session which will bring together all nursing and medical students completing the course. This activity will be held at the School of Nursing, and for those who want to attend the in-person lectures, the sessions will be held at the School of Nursing (6901 Bertner Avenue), Room 320 on Wednesdays from 12:00 — 1:00 pm. In addition to the lectures, there will an assigned movie each week.
In order to receive blue book credit, students are asked to meet the following requirements:
- Attend or watch online 4 lectures as well as the assigned films for the week;
- Participate in online discussion of the 4 selected lectures; and
- Attend an evening event on Wednesday, April 25.
| January 18 | Introduction to Bioethics | Jeffrey Spike, Ph.D., Professor, UT Medical School |
| January 25 | Community Response to Infectious Disease — Hansen's Disease | Cathy Rozmus, D.S.N., R.N., Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, UT School of Nursing |
| February 1 | HIV/AIDS in the 1980s | Adan Rios, M.D., Associate Professor, UT Medical School |
| February 8 | Eugenics in the United States | Cathy Rozmus, D.S.N., R.N., Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, UT School of Nursing |
| February 15 | Field Trip Opportunity: Holocaust Museum Day | Cathy Rozmus, D.S.N., R.N., Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, UT School of Nursing |
| February 22 | Eugenics in Germany | Ron Karni, M.D., Assistant Professor, UT Medical School |
| February 29 | Euthanasia in Germany: 1930s to 1940s | Ron Karni, M.D., Assistant Professor, UT Medical School |
| March 14 | Research in Germany: 1930s to 1940s | Ron Karni, M.D., Assistant Professor, UT Medical School |
| March 21 | The Role of Nurses in Socialist Germany | Cathy Rozmus, D.S.N., R.N., Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, UT School of Nursing |
| March 28 | Physicians and Nurses in the Camp | Ron Karni, M.D., Assistant Professor, UT Medical School |
| April 4 | The Interests of the Community and the Interests of Individuals | Joan Engebretson, Dr.P.H., R.N., AHN-BC, Professor, UT School of Nursing |
| April 11 | The Tuskegee Syphilis Study | Nathan Carlin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, UT Medical School |
| April 18 | Japanese Medical Research in World War II | John Cooke, Nursing Student, UT School of Nursing |
| April 25 | Evening Discussion Activity: How Historical Lessons Can Be Applied to Current, Relevant Ethical Dilemmas | Students of UT Medical School and UT School of Nursing will lead discussion |
To register for this class, contact Angela.Polczynski@uth.tmc.edu. For more information about this class, contact Nathan.Carlin@uth.tmc.edu.