Hot Topics in Ethics
Sponsored by the McGovern Center, this course is coordinated by first- and second-year medical students. Each year, this course focuses on current issues relating to ethics in medicine.
All lectures will be held from 12:00 — 1:00 pm in an MSB room TBD.
In order to receive credit, students must attend at least six lectures.
| Date | Lecture Title | Guest Speaker |
| January 8 | Well Enough to Execute | Eugene Boisaubin, M.D., Professor, Internal Medicine; Associate Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program, UT Medical School at Houston |
| January 18 | Patient Decision Making | Jennifer Blumenthal-Barby, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Medicine and Medical Ethics, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine |
| January 22 | End of Life Care | Khalid Almoosa, M.D., M.Sc., FCCP, Assistant Professor, Critical Care Medicine, UT Medical School at Houston |
| February 7 | Medical Ethics of Armed Conflicts | Richard Bradley, M.D., FACEP, Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine, UT Medical School |
| February 18 | Religion, Teenagers, and Ethics | Jeffrey Spike, Ph.D., Professor, Family and Community Medicine; Samuel E. Karff Chair, McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics, UT Medical School at Houston |
| February 26 | Healthcare Disparities | Joanne Oakes, M.D., Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine, UT Medical School |
| March 19 | Religion and Ethics | Nathan Carlin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics, UT Medical School at Houston |
| April 4 | Ethical Dilemmas in Reproductive Medicine | Sandra Darilek, M.S., CGC, Visiting Professor, Pediatrics and Genetics, UT Medical School at Houston |
For more information about this class, you may contact one of the student coordinators at:
Jeffrey.J.Mattingly@uth.tmc.edu; or Kristin.R.Bunata@uth.tmc.edu.