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 MSB 1.006 with the exception of the January 11 lecture, which will be held in MSB B.645.
In order to receive credit, students must attend at least five lectures.
| Date | Lecture Title | Guest Speaker |
| January 4 | 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 |
| January 11 | 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 17 | Well Enough to Execute | Eugene Boisaubin, M.D., Professor, Internal Medicine; Associate Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program, UT Medical School at Houston |
| February 9 | End-of-Life Care | Khalid Almoosa, M.D., M.Sc., FCCP, Assistant Professor, Critical Care Medicine, UT Medical School at Houston |
| February 15 | Medical Ethics During Armed Conflicts | Richard Bradley, M.D., FACEP, Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine, UT Medical School |
| March 20 | Ethical Dilemmas in Reproductive Medicine | Sandra Darilek, M.S., CGC, Visiting Professor, Pediatrics and Genetics, UT Medical School at Houston |
| March 28 | Religion and Ethics | Nathan Carlin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics, UT Medical School at Houston |
For more information about this class, you may contact one of the student coordinators at:
Alessandra.Sugranes@uth.tmc.edu; or Megan.E.Land@uth.tmc.edu.