The Center for Medical Humanities & Ethics

3rd Annual CSL Conference - April 8, 2010

 

April 8, 2010 Agenda - CSL: Best Practices for Putting Ethics into Action

8:00-8:30 am
8:30-8:45 am
8:45-9:45 am
9:45-10:45 am
10:45-11:00 am
11:00 am-12:00 pm


12:00-1:15 pm
1:15 pm

 

Optional

1:30-5:00 pm

 

6-8 pm

Registration and Continental Breakfast
Opening Remarks - Ruth Berggren, MD
Keynote:  Narrative Medicine & Reflection - Craig Irvine, PhD
Student Panel of Top CSL Projects
Break
Plenary A:  Best Practice:  Student-Run Free Clinics - Ellen Beck, MD
Plenary B:  Best Practice:  Hits and Misses of Community Partnerships - Mike Siefert
Student Poster Session / Lunch
Conference Adjourns

 

Narrative Medicine Workshop with Drs. Craig Irvine and Maura Spiegel. Space is limited - separate registration required.

Night of the Arts: Make a Joyful Noise. Fundraiser for the Student-Run Free Clinics at SAMMinistries, Alpha Home and Seton Home.
April 9, 2010 Agenda - Optional Narrative Medicine Workshop Cont.
8:30 am-12 pm Narrative Medicine Workshop continued. Space is limited - separate registration required. Must attend both sessions.


There is no registration fee for this conference. Lunch is provided for those who register online by March 25, 2010. All UTHSCSA, UTMB and UTHSC-H students, faculty, staff and community partners are invited to attend. Limited funds available for student travel from the San Antonio extension campuses - contact csl@uthscsa.edu for details.

 

There is a separate registration for the optional Narrative Medicine Workshop. See below for details.

 

Conference Objectives
  1. To share best practices in community service learning across the disciplines of the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA), with a focus on narrative writing for reflection and effective community-campus partnerships.

  2. To bring together an inter-professional group of University of Texas (UT) Health Science Center students, faculty and staff from across the state with community partners engaged in service-learning to foster collaborations.

  3. To highlight current and recently completed community service learning projects and future opportunities in the UT Health Science System and surrounding communities.

  4. To recognize and reward excellence in community service learning within the UT Health Science System.

 

 

Narrative Medicine Workshop Objectives

Participants will be able to:

  1. Develop the narrative means for nourishing empathic and ethical doctor-patient relationships

  2. Employ narrative communication strategies for patient-centered and life-framed practice

  3. Apply habits of reflective practice that enhance professionalism and nurture clinical communities

  4. Employ pedagogic skills to teach methods of narrative medicine

  5. Discuss isolation and the cultivation of enduring collegial alliances as a tool to create meaning in clinical practice

More information coming soon - check back for details.