Center for Medical Humanities & Ethics

Videos

Research Ethics Roundup: Neuroethics, presented by Dr. Andrea Giuffrida

Ethics Bites: Legislative Update: New Laws in Health Care, presented by Brigid Sheridan, JD.

Conversations About Ethics: Through the End of Life, presented by Ira Byock, MD

Research Ethics Roundup: Intellectual Property issues, presented by Gary Sertich, PhD, JD

Health Care is Broken: How Do We Fix It? 7th Annual Frank Bryant Lecture, a Conversations About Ethics event

Ethics Bites; Transplant Ethics, presented by Interim Dean of Medicine Glenn Halff

Music and Medicine: George Gershwin, presented by Dr. Richard Kogan

Research Ethics Roundup: Conduct and Misconduct in Scientific Research, Craig Klugman, PhD

The Worth of a Child. Frost Lecture in Ethics by Thomas Murray, PhD

Cutting for Stone: A Reading by Abraham Verghese

Research Ethics Roundup: Research with Dying Patients and Bereaved Families by Catherine Robichaux, PhD, MSN, CCRN.

Ethics Bites: Financing Health Care: Is There a More Ethical Way? by Fred Campbell, MD

Developing Poster Presentations: How to Create a Roll Poster Using PowerPoint by ACET and UT HSC Briscoe Library

Research Ethics Roundup: The Ethics of Authorship by Linda McManus, PhD

Ethics Bites: Transitioning from Aggressive Treatment to Hospice Care by Melanie Sulistio, MD

Research Ethics Roundup: Eugenics & Medical Science presented by Michael Lichtenstein, MD, M.Sc.

Ethics Bites: A Parental Request to Surgically Silence a Son with Touretteâ€™s Syndrome by G. Richard Holt, MD, MSE, MPH, MABE

Events

One Community. One Book.

Barefoot Heart: Stories of a Migrant Child

Speaker: Elva Treviño Hart
Noon to 1 p.m.
Friday, February 24, 2012
University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio

Elva Treviño Hart will share stories of growing up in a family of migrant farm workers in the 1950s and reflect on education as a way out of poverty, the importance of family and community, and the promotion of cultural competence among health professionals.

A book signing will follow.

Click here for more information.

Fifth Annual Community Service Learning Conference

Meeting the Social Mission: Health Science Education Through Community Collaborations

Keynote Speaker: Fitzhugh Mullan, MD, Murdock Head Professor of Medicine and Health Policy at George Washington University
8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 5, 2012
University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, School of Nursing building

Other Conference Features:

Randy Christensen, MD, is staff physician at Phoenix Children's Hospital and medical director of Crews'n Healthmobile, a mobile medical clinic that provides health care to homeless children. He and Julie Watson, LPN, will talk about their experiences aboard "Big Blue."
Community Service Learning Poster Presentations by student/mentor teams
Community Partner Exhibition
Book Signing by Dr. Randy Christensen, author of "Ask me Why I Hurt."

For agenda, call for abstracts and available continuing education: http://www.texashumanities.org/cslconference

Conversations About Ethics

Tentative

Conversations About Ethics is a series of lectures and discussions about ethics issues presented by the Center for Medical Humanities & Ethics and the Ecumenical Center for Religion and Health through the generous support of Methodist Healthcare Ministries.

Dr. Robert Sapolsky is tentatively scheduled to speak on Monday, April 30, 2012.

For more information, visit texashumanities.org or conversationsaboutethics.org or call 210-567-0795.

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