"Professionalism and Medicine's Social Contract with Society"

 Presenters: Richard Cruess, MD, Sylvia Cruess, MD
October 23, 2007, Noon - 1:00pm
SSOM Tobin hall (190)

Richard L. Cruess, M.D., is a Princeton University B.A., and a Columbia University M.D.. He is a Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, as well as a Member of the Centre for Medical Education at McGill University. He previously served as Chair of Orthopaedics at the Royal Victoria Hospital (1967-1981), as Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University (1981-1995), and as President of the Association of Canadian Medical Colleges (1992-1995). Since 1995 he has spoken on the subject around the world and published extensively on its definition, its relationship to the social contract, and how to teach and evaluate it. 

Sylvia R. Cruess is a Vassar College B.A., and a Columbia University M.D.. She is an Endocrinologist, a Professor of Medicine, as well as a Member of the Centre for Medical Education at McGill University. She previously served as Director of the Metabolic Day Centre (1968-1978) and as Medical Director of the Royal Victoria Hospital (1978-1995) in Montreal, and a Member of the Deschamps Commission on Conduct of Research on Humans in Establishments. Since 1995 she has spoken on the subject around the world and published extensively on its definition, its relationship to the social contract, and how to teach and evaluate it.