Friday, January 8, 2010
Patient Safety and Clinical
Issues
The
Illinois Healthcare Ethics Committee Forum at the University of Illinois at
Chicago, the Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics
and Health Policy and the DePaul University College of Law Health Law
Institute presents
this one day conference
featuring Keynote Speaker:
Rosemary Gibson, the author of
"Wall of Silence- The Untold Stories of the Medical Mistakes That Kill and Injure Millions of
Americans"
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complete schedule and registration information.
Recently held
conferences:
October 9, 2009
The 8th Annual
Conference on Contemporary Catholic Healthcare Ethics
Featured
presenters:
Farr Curlin, MD,
University of Chicago
Medical
Center,
Chicago,
IL
Ron Hamel, PhD,
Catholic Health Association,
St. Louis, MO
Therese
Lysaught, PhD,
Marquette
University, Milwaukee, WI
Douglas Anderson, MD,
Loyola University Health System, Maywood, IL
Fr. Kevin O'Rourke, OP, JCD, STM,
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine,
Maywood, IL
Click here
for schedule and presentation information.
April 4, 2009
Just
Doctoring
A Medical Leadership Summit on
Sustainable Partnership and Empowerment
from the Local to the Global
This program was designed
primarily for medical students from the greater Chicago and upper Midwest
areas who have demonstrated interest and leadership aptitude toward
empowering the underserved and reforming the health-care system.
Participants engaged in a daylong dialogue regarding the connection
between health and social justice both domestically and abroad. This summit served to develop a network of student leaders in this region who are
poised to address the social pathologies of disease both in policy and in
everyday practice.
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Keynote
Speakers:
Marilyn H. Gaston, MD & Gayle
Porter, PsyD
Co-Directors of the
Gaston and
Porter Health Improvement Center, Inc.
and
Luke Hansen, MD,
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program,
Yale University School of Medicine
January 9, 2009
Ethical
Issues in Palliative and Hospice Care
The
Illinois Healthcare Ethics Committee Forum at the University of Illinois at
Chicago and The
Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics
and Health Policy presents this
one-day conference.
(more...)
Featured Keynote Speaker:
Pauline W.
Chen, MD
Author of the NY Times
Best Seller, “Final Exam"
P Chen MD photo © Joanne Chan
October
9-10, 2008
The 7th Annual
Conference on Contemporary Catholic Healthcare Ethics
Click
here for conference
schedule and featured presentations.
February 28 - 29, 2008
The 6th Annual Conference on
Contemporary Catholic Healthcare Ethics:
Clinical, Social and Global Concerns
Click
here for conference
schedule and featured presentations.
January 11, 2008, 9am-3pm,
SSOM 160
The Illinois Healthcare Ethics Committee Forum (IL HEC Forum)
in
conjunction with The Chicago Medical Society presents:
"Issues in
Clinical Ethics: The Sliding Scale of Decisional Capacity with
Vulnerable Patients"
Click
here
for featured presenters.
October 6, 2007
Just
Doctoring.
A
Leadership Summit on the Future of
Social Justice and Service in Medicine
Sponsored by The Medical Students of the Loyola University Chicago
Stritch School of
Medicine, the Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy,
and the SSOM
Medical School Ministry
This program
was designed
primarily for medical students from the greater Chicago and upper Midwest
areas who have demonstrated interest and leadership aptitude toward
empowering the underserved and reforming the healthcare system.
Participants engaged in a daylong dialogue regarding the connection
between health and social justice both domestically and abroad. This summit
served to develop a network of student leaders in this region who are
poised to address the social pathologies of disease both in policy and in
everyday practice. The day consisted of
plenary addresses from national and international pioneers and breakout
sessions to build advocacy skills or to increase awareness of particular
issues.
and
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