Events
The Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities sponsors many lectures and events during the academic year. Please see the calendar below for a listing of our upcoming events—as well as relevant events presented by other groups at Northwestern University and its affiliated clinical partners.
Oct
23
Ethical Issues in Community Engaged Research Workshop
Off-Campus - 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Featuring three panels:
- Community Engaged Research and Identity as an Insider, Outsider, and Everything In-Between
- Tensions Between Academic Life and Community Engagement
- Negotiating Ideological Differences Between Researchers and Community Partners
Hosted by the UIC Center for Clinical & Translational Science and co-sponsored by Northwestern University's Alliance for Research in Chicagoland Communities, UIC Institute for Research on Race & Public Policy, & Loyola Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics & Healhcare Leadership
More details to follow.
RSVP: https://is.gd/RegisterEthicsWorkshop
Event is free. Breakfast & lunch will be served.
Oct
23
NMH Ethics presents a Schwartz Rounds - When Joy Turns to Sorrow: Unexpected Maternal Death
Chicago - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Northwestern Memorial Hospital presents
A Schwartz Rounds
When Joy Turns to Sorrow:
Unexpected Maternal Death
Panelists:
Julie Berggren, MA
Chaplain
Keely Buffo, BSN, RN, CCRN
Clinical Coordinator, Neuro Spine ICU
Dana Holiona, LSW
Neuro Spine, ICU, Social Worker
Kelli Snider, RN
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Moderator:
M. Jeanne Wirpsa, MA, BCC
Program Manager, NMH Medical Ethics
Research Chaplain, Spiritual Care & Education
Schwartz Center Rounds is a multidisciplinary forum where caregivers discuss difficult emotional and social issues that arise in caring for patients.
This event is not presented by the Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities. We are sharing it here with permission.
Oct
25
Going Under and Coming Round: Anesthesia and Illegibility - Catherine Belling
Chicago - 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics program presents
A Montgomery Lecture
with
Catherine Belling, PhD
Associate Professor, Medical Education
Faculty, Medical Humanities & Bioethics Graduate Program
Member, Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Going Under and Coming Round: Anesthesia and Illegibility
General anesthesia deliberately--and for very good reason--renders the patient unconscious so as to minimize the suffering caused by being sensate, awake, and alert during invasive medical procedures. The patient is also unable to generate communication--is rendered illegible. What does this mean in the context of the value we place on narrating illness experience, and on the role of memory and narration in cases of trauma? And what happens if a patient is not in fact entirely unconscious during the procedure?
Oct
25
TBA - NMH Quality/Patient Safety presents Patient Safety Grand Rounds
Chicago - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
NMH Quality/Patient Safety
presents
Patient Safety Grand Rounds
Speaker and topic will be posted here when information becomes available.
The purpose of this program is to improve patient care and outcomes through the prevention of patient safety and system breakdowns.
Learning Objectives:
• Discuss a current issue related to patient safety
• Propose strategies to improve patient safety
This monthly conference has been established by the Clinical Classification and Evaluation Committee (CCEC) as an opportunity to present and discuss examples of actual and near-miss events in patient safety at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and other sources.
This event is not presented by the Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities. We are sharing it here with permission.
Nov
01
Contextualizing the Handmaid’s Tale Historically, Legally, and within Dystopia Fiction - Rodriguez/Watson/Belling
Chicago - 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics program presents
A Montgomery Lecture
with
Sarah Rodriguez, PhD
Faculty, Medical Humanities & Bioethics Graduate Program
Lecturer, Medical Education
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Lecturer, Global Health Studies
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Northwestern University
Member, Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Katie Watson, JD
Adjunct Associate Professor of Medical Education and Obstetrics & Gynecology
Faculty, Medical Humanities & Bioethics Graduate Program
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Catherine Belling, PhD
Associate Professor, Medical Education
Faculty, Medical Humanities & Bioethics Graduate Program
Member, Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Contextualizing The Handmaid’s Tale Historically, Legally, and within Dystopia Fiction
Whether you have read the book or watch the series on Hulu, we invite you to follow up on Margaret Atwood’s campus visit by coming to a panel discussion with three professors from Feinberg's Medical Humanities and Bioethics MA faculty as they contextualize The Handmaid’s Tale historically (Sarah Rodriguez), within current and proposed laws regarding women and reproduction (Katie Watson), and consider its place within dystopia fiction (Catherine Belling).
Nov
08
Andrew Lakoff - The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics program co-sponsored with IPHAM
Chicago - 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Topic information TBA. Watch this space.
This series addresses diverse topics within bioethics and the medical humanities. Presenters are faculty, affiliates, and alumni of the Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities—along with a few special guests. The lectures run every Thursday from noon to 12:45pm during The Graduate School’s fall, winter, and spring quarters. They are open to students, faculty, and the general public. Formerly called “Special Topics in MH&B”, this series was renamed in 2013 for Emeritus Professor Kathryn Montgomery.
Topic information TBA. Watch this space.
Nov
15
Kathy Johnson Neely - The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics program presents a Montgomery Lecture
Chicago - 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Topic information TBA. Watch this space.
This series addresses diverse topics within bioethics and the medical humanities. Presenters are faculty, affiliates, and alumni of the Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities—along with a few special guests. The lectures run every Thursday from noon to 12:45pm during The Graduate School’s fall, winter, and spring quarters. They are open to students, faculty, and the general public. Formerly called “Special Topics in MH&B”, this series was renamed in 2013 for Emeritus Professor Kathryn Montgomery.
Topic information TBA. Watch this space.
Nov
29
Shelly Benjaminy - The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics program presents a Montgomery Lecture
Chicago - 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Topic information TBA. Watch this space.
This series addresses diverse topics within bioethics and the medical humanities. Presenters are faculty, affiliates, and alumni of the Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities—along with a few special guests. The lectures run every Thursday from noon to 12:45pm during The Graduate School’s fall, winter, and spring quarters. They are open to students, faculty, and the general public. Formerly called “Special Topics in MH&B”, this series was renamed in 2013 for Emeritus Professor Kathryn Montgomery.
Topic information TBA. Watch this space.
Dec
06
Sharrona Pearl - The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics program presents a Montgomery Lecture
Chicago - 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Topic information TBA. Watch this space.
This series addresses diverse topics within bioethics and the medical humanities. Presenters are faculty, affiliates, and alumni of the Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities—along with a few special guests. The lectures run every Thursday from noon to 12:45pm during The Graduate School’s fall, winter, and spring quarters. They are open to students, faculty, and the general public. Formerly called “Special Topics in MH&B”, this series was renamed in 2013 for Emeritus Professor Kathryn Montgomery.
Topic information TBA. Watch this space.
Jan
10
The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics program presents A Montgomery Lecture: TBA
Chicago - 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Speaker and topic information TBA. Watch this space.
This series addresses diverse topics within bioethics and the medical humanities. Presenters are faculty, affiliates, and alumni of the Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities—along with a few special guests. The lectures run every Thursday from noon to 12:45pm during The Graduate School’s fall, winter, and spring quarters. They are open to students, faculty, and the general public. Formerly called “Special Topics in MH&B”, this series was renamed in 2013 for Emeritus Professor Kathryn Montgomery.
Speaker and topic information TBA. Watch this space.