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
22
NMH Ethics presents a Schwartz Rounds - Hear My Voice: Advocating for Patient Wishes
Chicago - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Northwestern Memorial Hospital presents
A Schwartz Rounds
Hear My Voice: Advocating for Patient Wishes
Panelists:
Brodie Babbo, RN
Clinical Nurse, Cardiac Critical Care Unit
Grace Conley, RN
Clinical Nurse, Stem Cell Transplant
Briana Steffenhagen, RN
Clinical Coordinator, Stem Cell Transplant
Katie Nicole Truitt, MD
Internal Medicine Resident, McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University
Moderator:
M. Jeanne Wirpsa, MA BCC
Clinical Ethicist and Program Manager, Medical Ethics
Research Chaplain, Spiritual Care & Education
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Registration will take place on-site using texting mobile technology (NOT through MyLearning). Continuing Education credits available for nurses, physicians, social workers, and PT/OT.
Schwartz Center Rounds is a multidisciplinary forum where caregivers discuss difficult emotional and social issues that arise in caring for patients.
Learning Objectives for This Program:
1. Examine social and emotional aspects of patient care delivery.
2. Discuss the impact of interdisciplinary collaboration on patient care delivery.
This event is not presented by the Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities. We are sharing it here with permission.
Oct
24
A Defense of Physician Assisted Death - Mark Sheldon
Chicago - 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics
presents
A Montgomery Lecture
With
Mark Sheldon, PhD
Distinguished Senior Lecturer Emeritus
Department of Philosophy, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Faculty, Medical Humanities & Bioethics Graduate Program
Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
Ethicist, Rush University Medical Center
A Defense of Physician Assisted Death
Physicians engage in activities that facilitate patients’ deaths. The claim that is often made is that these activities are different from what is often called physician assisted suicide. Are they? What distinctions are offered to differentiate such activities, and do the distinctions hold?
Oct
24
Patient Safety Grand Rounds - TBA
Chicago - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Patient Safety Grand Rounds
presented by
NMH Quality Patient Safety
Speaker and topic TBA. Watch this space!
Registration will take place on-site using texting mobile technology.
Learning Objectives:
Discuss a current issue related to patient safety, and propose strategies to improve patient safety.
This event is not presented by the Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities. We are sharing it here with permission.
Oct
31
The Consolation of Horror: A Hidden Opportunity in the Hidden Curriculum - Catherine Belling
Chicago - 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics
presents
A Montgomery Lecture
With
Catherine Belling, PhD
Associate Professor of Medical Education
Center for Bioethics & Medical Humanities
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
The Consolation of Horror:
A Hidden Opportunity in the Hidden Curriculum
"Horror" is a genre (e.g. horror movies) and before that an affect (the reaction horror movies try to provoke). The experience of medicine, for professionals, for patients, and for the public, often means encountering the same things that horrify movie audiences, but in a different context. How does medicine represent horror and its unruly objects? I'll suggest that explicit attention to horror in medicine might generate some surprising sources of compassion and resilience.
Nov
07
Martha Montello - Montgomery Lecture Series
Chicago - 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics
presents
A Montgomery Lecture
Topic to be announced
The Montgomery Lectures series addresses diverse topics within bioethics and the medical humanities. Presenters are faculty, affiliates, and alumni of the Medical Humanities & Bioethics Graduate Program--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.
Nov
14
Lisa Campo-Engelstein - Montgomery Lecture Series
Chicago - 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics
presents
A Montgomery Lecture
Topic to be announced
The Montgomery Lectures series addresses diverse topics within bioethics and the medical humanities. Presenters are faculty, affiliates, and alumni of the Medical Humanities & Bioethics Graduate Program--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.
Nov
20
Global Health Pre-Departure Seminar: Global Health Ethics
Chicago - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Presenter: Ashti Doobay-Persaud, MD, Director, Center for Global Health Education and Assistant Professor of Hospital Medicine , Feinberg School of Medicine
Title: Global Health Ethics
Part of the Global Health Pre-Departure Seminar Series. FSM students receiving Global Health Initiative awards are required to attend this seminar prior to their international rotations.
Food will be provided.
Nov
21
Mark Kuczewski - Montgomery Lecture Series
Chicago - 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics
presents
A Montgomery Lecture
Topic to be announced
The Montgomery Lectures series addresses diverse topics within bioethics and the medical humanities. Presenters are faculty, affiliates, and alumni of the Medical Humanities & Bioethics Graduate Program--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.
Dec
05
Montgomery Lecture Series - speaker and topic TBA
Chicago - 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics
presents
A Montgomery Lecture
Speaker and topic to be announced
The Montgomery Lectures series addresses diverse topics within bioethics and the medical humanities. Presenters are faculty, affiliates, and alumni of the Medical Humanities & Bioethics Graduate Program--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.
Jan
09
Celeste Watkins-Hayes - Montgomery Lecture Series
Chicago - 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics
presents
A Montgomery Lecture
Topic to be announced
The Montgomery Lectures series addresses diverse topics within bioethics and the medical humanities. Presenters are faculty, affiliates, and alumni of the Medical Humanities & Bioethics Graduate Program--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.