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WEDNESDAY NOON CONFERENCE SERIES

CME Credit is available for these noon conferences

Wednesday, May 7 MEDICAL HUMANITIES ROUNDS.

“The Chaplain’s Visit:  Getting to the Heart of the Matter.”  An interactive presentation in which the group will get an opportunity to translate into spiritual terms a moment in the life of a hospitalized patient. Presented by Robin Franklin, Director, Chaplaincy Services, Strong Memorial Hospital and Highland Hospital. Noon – 1 pm, K-207 (2-6408).

Noon – 1 pm, K-207 (2-6408).  You are welcome to bring your lunch.

Wednesday, May 14 INTERDISCIPLINARY CLINICAL ETHICS ROUNDS.

“No Such Thing as a Free Lunch:  Evidence on the Impact of Pharmaceutical Detailing and the new U of R Policy” presented by Lawrence Guttmacher, MD, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and the Medical Humanities, Associate Dean for Advising, SMD, and Clinical Director at Rochester Psychiatric Center.  

Noon – 1 pm, K-207 (2-6408). You are welcome to bring your lunch.

 

Wednesday, May 21 SCHWARTZ CENTER ROUNDS. 

I Lost my Face -  I Didn’t Use to Look Like This”:  The Disturbing Countenance of Suffering.”

Noon – 1 pm, Whipple Auditorium (2-6424).  Lunch will be provided.

Check out Schwartz Center Executive Director Julie Rosen’s blog about compassionate healthcare, Bedside Manner. Rosen tells stories of extraordinary caregivers while exploring the challenges to delivering empathic, patient-centered care.

Wednesday, May 28 PALLIATIVE CARE CONFERENCE.

“Depression in Patients with Chronic Medical Illness” presented by Michael Privitera, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, M&D Ambulatory Services.

Noon – 1 pm, K-207 (2-6408). You are welcome to bring your lunch.

The May 2008 Newsletter for the Center for Ethics, Humanities, and Palliative Care lists other interesting and related events.

Archived Newsletters are available here.