Summer 2007 Lecture Series

Location: HLVI Education Room A and B

The six week program begins every week at 8 a.m. with Dr. Goldman. The lecture series starts at 9 a.m. with speakers from different areas of the hospital. In addition, Dr. Annette Mendola present a medical ethics lecture every Thursday morning from 8-9:30 a.m.

June   16 

8:00 AM   Mitchell Goldman, M.D. –   Orientation

                 Senators Tim Burchett and Jamie Woodson

June 23 

 8:00 AM   Mitchell Goldman, M.D.

 9:00 AM   Tom Kim, M.D. - Free Medical Clinic

June 30    

 8:00 AM   Mitchell Goldman, M.D.

 9:00 AM   Medical Simulation

July 4    

 4 th of July Holiday

July 7 

8:00 AM   Mitchell Goldman, M.D.

9:00 AM   Jim London – What is Malpractice and What does it mean to Medicine?

July 14 

8:00 a.m.   Mitchell Goldman, M.D.

9:00 a.m.   Tennessee Donor Services

July 18

8:00 a.m.   Group project presentations

July 21 

8:00 AM   Mitchell Goldman, M.D.

9:00 AM   Residents and Medical Students

MEDICAL ETHICS LECTURES with Dr. Annette Mendola

EVERY THURSDAY FROM 8:00 - 9:30 AM – HLVI Education Room A and B

June 19: Doctor-Patient Relationship, part I

The role of ethics in medicine

Confidentiality and truth-telling

Patient and professional autonomy

Patients and families

June 26: The Ends of Medicine

Pain and suffering

Perfection (cosmetic surgery, personality-altering drugs, eugenics)

Life, vitalism, quality of life

Disability

July 3: Multiculturalism and Medicine

Communication

Differences in beliefs

Differences in values

July 10: Doctor-Patient Relationship, part II

Power and trust

Medical error

Medical marketing

July 17: Dealing with Death

Euthanasia, Physician Assisted Suicide

July 24: Work, Success, and the Meaning of Life

Role of work in life, the nature of the work of medicine