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APHC 2014 Annual Meeting

Academy for Professionalism in Health Care
2nd Annual Conference, May 8-10, 2014
Chicago, Illinois

Theme: “Ways and Means: Teaching Professionalism Across the Health Care Spectrum”

View the 2014 meeting schedule PDF


Powerpoints are HERE: http://bit.ly/1B9qi5A


THURSDAY, MAY 8


1:00 PM Welcome, Introduction to APHC 


1:10-1:30 President’s Address


David J. Doukas, MD


“Clarifying Professionalism’s Mission and Methods”


1:30-2:30 PLENARY - Keynote Honoring the Legacy of Dr. Edmund Pellegrino:


Fred Hafferty, Phd


“In Pursuit of Professionalism:


Context, Circumstance, and Some Alternative Considerations”


2:30-3:15 2013 Working Group Reports (15 min each)


3:15-3:30 Break


3:30-5:00 Workshop Sessions 


1. The Profession at the Bedside: From Single Story to Back Story From Penn State University: 


Daniel R. Wolpaw, MD


Professor of Medicine and Humanities and Director, Kienle Center for Humanistic Medicine


Kimberly Myers, PhD 


Associate Professor of Humanities and English


Paul Haidet, MD (NP)


Professor of Medicine and Humanities


Rebecca Volpe, PhD (NP)


Assistant Professor of Humanities


Michael Green, MD


Professor of Humanities and Medicine


Dan Shapiro, PhD 


Arnold P. Gold Professor of Humanism and Chair, Department of Humanities


2. Enhancing the Culture of Professionalism in a Large Academic Health Center: The Cleveland Clinic Experience


Richard Frankel, PhD


Professor of Medicine


Indiana University School of Medicine


J. Harry Isaacson, MD


Assistant Dean for Clinical Education


Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine


Sumita Khatri, MD


Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine


Cleveland Clinic


Brian Frank


Cleveland Clinic


Anthony Thomas, MD (NP)


Office of Professional Staff Affairs


Cleveland Clinic


3. Leadership Lived Out: An Initiative to Develop a New Generation of Virtuous Physician-Professionals


Walter T. Lee, MD, FACS


Associate Professor and Durham VAMC Staff Surgeon, Division of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine


Richard M. Pfohl, DSL


Senior Principle, Navigos


Barry A. Doublestein, DSL, SFILM


President, Leadership Solutions and Chairman of the Institute for Leadership in Medicine


4. Inclusion and Innovation in Assessing Professionalism: Is There an App for That?


Bill Allen, MDiv, JD


Associate Professor


Director, Program in Bioethics, Law, and Medical Professionalism


William A. Shands Professor In History of Medicine and Medical Ethics


University of Florida College of Medicine


Cheryl Erwin, PhD, JD


Giles McCrary-Tom McGovern Chair in Humanities and Ethics


Director, Center for Ethics, Humanities and Spirituality


Departments of Medical Education and Psychiatry


Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center


Marin Gillis, PhD


Associate Professor, Department of Humanities, Health, and Society


Director, Integrated Ethics and Medical Humanities


FIU Wertheim College of Medicine


5:15-6:00 PM Interactive Large Group Session on APHC Goals


FRIDAY, MAY 9


9:00-10:00 Paper and Panel Sessions


Panel 1: Cultivating Professionalism through Engagement with the Humanities


Howard Brody, MD


Director, Institute for the Medical Humanities


University of Texas Medical Branch


Kayhan Parsi, JD, PhD


Professor


Director, Graduate Program in Bioethics


Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics, Health Sciences Division


Loyola University


Mary White, PhD


Professor


Director, Division of Medical Humanities


Boonshoft School of Medicine


Wright State University


Panel 2: Fostering Professionalism, Bioethics, and the Medical Humanities for Medical Students: An examination of three programs


Katherine Wasson, PhD, MPH


Assistant Professor


Health Sciences Division


Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics


Loyola University Chicago


Lena Hatchett, PhD


Assistant Professor


Health Sciences Division


Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics, 


Loyola University Chicago


Joseph Carrese, MD, MPH, Professor


Dept. of Medicine and Berman Institute of Bioethics


Johns Hopkins University


Margi Hodges Shaw, JD, PhD


Assistant Professor, Law and Bioethics, 


Division of Medical Humanities and Bioethics


University of Rochester Medical Center


Gail Geller, Sc.D., M.H.S. (NP)


Dept. of Medicine and Berman Institute of Bioethics


Johns Hopkins University


Paper Session 1


1. Teaching Medical Professionalism With a Case-Based, Small-Group Curriculum: Moving Towards Increased Student Engagement and Satisfaction


Matthew R. Shirazi, MS


Senior Medical Student


University of Colorado School of Medicine


2. Building a Longitudinal Ethics and Professionalism Seminar Series to Foster Awareness of the Role and Impact of Residents on Teaching Professionalism 


P. Preston Reynolds, MD, PhD, FACP


Professor


Division of General Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Care


Associate Director, Center for Health Disparities


Faculty, Center for Biomedical Ethics and Humanities


University of Virginia


Paper Session 2


1. Teaching Big in Texas: Team Based Learning Eases Logistical Problems for Professionalism Education in Medical Schools


Rebecca Lunstroth, JD


Assistant Director, McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics 


Instructor of Family and Community Medicine 


University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Texas


Eugene Boisaubin, MD


Professor of Medicine and Member, McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics 


University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Texas


10:30-Noon Workshop Sessions


1. Professionalism in the Digital Era: Teaching Medical Students about Social Media


Patrick D. Herron, MBE


Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Social Medicine


Associate Director for the Introduction to Clinical Medicine Program 


& Assistant Director for the Ruth L. Gottesman Clinical Skills Center


Albert Einstein College of Medicine


2. Reading and Drawing Comics: One Approach to Promoting Professionalism


Michael Green, MD, MS


Professor of Humanities and Medicine, Penn State College of Medicine


MK Czerwiec, RN, MA 


Artist in Residence, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine


3. Cultivating Professionalism using Reflective Writing and Discussion: A Curriculum for Third Year Medical Students


Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, with Perspectives From: 


J. Harry Isaacson, MD


Assistant Dean for Clinical Education


Erika Lundgrin, MD, MS


PGY1 Medicine/Pediatrics


William Tierney, MS


Medical Student


Anthony Thomas, MD (NP)


Office of Professional Staff Affairs


1:00-2:00 PLENARY -


Richard Cruess, MD and Sylvia Cruess, MD: 


“Teaching Professionalism:  Evolving Concepts" 


2:15-3:45 Workshop Sessions 


1. Using Longitudinal Filmmaking Project To Teach Medical Trainees Key Elements Of Professionalism: The Video Slam.


Dan Shapiro, PhD, Chair and Professor


Humanities Department


Penn State College of Medicine


2. Teaching the Teachers: Promoting Healthcare Professionalism via a Video-based Educational Workshop


Vineet Arora, MD, MAPP


Associate Professor, Director of GME Clinical Learning Environment Innovation


University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine


Aashish Didwania, MD


Assistant Professor, Program Director of Internal Medicine Residency Program


Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine


3. On Music, Art and War: Teaching Professionalism through History, Art, and Music


Stuart Munro, MD


Professor of Psychiatry


Chair, Department of Medical Humanities and Social Sciences


School of Medicine, University of Missouri – Kansas City


Lynda Payne, PhD, RN, FLS


Sirridge Missouri Endowed Professor in Medical Humanities and Bioethics
Sirridge Office of Medical Humanities and Bioethics, School of Medicine


University of Missouri – Kansas City


Marilyn M. Pesto, JD, MSN


Assistant Clinical Professor


Director of Sirridge Office of Medical Humanities and Bioethics


School of Medicine, University of Missouri - Kansas City


Charles W. Van Way, III, MD


Professor of Surgery


Sosland Missouri Endowed Chair of Trauma Research


School of Medicine, University of Missouri - Kansas City


4. Writing Life in Medicine: Adventures in Mid-Career Professionalism


Penn State College of Medicine, with Perspectives From:


Presenters:


Michael Green, MD, Internal Medicine and Humanities


Gordon Kauffman, MD, Surgery, Humanities, and Cellular and Molecular Physiology


Kimberly Myers, PhD, Medical Humanities


George Simms, MD, Hospice and Palliative Medicine


Daniel Wolpaw, MD, Internal Medicine and Humanities


Gordon Kauffman, MD, Surgery, Humanities, and Cellular and Molecular Physiology


With recordings by:


JO Ballard, MD, Hematology, Oncology, Pathology and Humanities


George Blackall, PsyD, Psychology, Pediatric Oncology and Humanities


Joseph Gascho, MD, Cardiology and Humanities


Eileen Hennrikus, MD, Internal Medicine


Michael Katzman, MD, Infectious Disease, Microbiology and Immunology


Scott Winner, MD, Nuclear Medicine and Humanities


Charles Palmer, MD Neonatology


LJ Van Scoy, MD, Pulmonology and Palliative Care


Peter Lewis, MD, Family and Community Medicine


4:00-4:45PM Interactive Large Group Session on Research Ideas


SATURDAY, MAY 10


8:30-9:30 PLENARY - 


Howard Brody, MD, PhD:


“Teaching Professionalism to Medical Students and Residents”


9:45-10:45 Paper and Panel Sessions


Panel 1: Professionalism through humanities: Exploring the Role of Fourth-Year Humanities Electives in Developing Medical Student Professionalism


From Penn State College of Medicine Department of Humanities:


Rebecca Volpe, PhD (NP)


Assistant Professor of Humanities


Danny George, PhD (NP)


Assistant Professor of Humanities


Michael Green, MD, MS


Professor of Humanities and Medicine


Paul Haidet, MD, MPH (NP)


Professor of Medicine


Martha Levine, MD


Assistant Professor of Pediatrics


Kimberly Myers, PhD


Associate Professor of Humanities


Dan Shapiro, PhD


Arnold P. Gold Professor of Humanism and Chair, Department of Humanities


Panel 2: Exploring Emerging Concepts of Interprofessionalism Within Health Care: A Call for Solidarity Among the Professions


Lisa Anderson, DrPH, MA, MSN, 


University of Illinois Medical Center 


Nanette Elster, JD, MPH,


American Dental Association 


Stuart Kinsinger, DC, MA,


Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College


Kayhan Parsi, JD, PhD,


Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Division


Paper Session 1


1. Medical Professionalism in Baccalaureate Education


From DePaul University Department of Health Sciences:


Craig M. Klugman, PhD, Professor and Chair


Douglas Bruce, PhD, Assistant Professor


Jessica Jerome, PhD, Instructor


2. Innovation in Professionalism Training: Employing Religious Formation as a Paradigm for Professional Formation

Michael P. McCarthy, PhD Candidate
Assistant Director for Clinical and Theological Ethics
Loyola University Chicago.

John Hardt, PhD (NP)
Associate Professor, VP and Associate Provost,
Mission Integration
Loyola University Health System and Health Science Division


Paper Session 2


1. Getting the Most Out of Little Micro Moral Deliberation on the Interprofessional Working Floor of Health Care


J.J. (Jos) Kole PhD
Assistant Professor of Professional Ethics
Radboud University Medical Center
The Netherlands


2. Integrating Ethics Into the Clinical Curriculum: An Innovative Curricular Component


From Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar:


Pablo Rodriguez del Pozo, MD, JD, PhD


Associate Professor


Division of Medical Ethics, Department of Public Health


Mai Mahmoud (NP)


Assistant Professor


Department of Medicine


Pascale Haddad (NP)


Research Specialist


Department of Public Health


Dora J. Stadler (NP)


Assistant Professor


Department of Medicine


11:00-Noon Interactive Large Group Session on Next Steps


N.B., People listed as NP are Not Presenting at the Conference.


This year, the Patrick and Edna Romanell Fund for Bioethics Pedagogy supported the first class of “Romanell Fellows” at the May 2014  APHC meeting:


  • Flavio C. de Sa, MD, PhD of the School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
  • Charlie DeVries of the University of California, San Francisco
  • Patrick Herron of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine
  • Hedy S. Wald, PhD of Brown University

2014 Program Committee


Co-Chairs: William Allen & Mary T. White


2014 Program Committee


Co-Chairs:


William Allen & Mary T. White


Susan Arjmand
Sylvia Cruess
Cheryl Erwin
Marin Gilles 


Board Liasions


Janet Malek
David Doukas