“Reforming Ethics and Humanities Teaching in Medical Education:
Fulfilling Our Future Accreditation Goals on Professionalism”
The Project to Re-balance and Integrate Medical Education
(PRIME) 2012 National Conference
Agenda
Wednesday May 9, 2012
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Registration
Thursday May 10, 2012
7:30 a.m.
Registration-Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m.
Welcome to PRIME
David J. Doukas, MD (PRIME-Director)
8:10 a.m.
Welcome to The University of Louisville
Toni Ganzel, MD, MBA,
Interim Dean, University of Louisville School of Medicine
8:25 a.m.
The PRIME I and II Workshops (2010 and 2011) and Goals and Objectives of National Conference
David J. Doukas, MD
9:15 a.m.
Morning Keynote: Ethics & Humanities - From Elective to Essential
Darrell Kirch, MD, President and CEO, American Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
10:00 a.m.
Response: Crafting Goals and Objectives in Medical Ethics and Humanities to Meet AAMC’s Vision of Professional Development
Joseph Fins, MD
10:30 a.m.
Break
10:40 a.m.
Panel Discussion and Q&A, How to Integrate Humanities and Ethics into Medical Education: A Panel of Art, Ethics, History, and Literature Educators
Joel Katz, MD, Katie Watson, JD, Johanna Shapiro, PhD, Susan Lederer, PhD
12:00 p.m.
Special Session
Deep Structures, or How Our Work Improves the Care of the Sick
Rita Charon, MD, PhD
Response: The Ethical Concept of Medicine as a Profession: Historical Origins and Pedagogic Implications
Laurence B. McCullough, PhD
Boxed Lunch (optional)
1:30 p.m.
Afternoon Keynote:
Goals of Medical Ethics and Humanities in Medical School Education, Barbara Barzansky, MD, MHPE, Secretary, Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME)
2:15 p.m.
Response: Crafting Goals and Objectives in Medical Ethics and Humanities to Achieve Professionalism in Medical School Education,
Sue Lederer, PhD
3:00 p.m.
Break
3:15 p.m.
Presentations of Selected Medical School and Residency Goals & Objectives
4:15 p.m.
WORKSHOP: Writing Medical School Goals for the New Curriculum
In field alphabetical order, the Facilitators are:
History: Joel Howell, MD, PhD, University of Michigan
Literature: Therese Jones, PhD, University of Colorado
Medical Ethics: Michael Green, MD, MS, Pennsylvania State University
Visual Arts: Stephanie Brown Clark, MD, PhD, University of Rochester
To Do:
1.Identifying pertinent curricular goals and objectives, linked to competencies-based education in the six competencies.
2.Linking learning activities to specific objectives and milestones
3.Planning placement and timing of learning activities.
4.Assessing both current and future formal and informal curricula.
5.Documenting contributions of medical ethics and humanities programs to LCME accreditation.
6:15 p.m.
Break
7:00 p.m.
Special Session: Embracing the Humanities to Promote Professionalism in Medical Education
Joel Katz, MD Plated Dinner (Optional)
Friday May 11, 2012
7:30 a.m.
Registration-Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m.
Welcome - Stephen Wear, PhD (PRIME Co-Director)
8:15 a.m.
Plenary: Promoting Professionalism in Residency Education,
Timothy Brigham, MDiv, PhD, Senior Vice President, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)
9:00 a.m.
Response: Crafting Goals and Objectives in Medical Ethics and Humanities to Achieve Professionalism in Residency Education,
Joseph Carrese, MD, MPH
9:30-9:40 a.m.
Break
9:40-1100 a.m.
Panel Discussion and Q&A, How to Integrate Humanities and Ethics into Your Residency Program: A Panel of Art, Ethics, History, and Literature Educators
Joel Katz MD, Janet Malek, PhD, Lois Nixon, PhD, MPH, Howard Brody, MD, PhD
11 – 12 p.m.
Assessment and Evaluation: Setting the Agenda for Empirical Educational Research
Lisa Lehmann, MD, PhD, MSc
Noon -1:15 p.m.
SPECIAL SESSION: Political and Practical PRIME Considerations
Boxed Lunch (optional)
Clarence Braddock, MD, MPH
1:15- 2:45 p.m.
WORKSHOP: Writing Residency Goals for the New Curriculum
In field alphabetical order, the Facilitators are:
History: Joel Howell, MD, PhD, University of Michigan
Literature: Therese Jones, PhD, University of Colorado
Medical Ethics: Michael Green, MD, MS, Pennsylvania State University
Visual Arts: Stephanie Brown Clark, MD, PhD, University of Rochester
To Do:
1.Identifying pertinent curricular goals and objectives, linked to competencies-based education in the six competencies.
2.Linking learning activities to specific objectives and milestones
3.Planning placement and timing of learning activities.
4.Assessing both current and future formal and informal curricula.
5.Documenting contributions of medical ethics and humanities programs to ACGME accreditation.
2:45 -3:00 p.m.
Break
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
The Future of Medical Ethics and Humanities Teaching:
Articulating our Consensus Goals and Objectives,
David Doukas, MD
Leadership skills will be overviewed regarding reform of medical ethics and humanities teaching using institutional self-study to identify where one’s institution stands and what needs reform.
1.Academic Collaboration – To Do:
a.Promulgating benchmark standards for undergraduate and graduate medical education in medical ethics and humanities for measurably achieving professionalism in the mastery of General Competencies
b.Establishing content, methods, and assessment of medical ethics and humanities teaching essential to achieving professionalism in the mastery of General Competencies.
2.Electronic Collaboration – To Do: Launching a national online resource center to support teaching of medical ethics and humanities, partnering with key stakeholders
4:00 p.m.
Adjourn
