A Dangerous Profession

Medicine 90Q -- Fall, 1999


Seminar Sessions

Tuesdays, 1:10 -2:40 pm; Bldg. 200 (History Corner), Room 13

Course Calendar

Week

Date

Seminar Topic

1

Sept 28 Radical changes in medicine -- economics, ethics, and the physician

2

Oct 5 Advancing the art and science of medicine

3

Oct 12 Defining the profession of medicine

4

Oct 19 The patient experience

5

Oct 26 Healing: What is healing? Who is the healer?

6

Nov 2 When the physician fails

7

Nov 9 Elements of the patient-physician relationship: Compassion
Four presentations of shadowing experience

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To be Scheduled Surviving the Career

8

Nov 16 Elements of the patient-physician relationship: The relief of suffering
Four presentations of shadowing experience

9

Nov 23 Elements of the patient-physician relationship: Focusing on the experience of the patient
Four presentations of shadowing experience

10

Nov 30 The life experience of the physician

Finals Week

Dec 7 Course Evaluation

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