Event: Intensive Workshop in Health Care Ethics

February 26, 2009

UMAS Division of Medical Humanities
Intensive Workshop in Health Care Ethics
May 7-8, 2009
Little Rock, Arkansas

Program Overview: The UAMS Division of Medical Humanities Intensive Workshop is designed to educate participants in the basic concepts in medical ethics; to introduce the insights of medical humanities for clinical care; to apply knowledge from ethics and the humanities to specific issues that arise in practice and to explore those issues in a systematic and organized way.

The workshop is composed of two one-day modules: The first day presentsThe Basics—an introduction to the basic concepts and issues within the field of medical ethics.  The second day focuses on a Special Topic in health care that raises ethical concerns and can be illuminated by other medical humanities.  This year the topic is Medical Ethics and the Law.

Target Audience: This course is for health care professionals and others who seek to deepen their understanding of ethical issues in health care. 

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