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SUMMARY:The Hippocratic Society Conference - Call for Abstracts: Hope In & For Medicine
DESCRIPTION:Burnout\, moral distress\, workforce shortages\, institutional pressures\, financial conflicts of interest\, professional creep\, intractable pain\, uncertain diagnoses… many forces in healthcare today feel overwhelming. Against such challenges\, individual action can seem futile. \nWhat can one clinician do to change a reimbursement structure? What can a student do in the face of entrenched institutional dysfunction? How do we pursue a more beautiful practice of medicine when time and clarity feel increasingly scarce? \nWe propose that healthcare today needs the virtue of Hope. \nHope acts now for the sake of a future good. It embraces uncertainty yet moves forward in the face of it. Hope envisions a better future aligned with medicine’s deepest commitments and sustains us as we work to build it\, especially when outcomes are not guaranteed. \nAt this year’s conference\, we will explore the virtue of Hope in medicine: \n\nHow can we cultivate hope with and for our patients\, colleagues\, and institutions?\nHow do we sustain hope in medical education and clinical formation?\nHow do we maintain hope in our own lives as clinicians and trainees?\nWhat is the good we seek\, and what practices help us persevere toward it?\nFor what and for whom are we hoping?\n\nWe welcome abstracts from physicians\, faculty\, trainees\, and students reflecting on Hope\, virtue\, clinical experience\, or any topic connected to the Hippocratic Society’s mission. See suggested topics below. \nAbstract Submissions  \nAbstracts can address the following format/presentations: \n\nResearch – Qualitative\, theoretical\, or educational research\nEssays/Narrative – Narrative medicine or philosophical/ethical exploration\nCreative Piece – Poetry\, short stories\, visual art\, audio/film\nWorkshop – Interactive sessions\, case discussions\, or virtue-related skill development\n\nAbstract should be 300-500 words and include 1-3 learning objectives. \nAll submissions are due by 11:59 pm on January 31st. \nSubmissions will be reviewed by our Conference Planning Committee\, and decisions will be returned by February 28th. \nPlease email contact@hippsoc.org with any questions. \nSubmit Here \nSuggested Topics  \nThemes Specifically Related to Hope \n\nHope as a virtue in clinical practice\nHope in medical training and formation\nSustaining hope amid uncertainty\, suffering\, and complexity\nHope and moral distress; hope and renewal\nHope for institutions\, communities\, and the future of medicine\n\nTopics Drawn from the Hippocratic Society’s Mission \n\nMoral and professional formation of clinicians\nCharacter development and the virtues of the good physician\nThe role of community\, mentorship\, and “moral friendship” in becoming a good clinician\nThe nature\, purpose\, and ends of medicine\nThe meaning of suffering\, illness\, healing\, and dying well\nGood clinical judgement (prudence) and its cultivation\nThe clinician-patient relationship\nChallenges of corporatization\, demoralization\, and the “provider” identity\nExperiences from Hippocratic Fora\, Symposia\, or chapter activities\n\nOther Eligible Topics \n\nNarrative accounts of clinicians or patients\nReflections on teaching virtue or ethics\nEducational innovation related to formation\nResearch for flourishing\, burnout\, moral injury\, purpose\, or medical culture
URL:https://bioethics.com/event/the-hippocratic-society-conference-call-for-abstracts-hope-in-for-medicine
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SUMMARY:Existential Issues for Species: Deextinction and Deliberate Extinction
DESCRIPTION:From the dire wolf to the screwworm\, scientists are turning the tools of genetics to the elimination–and recreation–of entire nonhuman species. This webinar explores how and why genetic technologies might be used to eradicate some species and recreate others\, with a focus on recent efforts and near future possibilities. The ethics of manipulating other species in these ways will then be considered: How should risks and benefits be understood and weighed? How might both deextinction and deliberate extinction challenge and alter understandings of the human relationship to nature? And how should such existential decisions be made? \nPanelists: \nGregory Kaebnick\, PhD\, Beth Shapiro\, PhD  \nModerator: \nAlta Charo\, JD \nRegister! 
URL:https://bioethics.com/event/existential-issues-for-species-deextinction-and-deliberate-extinction
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SUMMARY:Virtual Therapy? Navigating AI-Powered Interventions for Mental Health
DESCRIPTION:Generative AI has the potential to expand access to mental health support and treatment. From apps to bots to “therapy” modes within larger systems\, anyone with a smartphone in their palm now has access to countless tools that implicitly and/ or explicitly promise to improve mental health. Alongside this rapid technological expansion and innovation\, however\, accounts of serious negative outcomes associated with these AI innovations\, including user suicide\, are emerging. In addition\, our nation’s youth may be particularly susceptible to the risks – known and unknown – of these AI-powered tools and systems. \nIn this seminar\, three experts join Center Director Rebecca Brendel MD\, JD in elucidating: \n\nwhat we know (and don’t know) about the benefits and harms of AI-powered interventions for mental health\,\ncore ethical concerns and guiding principles for the future\, and\npossible paths forward to enable innovation and access while also advancing benefit and safety.\n\nSpeakers:  \nMarlynn Wei\, MD\, JD \nPsychiatrist\, Psychotherapist\, and Author \nMarlynn Wei\, MD\, JD is a psychiatrist\, psychotherapist\, and author whose writing on AI and mental health for Psychology Today has reached nearly 4 million readers. Her expertise on AI therapy\, AI companions\, and AI-mediated delusions has been featured on CBS Mornings\, CNN\, PBS\, and The Huffington Post. She is a graduate of Yale School of Medicine and Yale Law School and completed her psychiatry residency at Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean\, where she served as chief resident and received the Anne Alonso Psychotherapy Award. Dr. Wei specializes in psychodynamic and experiential therapy for professionals in her New York City practice. \nAndrew Clark\, MD \nChild\, Adult and Forensic Psychiatrist \nAndrew Clark\, MD is a forensic\, child\, and adult psychiatrist with a private practice in Cambridge. He was on the faculty of Harvard Medical School for 20 years\, working as the Medical Director of the Children and the Law Program at Massachusetts General Hospital. He subsequently joined the faculty at Boston University School of Medicine\, where he served as Director of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry in addition to Medical Director of Outpatient Psychiatry. He has maintained an active treatment practice of child\, adolescent\, and adult psychiatry throughout his career\, and also worked for sixteen years as the Director of Psychiatry Services at the Suffolk County House of Correction. \nRyan K. McBain\, PhD \nAssistant Professor of Medicine at HMS \nRyan K. McBain\, PhD is a health economist whose work focuses on improving access to mental health and substance use services\, both in the U.S. and internationally. He specializes in analyzing supply-side constraints and evaluating the effectiveness of digital technologies—including telehealth and generative AI—in expanding care. His has published over 100 articles in leading academic journals such as The Lancet\, JAMA Psychiatry\, and Health Affairs. He is also a regular contributor to the public discourse on technology and mental healthcare\, with his research and commentaries featured in major media outlets such as The New York Times\, Washington Post\, and LA Times. \nModerator:  \nRebecca Brendel\, MD\, JD \nDirector of the Center for Bioethics at HMS \nRebecca Brendel\, MD\, JD is the Director of the Center for Bioethics\, Frances Glessner Lee Associate Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine in the Field of Legal Medicine and Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. She bases her clinical work in psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) where she is the director of Law and Ethics at the Center for Law\, Brain\, and Behavior\, provides medical oversight for the hospital’s inpatient guardianship team\, and practices clinical and forensic psychiatry. She is a past president of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) from 2022 to 2023\, of which she is a distinguished fellow. Dr. Brendel is also a past president and fellow of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (2018-2019). She is currently co-opted consultant to the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) Ethics Committee and in her final of a seven-year appointment to the American Medical Association Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs (CEJA)\, of which she presently serves as Chair.
URL:https://bioethics.com/event/virtual-therapy-navigating-ai-powered-interventions-for-mental-health
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