Next Tuesday, MEDIC will host a discussion with Douglas S. Diekema, MD, MPH, the director of education for the Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics. He is a professor in the Division of Bioethics, Department of Pediatrics at the University of Washington School of Medicine and adjunct professor in the Departments of Bioethics and Humanities and Internal Medicine at the UW School of Medicine and the Department of Health Services in the UW School of Public Health.He is also attending physician in the Emergency Department at Seattle Children’s. He has been a member of the Seattle Children’s Hospital Ethics Committee since 1991, has served as an ethics consultant since 1993 and is chairperson of the Institutional Review Board (IRB). He serves as chair of the Committee on Bioethics of the American Academy of Pediatrics and is a member of the Ethics Committee of the American Board of Pediatrics. Dr. Diekema is co-author of Christian Faith, Health, and Medical Practice and the author of numerous scholarly publications in medical ethics and pediatric emergency medicine. (For more about Dr. Diekema, visit this website: http://www.seattlechildrens.org/research/initiatives/bioethics/about/faculty/douglas-s-diekema-md-mph/)
We are very excited to have Dr. Diekema lead us in a discussion of ethics in pediatric medicine. This is a unique opportunity to experience the real world of medical ethics, as presented from a professional in the field. Please join us Tuesday, April 19th in the Health Sciences Building T530 from 4:30-6:00pm. This will be a meeting you won’t want to miss!
As always, please respond to medicuw@u.washington.edu with any questions, comments or concerns you may have regarding MEDIC and we will get back to you as soon as possible. Also, visit http://students.washington.edu/medicuw/ for more information about MEDIC and how you can get involved. If you’re unfamiliar with the Health Sciences Building, we will have directional signs posted to help you find the meeting room.
Thank you and I hope to see you at the special meeting next Tuesday!
Take care,
Jessica
