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2009-2010 Lecture Series on Professional and Societal Issues

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2009
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Rapid Response Protocol CANCELLED
Mimi Peberdy, MD [Internal Medicine]

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2009
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2009**

Energy Failure in the Aging Brain
James Bennett, MD [Neurology]

**Mitochondrial Failure in Shock and Sepsis: The Ultimate Energy Crisis
James Bennett, MD [Neurology]

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2009
Thursday, november 19, 2009

Medical Error Disclosure
Ellen Brock, MD, MPH [OB/GYN], Anne Scher, Professional Liability, and Jennifer Adkins, Risk Management

Harvard Consensus Document: Harvard When Things Go Wrong

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2009
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2009

Industry: Balancing Relationships
Pon Jola Coney, MD [School of Medicine]

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2010 [note: new location listed above]
Thursday, january 21, 2010

Pain Education at Virginia Commonwealth University: Status, Needs and Vision
Leanne Yanni, MD [Internal Medicine]

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2010
[VAMC location change 02/17/2010 only: Room 5B-176]
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Should Physicians Wear White Coats
Michael Edmond, MD [Internal Medicine] and Ron Clark, MD [Chief Medical Officer at MCVH]

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17 2010
THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 2010

The Great Debate: Work Hours
Lisa Brath, MD, FCCP [Program Director IM:Pulmonary Critical Care vs.
Stephanie A. Call, MD, MSPH [Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Programs]

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 2010

How do you want your colleagues to talk to you at VCUHS?
Discussion led by Senior Residents
Chaired by Sarah Hartigan, M.D. [rising 2010-2011 Internal Medicine chief]

WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 2010
THURSDAY, MAY 20, 2010

Creating the Educational Culture For Your New Interns
Stephanie A. Call, MD, MSPH [Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Programs]
Shawna J. Perry, MD, FAACEP [Assoc. Professor, Assoc. Chair-Dept. of Emergency Medicine, VCU SOM]

2008-2009 Lecture Series on Professional and Societal Issues

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2008
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

The Science of Patient Safety
R. Ron Clark, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, MCVH

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2008

Prescribing Do's and Don'ts
William Harp, M.D. & Jennifer Deschenes, Esq. Virginia Board of Medicine

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2008

Healthcare 2018 – Health, Finance and Care Delivery in the Decade Ahead
Jonathan R. Perlin, M.D., Ph.D., M.S.H.A., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.M.I.
Chief Medical Officer and President, Clinical Services HCA

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2008
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2008

Adult Learning Theory
Iolanda Russo-Menna (Anesthesiology) & Paul Jackson, M.D. (Family Practice)

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2009

Point/Counter-Point: A Plaintiff and Defense Attorney Offer Their Perspectives on Medical Malpractice Claims
Malcolm P. McConnell, III [Plaintiff's Medical Malpractice Attorney] & Carlyle R. Wimbish, III [Defense Medical Malpractice Attorney]

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2009
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2009

What Do You Do with an Ethical Dilemma?
Laurel Lyckholm, M.D.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18 2009

Feedback & Evaluation
Indra Kancitis (Pediatrics) & Greg Christiansen (Emergency Medicine

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 2009

Practice-Based Learning & Systems-Based Practice
[System failure: unable to provide link to presentation this month.]
Doug Franzen (Emergency Medicine) & Margaret Grimes (Pathology)

WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 2009
THURSDAY, MAY 21, 2009

Teaching in Small Groups & Large Groups
Mark Nelson (Anesthesiology) & Azhar Rafiq (Simulation Center)