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May 16, 2012

Biomedical Ethics Conference at UTPA, March 23-25, 2011

Conference Schedule

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

7:00 PM

Welcome Reception – UTPA Visitor's Center

 

 

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

8:00 AM

Registration Desk Open – UTPA Ballroom Lobby

8:00 AM

Continental Breakfast Buffet and Coffee Bar  – UTPA Ballroom

8:45 AM

Panel A-I –  “Clinical Institutional Review Board’s” –– Moderator:  Corrie Marsh - UTPA Ballroom

10:00 AM

Keynote Speaker  Gayle Woloschak, “Ethical Excellence in Genetics Research”– UTPA Ballroom

11:15 AM

Panel A-II – “Health disparities and health literacy issues”– Dr. Sara Sanders, Dr. Glen Martinez, Dr. Suad Ghaddar and  Israel Rocha  - Moderator:  Corrie Marsh - UTPA Ballroom

12:15 PM

Lunch – Bronc Room      *conference participants only

1:10 PM

Panel A-III – “Economic conflicts of interest in medicine and research”–Dr. Lawrence Gelman, Dr. Cynthia Brown and Susan Turley – Moderator:  Dr. Cynthia Jones -  UTPA Ballroom

2:30 PM

Paper Presentation – Clarence Chan “Moral Assessment of Students in Medical Professional Programs” - UTPA Ballroom

3:45 PM

Paper presentation – William Simkulet -  “Ethical implications for abortion, euthanasia, and suicide” - UTPA Ballroom

5:00 PM

Panel A-IV– “Juvenile Obesity and other challenging public health trends” –Dr. Beatriz Bautista, Dr. Lilia Fuentes and Dr. Norma Cavazos-Salas – Moderator:  Dr. Michael Weaver - UTPA Bronc Room

6:00 PM

Sponsor Keynote Banquet – UTPA Ballroom      * by invitation

7:00 PM

Keynote Speaker Dr. Fausto Meza “Ethics and the Electronic Medical Record Revolution”– UTPA Ballroom

 

 

Thursday, March 24, 2011

8:00 AM

Registration Desk Open – UTPA Ballroom Lobby

8:00 AM

Continental Breakfast Buffet and Coffee Bar  – UTPA Ballroom North

8:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Poster contest set up – UTPA Ballroom South

9:00 AM

Paper Presentation – Justin W. Gressel - “Development of a Ranking Model for Home Healthcare Provider Quality”  - UTPA Ballroom North

10:15 AM

Panel B-I – “Chaplaincy:  The Rise of Chaplains in medical care” –  Dr. Pedro MacDougal, Denise Grant, Joe Jaime, Annette Bracken, David Mann and Randy Nicholas - Moderator:  Dr. Thomas Pearson - UTPA Ballroom North

11:30 AM

Panel B-I I–– “Home healthcare, hospice care and palliative care” – Dr. Sara Sanders, Dr. Pedro MacDougal, Dr. Rajeev  Mathavan, Umbellina Cantu & Dianna Galvan- UTPA Ballroom – Moderator: Dr. Greg Gilson

12:30 PM

Lunch – Bronc Room  *conference participants only

1:30 PM

Panel B-III– “Robotic Surgeons and other challenges with emerging technology in healthcare” – Dr. Fausto Meza, Dr. Dipen Parekh and Dr. Agustin Martinez – Moderator:  Dr. Zen Faulkes - UTPA Ballroom North

2:45 PM

Keynote Speaker  Dr. Sara Sanders – “A Narrative Framework for Healing and Holding the Paradox of Person and Patient in Interdisciplinary Palliative Care” ­– UTPA Ballroom North

4:00 PM

Panel B-IV– “Violence against women as a healthcare challenge” –Pricilla Flores, Yvonne Lopez, Dr. Mary Diaz & Dr. Nora Montalvo-Liendo - Moderator:  Dr. Cynthia Paccacerqua  -   UTPA Ballroom North

4:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Poster contest judging session  - UTPA Ballroom South

5:30 PM

Dinner – Bronc Room  *conference participants only

6:45 PM

Panel B-V – “Micro-allocation and Macro-allocation issues in healthcare, including the current debate over a single payer system” – Dr. Lawrence Gelman, Dr. Teofilo Ozuna and Israel Rocha - Moderator:  Dr. Thomas Pearson - UTPA Ballroom North

 

Friday, March 25, 2011

8:00 AM

Registration Desk Open – UTPA Ballroom Entrance

8:00 AM

Continental Breakfast Buffet and Coffee Bar  – UTPA Ballroom

9:00AM – 12:00PM

Health Sciences CEU Keynote Dr. Jerome Fischer & Dr. Hector Diaz “Ethical Issues in Multicultural Counseling  -  UTPA Ballroom North

12:00 PM

Lunch – Bronc Room – * conference participants only

12:30 PM

Poster session award ceremony – UTPA Ballroom

1:00 – 3:00PM

Panel C-I   – “Language and Multicultural Differences:  Ethical Implications for Counselors and Allied Health Professionals”– College of Health Sciences & Human Services Doctoral Student Panel  - Moderator:  Dr. Charlene Blankenship – UTPA Ballroom North

3:00 PM

Conference adjourned

 
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