15th Annual Summer Conference
July 17-19, 2008
Trinity International University, Deerfield, IL
Plenary Speakers
Thursday, July 17
- Healthcare and the Common Good - Edmund Pellegrino, MD
- The Patient's Perspective: Case Study & Panel Discussion - Moderator: Robert Orr, MD (Panelists: Sam Casey, JD; John Dunlop, MD; Pat Emery, MSN, RN; Daniel McConchie, MA; Keith Plummer, PhD (cand.))
Friday, July 18
- Professionalism in Peril - Gene Rudd, MD
- Crisis in Healthcare - James Capretta, MA
- Ancillary Care Perspective: Case Study & Panel Discussion - Moderator: Claretta Dupree, RN, PhD (Panelists: Eileen M. Clark, MS, CCLS; Pat Emery, MSN, RN; James Greear, MDiv, BCC; Rochelle Moore, MSW; Barbara White, EdD, RN, CNS)
Saturday, July 19
- Medical Education's Perfect Storm - Greg W. Rutecki, MD
- Symposium of Healthcare Solutions: Solution 1 - Dean Clancy, MS
- Symposium of Healthcare Solutions: Solution 2 - Peter Lawler, PhD
- Symposium of Healthcare Solutions: Solution 3 - Edmund Pellegrino, MD
- Panel Discussion: Dialogue on Solutions - Moderator: Robert Scheidt Dean Clancy, MS; Peter Lawler, PhD; and Edmund Pellegrino, MD
Parallel Papers
- Sense and Sensibility: The Bible's Metaphorical Use of the Sense (With a Nod toward Natural Law and Human Enhancement) - Robert Scheidt, MD
- A Faith-Based Approach to Radical Life Extension - Brad F. Mellon, PhD
- Teaching Bioethics in the Church - Heather Zeiger, MS
- Goals for Health and Healing - Inetta A. Schuetz, MA
- End-of-Life 101 - Jay AuWerter, MDiv
- Bio-Banks and the Common Good - Jessica Minor, MA
- Disability, Death, and Intervention - Jessica Minor, MA
- Technology, Technique: Servant or Master? Reflections on Reading Ellul, Lewis, and Huxley - Joseph Gibes, MD
- Biotechnology and Sport: A Fresh Look at the Ethics of Genetically Modified Athletes - Michael Shafer, MA, PhD (Cand.)
- Staking a Claim: Women, Theology, and Bioethics - Sarah Flashing, MA
Courses
- Intensive Bioethics Institute - William P. Cheshire, MD and Michael Sleasman, PhD
- Advanced Bioethics Institute - John Kilner, PhD and David Fletcher, PhD
- A Critical Analysis of Healthcare - Scott B. Rae, PhD
- Pre-Med/Undergraduate Bioethics Institute - Joyce Shelton, PhD
- Wrap-Around Conference Graduate & Undergraduate Course - Ferdinand D. Yates, Jr., MD
- Post-Conference Bioethics Seminar: Biblical Justice and Fair Access to Healthcare for those with Disabilities - Kathy McReynolds, PhD
- Post-Conference Bioethics Seminar: Biotechnology in Perspective - David Prentice, PhD