Education
Our principal teaching commitment is to medical, nursing and veterinary students at Michigan State University; we also teach other groups, especially graduate students, medical residents, and undergraduates. In all of our teaching, from semester-long courses through one hour lectures, from drawing up curricula to conducting workshops, we try to collaborate with other faculty in the colleges we serve. In our teaching, as in all our work, we emphasize the ways in which theory and practice illumine one another. Having helped establish bioethics curricula in several colleges, we now seek to strengthen the presence of other humanities disciplines in the health care and science programs. Toward this end we work closely with the Program in Bioethics, Humanities and Society (BHS) in the Colleges of Human Medicine, Social Science and Arts and Letters.
Classes Currrently Taught by Core Faculty
HM 546
The Social Context of Clinical Decisions
Ethics Module
Tom Tomlinson, Ph.D., Module Coordinator
HM
548
Medical Humanities Seminar
Module Coordinator TBA
HM 550/LAW 548W
International Law and Ethics of Human Subjects Research
Gerald S. Schatz, J.D., Course Instructor
HM 551/LAW 558P
U.S. Law and Ethics of Human Subjects Research
Gerald S. Schatz, J.D., Course Instructor
OST
519
Medical Ethics, Policy and Law
Tom Tomlinson, Ph.D., Course Instructor
PHL
344
Ethical Issues in Health Care
Judy Andre, Ph.D., Course Instructor
Ethical Issues in Health Care
Len Fleck, Ph.D., Course Instructor
Courses Previously Taught by Core Faculty:
PHL
870
Seminar in Philosophy of Health Care: Consciousness, Persons
and Ethics
Tom Tomlinson, PhD, Course Instructor
LBS
492
Senior Seminar
Show Me the Evidence: An Analysis of the Medical Model of Birth
Libby Bogdan-Lovis, MA, Course Instructor
PHL
870
Seminar in Philosophy of Health Care: Virtue
and Professional Life
Judy Andre, Ph.D., Course Instructor
Study Abroad Programs:
Medical Ethics and History of Health Care in London—United
Kingdom
Ethics and History of Development and Health Care—Costa Rica
Broadening Perspectives on Health Care in Costa Rica
Continuing Education:
The Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences at Michigan State University sponsors a series of noon-time brown bag lectures during Fall and Spring semesters. An informal atmosphere welcomes students and faculty to participate in friendly discussion and interdisciplinary feedback following each presentation. We meet from 12 - 1:00 p.m. in C102 E. Fee Hall (Patenge Room) unless otherwise noted. You are encouraged to bring your lunch -- beverages and light snacks are provided. We hope you'll join us.
This noon-time series has been planned and implemented in accordance with
the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing
Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of Michigan State
University, College of Human Medicine and the Center for Ethics and Humanities
in the Life Sciences.
Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine, designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 hour in category 1 credit per session towards the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spends in the activity.
MSU Bioethics Listserv:
The Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences at Michigan State University sponsors a new MSU listserv open to faculty, staff, graduate students, and undergraduate students. The purpose of this listserv is:
If you are interested in joining this listserv, please email Lisa Campo Engelstein, the listserv manager. Include your name, the email address you would like added to the listserv, your department, and your position.
