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The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics

presents

A Montgomery Lecture

Margery Kempe and the Uses of Illness

Because of her richly-detailed semi-autobiographical treatise, Margery Kempe has been subject to many diagnoses in the years since the rediscovery of her Book in 1934, ranging from hysteria to post-partum psychosis. This talk will examine why Margery has been so attractive to modern diagnosticians, how she herself understood her somatic and psychological experiences, and examine some of the cultural imperatives inherent in diagnosing mental illnesses.

Annalese Duprey, PhD Candidate
English Department, Northwestern University
Medical Humanities and Bioethics Fellowship Program, alumna

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The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics

presents

A Montgomery Lecture

Beyond Chart Stalking:
The Ethics of Tracking Former Patients in the EHR for Medical Education

In contemporary medical education, shorter lengths of stay and time-limited clerkships often interrupt a student's relationship with a patient before the diagnosis is made or treatment is completed, limiting the learning experience. One educator compares it to reading the first few chapters of a book without reading the ending. To overcome these limitations, medical students often use EHRs to track former patients. While the value of longitudinal follow up for educational purposes seems clear, there are privacy concerns that need to be addressed to maintain patient trust. In talk will address the ethical issues surrounding the action of tracking former patients and review a framework for performing this action in an ethically appropriate manner.

Greg Brisson, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

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The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics

presents

A Montgomery Lecture

Putting Pen to Paper: Drawing, Comics, and Advance Care Planning

Recent work in the field of graphic medicine (the interface of comics and the discourse of healthcare) has been created in the areas of informed consent and advance care planning. But no comic currently exists that puts these two together and clearly shows what life-saving interventions such as a code, or long-term mechanical ventilation, or life after either, actually looks like. Could a comic guide to advance care planning be useful for patients, families, personal and professional caregivers?

MK Czerwiec, RN, MA
Artist-in-Residence, MH&B Graduate Program
Alum, Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

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The Master of Arts in Medical Humanities & Bioethics

presents

A Montgomery Lecture

with

John Franklin MD, MSc, MA
Professor of Psychiatry, Transplant Surgery and Medical Education/Medical Humanities and Bioethics
Associate Dean, Diversity, Inclusion and Student Support
Division Chief, Addiction Psychiatry; Fellowship Training Director

One Story, Two Story, Three Story, Four: The Invisible People of Chicago

In this talk, it is with great respect (and uncertain ethics) that I attempt to make meaning, put in perspective, approximately 3000 stories of people I characterize as “The Invisible People of Chicago.” I will describe who these people are, what ails them and why and how they are telling me their stories. We will discuss the nature and power of personal storytelling. What facilitates their telling? What impends them? We will be uncovering conflicting, intersecting values and power differentials embedded in this endeavor. In addition, we will reflect upon why these stories, at times, are so hard to hear and why they are so difficult to accurately record. I will lend voice to a few stories told to me and reflect upon how the stories affect both teller and listener (me).