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Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine—LECTURE: Dr. Jason Eberl, Foundation for a Natural Right to Healthcare

Michael A Evans Center for Health Sciences, Rm TBA Wheeler-Stokely Mansion, 3200 Cold Spring Rd, Indianapolis, IN, United States

Marian University's BRI chapter cordially invites you to attend a lecture with Dr. Jason Eberl, a Marian University faculty member. Dr. Eberl will be making the case for a natural right to health and healthcare—opening discussion of the question to what extent the state, versus society in general, is the guarantor of this right.

Dr. Jason Eberl Dr. Jason Eberl

From Dr. Eberl's webpage:

"I primarily conduct research concerning the implications of Thomas Aquinas's metaphysical account of human personhood and natural law ethics to various issues in bioethics. I also have interests in philosophy of religion, virtue ethics, and philosophy of mind. I graduated with my Ph.D. from Saint Louis University....more

Please RSVP to ensure enough food and refreshments for all.

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Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine: LECTURE — Dr. Patch Adams on the doctor-patient relationship

Marian University, Marian Hall Theater Wheeler-Stokely Mansion, 3200 Cold Spring Rd, Indianapolis, IN, United States

Dr. Patch Adams on the Doctor-Patient Relationship

BRI Marian Patch Adams Dr. Patch Adams

Note: This event takes place in the eastern time zone. Food will be provided. RSVPs are greatly appreciated. The Theater will be full!

In partnership with the Arnold P. Gold Foundation, Marian University center for Organizational Ethics, and the Marian University office of Institutional Advancement, BRI student leaders from Marian University are proud to present a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to hear the celebrated Dr. Patch Adams. Dr. Adams, noted doctor (he got into medical school without an undergraduate degree!), comedian, humanitarian, social activist, and subject of the film Patch Adams with Robin Williams, will speak about himself, the doctor-patient relationship, and how he believes the doctor-patient relationship should be experienced.

Patch Adams speaks at BRI event before over 500 people. Patch Adams speaks at a co-sponsored BRI event before over 500 people.

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Chicago Medical School @ RFUMS — LECTURE: The Effects of Healthcare Policy on the Patient-Provider Relationship

Chicago Medical School, Rm. L.362, East Pod 3333 Green Bay Rd, North Chicago, IL, United States

Dr. David Ansell is an Internal Medicine physician and the Chief Medical Officer at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois. His work with others on the problem of patient dumping brought national attention to this issue and resulted in landmark national legislation to end this practice. In 1995, Dr. Ansell moved to Chicago's Sinai Health System, the State of Illinois’ largest private provider of indigent care and one of the foremost safety-net health systems in the U.S., as the Chairperson of Internal Medicine. At Sinai, he was responsible for the creation of the Sinai Urban Health Institute, which has become one of the nation’s leading centers for research and interventions to understand and eliminate health inequities. Dr. David Ansell on healthcare policy and the patient-provider relationship

Healthcare Policy and the Patient-Provider Relationship

Join the Chicago Medical School BRI chapter for a lunch lecture with David A. Ansell, MD, MPH. Dr. Ansell draws upon his considerable experience in urban healthcare to illustrate the ways in which US health policy affects the relationship healthcare providers have with their patients. His talk will hopefully open the eyes of future healthcare providers to the problems facing our health system today, and provide them a base from which they can find their own voice in addressing those issues as their careers progress.

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4th Annual BRI Leadership Conference: Doctors as Leaders, Doctors as Advocates

The Holiday Inn — Central Washington DC 1501 Rhode Island Ave NW, Washington, DC, United States

 

BRI Leadership Conference 2016BRI is proud to be partnering with American Enterprise Institute to bring you BRI Leadership Conference 2016

BRI Leadership Conference 2016

 

 

 

Doctors as Leaders, Doctors as Advocates

 

Why did you decide to become a doctor?

Do you say that you want to help people in a meaningful way that also is personally challenging? We think that's a great description of what it means to practice medicine. What can be better than the excitement of really cool applied science, the challenge of life-long professional growth (there's always something new to learn), and—most importantly, the privilege of caring for people through some of the most joyous and tragic events of their lives?

As doctors, we are privy to life's most powerful and intimate moments . . . watching a child be born . . . holding the hand of a dying patient . . . listening to the struggles of living with a chronic disease . . . the look of relief and gratitude after a successful surgery.

And let's not forget the incredible experience of working as part of dedicated team — in our offices, hospitals, charity clinics, and medical missions.

Yes, being a doctor in America is a great vocation.

Yet, American medicine is at a crossroads. Concern over access, quality, and affordability have many turning to government to supply solutions — at the risk of impeding innovation, burying physicians in burdensome regulations, ratcheting back pay, interjecting bureaucratic mandates that get between doctors and their patients, and reducing a doctor's ability to practice medicine according to his or her own experience, judgement and skills.

At BRI, we declare that there exists a need to reinvent physician leadership in an age of teamwork. There is an urgency for doctors to be stronger, more vocal leaders, not only among medical colleagues, but in the wider community. There's a very real need for a new kind of doctor, as a leader and advocate for those who have been priced out of affordable medical care. That means physicians need to understand economics to be able to advocate effectively for policies that produce lasting improvements for everyone, not ones that simply make us "feel good."

This will require a new kind of doctor—one who not only practices medical excellence, but who also adds a voice of leadership so desperately needed in today's healthcare climate.

That's what this year's conference is all about: Earned leadership, with non-paternalistic, informed compassion and effective advocacy.

George Washington University — DEBATE: Be it resolved: Providing quality healthcare to the poor is best achieved through free markets and charity, not government programs

Ross Hall, Room #117 2300 I St NW, Washington, DC, United States

Be it resolved: Providing quality healthcare to the poor is best achieved through free markets and charity, not government programs

Arguably the most important question in America's current debate about healthcare is: Who can deliver the best results for the most people? A free market, or government ("single payer")? Is there any common ground between these two greatly differing views?

BRI provides educational debates, lectures, events and resources supporting our mission to promote healthcare solutions that protect the doctor-patient relationships the primary means of delivering quality medical care. This debate at GWU is an important part of that mission, to expand discussion, education, and information about all sides of healthcare issues.

George Washington University is the Host Chapter for BRI's 4th annual leadership conference and is a proud partner with BRI in producing this debate. For the 4th consecutive year, a Friday night debate has been one of the most anticipated parts of BRI's Leadership Conference, and it is the only part of the conference open to the public.

We look forward to seeing you & thank you for being part of this important part of our healthcare future.

Medical College of Wisconsin — CALL OUT MEETING: “Second-Look Day” Activities Poster Session

Medical College of Wisconsin Kerrigan Auditorium, WI, United States

Welcome to Medical College of Wisconsin! You made it! BRI-MCW is an active chapter of involved medical students who meet monthly for our "Journal Club," where students present papers and other items of interest to the medical community. BRI-MCW also sponsors lectures, debates and other activities to promote healthcare freedom and preserve the doctor-patient relationship.

Come on out to Second Look Day and stop at our table! We look forward to meeting you!

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Stony Brook School of Medicine — DEBATE: What is the Government’s Role in Health Care?

Stony Brook School of Medicine, Health Sciences Building 101 Nicolls Rd, Stony Brook, NY, United States

Peter Viccellio, MD, Clinical Director of the Emergency Department at Stony Brook, will be debating Francis S. Stellaccio, MD, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, on the proper role of government in health care and on the effects of the ACA.

BRI Francis S. Stellaccio, MD Francis S. Stellaccio, MD

Dartmouth — FILM NIGHT: Screening and discussion of obesity epidemic documentary “Fed Up”

Chilcott Auditorium 37 Dewey Field Road, Hanover, NH, United States

Join us for free refreshments and a screening of the obesity documentary "Fed Up." Filmmaker Stephanie Soechtig and journalist Katie Couric examine America's obesity epidemic and question the role of both the industry and government regulators in contributing to sickness. This BRI event is part of Dartmouth's Public Health week celebration.

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Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine — LECTURE: Dr. Timothy Law “Healthcare in the Heartland: Paid to Play” or Medical Fee for Service

Irvine Hall, I194 Grosvenor Hall, Athens, OH, United States

Dr. Timothy Law Lecture: "Healthcare in the Heartland: Paid to Play," or Medical Fee for Service

Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic MedicineDr. Timothy Law will be talking about his practice as a rural medical practitioner. He will be discussing his work with the Amish community and how he has formed a very successful rural practice built on a medical fee for service model. Dr. Law is a Assistant Professor and Medical Director for CTRU, & SHAPe as well as a Associate Director of Rural and Urban Scholars Pathway.

Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine — MOVIE SCREENING: Poverty, Inc.: “The Business of Doing Good”

Michael A. Evans Center for Health Sciences Wheeler-Stokely Mansion, 3200 Cold Spring Rd, Indianapolis, IN, United States

Poverty, Inc.: The "Business of Doing Good."

The Marian University School of Medicine's BRI chapter is proud to screen Poverty, Inc. to students and faculty. It is a bold look at “the business of doing good.” Please join us for refreshments and lively discussion following the film.

BRI Poverty Inc documentaryy

From the film's website:
"The West has positioned itself as the protagonist of development, giving rise to a vast multi-billion dollar poverty industry — the business of doing good has never been better. Yet the results have been mixed, in some cases even catastrophic, and leaders in the developing world are growing increasingly vocal in calling for change. Drawing from over 200 interviews filmed in 20 countries, Poverty, Inc. unearths an uncomfortable side of charity we can no longer ignore."

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