Physician Autonomy and Healthcare Reform: Part I: When Doc autonomy is challenged, patients lose. Dr. Beth Haynes, executive director of the Benjamin Rush Institute (BRI), steps into the Doctor's Lounge to discuss the gradual process of third parties (government, corporations and insurers) dictating protocols in treatment.
NOTE: This event takes place in the Central time zone. Lunch will be served; RSVPs are appreciated!
ALL are welcome to join us in a Skype teleconference with Dr. Keith Smith, Co-Founder of the Surgery Center of Oklahoma. Dr. Smith is making a special appearance for the BRI-Saint Louis University Chapter and other interested students to discuss price transparency in medicine. We will learn about his pricing model at the Surgery Center of Oklahoma with a question and answer session following.
We also hope to discuss how price transparency will affect the medical field in general and how we can help facilitate free markets in our future profession.
BRI student leaders from Saint Louis University with Dr. Keith Smith, co-founder of the Surgery Center of Oklahoma, via Skype.
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NOTE: This event takes place in the eastern time zone.
The Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine - BRI Chapter will be pairing up with the Thomas More Society and Operation Leftover to meet and serve the homeless and impoverished in Indianapolis. We will meet at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church to take canned foods, warm clothing, personal hygiene items, and other appropriate donations to people in need around downtown Indianapolis.
ALL are welcome and invited to join us in an evening of service. Donations are also appreciated.
Park in the parking lot at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church.
NOTE: This event takes place in the eastern time zone. Food will be served; RSVPs are greatly appreciated by clicking the green REGISTER button top right.
BRI-Mount Sinai and The Arthur N. Rupe Foundation will be hosting a debate and a discussion about the legality of physician aided dying. Please join us to debate the following Resolution:
Dr. Stefan Baumrin
Arguing the Affirmative: Dr. David Leven, Executive Director of Compassion & Choices of New York.
Arguing the Opposition: Dr. Stefan Baumrin (Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University and J.D. Columbia University School of Law) will debate the question of whether physicians should participate intentionally in hastening a patient's death. Following the debate, students will break out into small groups to discuss the issue further. Issues related to physician autonomy, patient wellbeing, and the intersection of ethics, law, and government will be explored.
Moderator: Robert Zimbroff
All are welcome at MCW's Monthly BRI/AMA Journal Club. This month features Spencer Greaves on healthcare system financing, and Matthew Crabtree on the human circadian rhythm and legal and social ramifications of its disruption.
LUNCH will be served, and RSVPs are always appreciated to ensure enough for all.
Reception will begin at 6:30pm. The debate will begin at 7:00pm, Eastern.
Please join us for a lively debate on the merits and pitfalls of single payer healthcare, sponsored by students for PHNP. We will focus on the question:
NOTE: This event takes place in the eastern time zone. Breakfast food will be served. RSVPs are appreciated for accurate food count.
Dr. Umbehr is traveling from Kansas to speak to the BRI-OUHCOM Chapter about his personalized medicine practice which specializes in "concierge" medicine. This is a new concept for many students, so it should be interesting to hear what everyone has to say about it.
"Dr. Josh" Umbehr from Atlas MD, based in Wichita, KS, has been an advocate and practitioner in the DPC model for many years, and is a frequent speaker at BRI and other free market medicine events. He was a featured speaker at the BRI Leadership Conference 2015 in Washington, DC. Come learn about how Direct Primary Care is changing the patient-physician relationship for the better!
NOTE: This event takes place in the Mountain Time zone.
All are invited to BRI-University of Colorado School of Medicine's first event for the academic year 2015-2016. Please share this opportunity to hear about Direct Primary Care (DPC) with fellow students and faculty. RSVPs are appreciated. Lunch will be provided.
Dr. Lisa Davidson of Insight Primary Care will be speaking about the overarching concepts and practice of Direct Primary Care (DPC) in healthcare, and her personal experiences with it. 
The mission statement from Dr. Davidson's website sums up many aspects of direct primary care: "Insight is defined as the capacity for accurate and deep understanding of a person or thing. Our mission is to create a medical home for individuals and families that is easily accessible, cost-conscious, encourages collaboration, and promotes wellness. We welcome everyone to our practice regardless of race, religion, culture or sexual identity."
NOTE: This event takes place in the eastern time zone. Lunch will be provided, and RSVPs are appreciated!
Do you want to become a doctor so you can spend less time with patients, be restricted by insurance companies, and fill out lots of paperwork? Neither do we. Come learn about how Direct Primary Care is changing the patient-physician relationship for the better! The Benjamin Rush Institute Health Policy Interest Group invited Dr. Josh Umbehr from Atlas MD, based in Wichita, KS, to talk about this alternative payment model.
"Dr. Josh" has been an advocate and practitioner in the DPC model for many years, and is a frequent speaker at BRI and other free market medicine events. He was a featured speaker at the BRI Leadership Conference 2015 in Washington, DC.
Linda Pan, Dr. Josh, Brennan Wright, and Nic Miller of OSU
Dr. Beth Haynes, BRI executive director was invited to a hand-selected group of healthcare innovators to a dinner and discussion in San Francisco, CA, sponsored by The Mercatus Institute.
PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE LAST JOURNAL CLUB MEETING OF THE YEAR!!
Keith Wietze will be speaking on the criteria for whether to make drugs legal or not.
Junne Jiyoon Park will talk about euthanesia in the young.
It will be another great lunch event. Thanks to everyone who has attended over the years. You have helped make these among BRIs most well-attended student events ever. At BRI's 2015 Leadership Conference, MCW was awarded $500 towards our events this year, due to our amazing attendance last year.
ALL are welcome to attend a lecture by Dr. Beth Haynes, Executive Director of Benjamin Rush Institute on the history of government in US medicine. Government involvement in medicine is not a new thing, and policies from the past are currently influencing the healthcare climate today. In what ways are government policies in healthcare beneficial, and in what ways detrimental? And what can be done?
Food will be served with generous donations from Med Council and University Council. RSVPs are greatly appreciated in order to have enough for all.
