Sunday Afternoon Workshops
Islamic Bioethics: What is it? What is it not? And how can it help us in Practice? (2:00 - 5:00 p.m.)
Pfahl 302
Instructor: Aasim I. Padela MD, MSc, Chairperson & Director, the Initiative on Islam and Medicine; Professor of Emergency Medicine, Bioethics and the Medical Humanities, Medical College of Wisconsin
Hosted by the Initiative on Islam and Medicine, this three-hour workshop will provide attendees with insights into the growing field of Islamic bioethics. It will also equip participants with practical reasoning tools and heuristics to consider as they engage with ethics issues in clinical practice. In this inaugural year, the workshop will more heavily tilt towards conceptual and discursive foundations of the field so that future iterations can hone in on specific ‘hot’ topics
and applied bioethical issues.
The workshop will be divided into a two-part didactic and a group discussion. The didactic will cover the sources of ethical thinking in the Islamic moral tradition and the main actors in Islamic bioethics discourses. The group discussion will revolve around 1 or 2 clinical cases and cover the related extant juridical rulings and moral dimensions of decision-making.
Finally, registered participants will receive relevant articles and the slide-deck, and copies of relevant books by the author will be made available for purchase.
Intended Audience: Physicians, allied health professionals, academic researchers, bioethicists, chaplains, religious leaders and policymakers interested in the intersection of religion, bioethics, and medical practice.
Note: This workshop is open to anyone who registers for the Conference on Medicine and Religion, as well as a "stand-alone" at a cost of $50.
Pfahl 302
Instructor: Aasim I. Padela MD, MSc, Chairperson & Director, the Initiative on Islam and Medicine; Professor of Emergency Medicine, Bioethics and the Medical Humanities, Medical College of Wisconsin
Hosted by the Initiative on Islam and Medicine, this three-hour workshop will provide attendees with insights into the growing field of Islamic bioethics. It will also equip participants with practical reasoning tools and heuristics to consider as they engage with ethics issues in clinical practice. In this inaugural year, the workshop will more heavily tilt towards conceptual and discursive foundations of the field so that future iterations can hone in on specific ‘hot’ topics
and applied bioethical issues.
The workshop will be divided into a two-part didactic and a group discussion. The didactic will cover the sources of ethical thinking in the Islamic moral tradition and the main actors in Islamic bioethics discourses. The group discussion will revolve around 1 or 2 clinical cases and cover the related extant juridical rulings and moral dimensions of decision-making.
Finally, registered participants will receive relevant articles and the slide-deck, and copies of relevant books by the author will be made available for purchase.
Intended Audience: Physicians, allied health professionals, academic researchers, bioethicists, chaplains, religious leaders and policymakers interested in the intersection of religion, bioethics, and medical practice.
Note: This workshop is open to anyone who registers for the Conference on Medicine and Religion, as well as a "stand-alone" at a cost of $50.
Orthodox Christianity and Medicine (2:00 - 5:00 p.m.)
Pfahl 202
Join us for a three hour pre-conference workshop exploring Orthodox Christianity and how it comes to shape approaches to Bioethics and Medicine. The workshop will be led by four Orthodox Christian academic leaders: Jeffrey Bishop, MD, PhD, Tenet Endowed Chair in Bioethics, Albert Gnaegi Center for Health Care Ethics, St. Louis University; Bruce Seraphim Foltz, Emeritus, Professor of Philosophy, Eckerd College; Matthew Vest, PhD, Sr. Lecturer & Assistant Director of Educational Programs in Bioethics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine; and Ryan Sampson Nash, MD, MA, FACP, FAAHPM, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Director of the Center for Bioethics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine.
Three sessions will each include a presentation and ample time for discussion.
Sessions will include:
Pfahl 202
Join us for a three hour pre-conference workshop exploring Orthodox Christianity and how it comes to shape approaches to Bioethics and Medicine. The workshop will be led by four Orthodox Christian academic leaders: Jeffrey Bishop, MD, PhD, Tenet Endowed Chair in Bioethics, Albert Gnaegi Center for Health Care Ethics, St. Louis University; Bruce Seraphim Foltz, Emeritus, Professor of Philosophy, Eckerd College; Matthew Vest, PhD, Sr. Lecturer & Assistant Director of Educational Programs in Bioethics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine; and Ryan Sampson Nash, MD, MA, FACP, FAAHPM, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Director of the Center for Bioethics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine.
Three sessions will each include a presentation and ample time for discussion.
Sessions will include:
- Orthodoxy, Ecology, and the Environment with Bruce Seraphim Foltz;
- Bioethics and Cosmology a discussion on Matthew Vest’s forthcoming book Ethics Lost in Modernity: Reflections on Wittgenstein and Bioethics with Jeffrey Bishop and Matthew Vest;
- Medicine and Spiritual Care with Dcn. Ryan Sampson Nash (physician) and Fr. Matthew Moriak (chaplain).
Interfaith Engagement and Medicine: Navigating Religious Diversity in Health Care Settings
(2:00 - 5:00 p.m.)
Pfahl 140
Instructors: Suzanne Watts Henderson, PhD, MDiv, Senior Consultant, Strategic Initiatives, Interfaith America; Suraj Arshanapally, MPH; Janice D'souza, MPH; and
Anastasia Young, DNP, AGPCPNP-C, Interfaith America’s Healthcare Cohort Lead
Led by Interfaith America, this workshop will prepare health care professionals to recognize, learn about, and engage patients’ diverse religious identities, thus strengthening the patient-provider partnership, improving health outcomes, and supporting the wellbeing of healthcare providers.
Workshop participants will…
Understand key concepts related to religious identity and diversity in health care settings
Cultivate skills to engage patients’ religious or philosophical worldviews and practices as assets in caregiving
Reflect on ways in which their own religious, spiritual, or philosophical worldview or practice affects their approach to caregiving
Gain resources that can be shared in their settings
Obtain clinical and practical applications of interfaith skills for healthcare settings
Methods/Session Format (combination of the following):
Minimal presentation, including brief video excerpts
Small table discussion
Role play exercise
Case studies
Toolkit introduction
(2:00 - 5:00 p.m.)
Pfahl 140
Instructors: Suzanne Watts Henderson, PhD, MDiv, Senior Consultant, Strategic Initiatives, Interfaith America; Suraj Arshanapally, MPH; Janice D'souza, MPH; and
Anastasia Young, DNP, AGPCPNP-C, Interfaith America’s Healthcare Cohort Lead
Led by Interfaith America, this workshop will prepare health care professionals to recognize, learn about, and engage patients’ diverse religious identities, thus strengthening the patient-provider partnership, improving health outcomes, and supporting the wellbeing of healthcare providers.
Workshop participants will…
Understand key concepts related to religious identity and diversity in health care settings
Cultivate skills to engage patients’ religious or philosophical worldviews and practices as assets in caregiving
Reflect on ways in which their own religious, spiritual, or philosophical worldview or practice affects their approach to caregiving
Gain resources that can be shared in their settings
Obtain clinical and practical applications of interfaith skills for healthcare settings
Methods/Session Format (combination of the following):
Minimal presentation, including brief video excerpts
Small table discussion
Role play exercise
Case studies
Toolkit introduction
Have You Sat Too Long in the Valley of Tears? Jewish Teachings on Re-entering the World of the Living After a Loss (2:00 - 3:15 p.m.)
Pfahl 230
Led by Jonathan Weinkle, MD, FAAP, FACP, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, and Medical Director, PA Studies, Chatham University, this workshop will discuss how health professionals can help guide those they care for on resuming daily life after suffering a loss, informed by lessons from Jewish text and practice.
When a person suffers a loss, they are apt to seek guidance from a trusted advisor, often a health professional, on how to rejoin the living world after they complete their mourning. Unfortunately, few schools of medicine, nursing or allied health professions teach a class on “When should you tell your
patient to go back to work after their mother dies?” or “How long is too long to be in mourning?” Jewish practice, on the other hand, is rich in such practical advice. It designates at least four stages of grief, each clearly demarcated by certain events and accompanied with both prohibitions and
obligations to help the mourner work through the grief, and even provisions for when these stages, obligations and restrictions should be set aside due to some extenuating circumstance – like a joyous event that should not be missed. By examining the Jewish texts behind these variations in mourning
practice and discussing their rationale, we hope to move closer to a clinical practice that will address questions like, “Doc, when do you think I can laugh again?” “Should I go to this wedding?” or “How can I celebrate Thanksgiving without _______________ there next to me?”
Pfahl 230
Led by Jonathan Weinkle, MD, FAAP, FACP, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, and Medical Director, PA Studies, Chatham University, this workshop will discuss how health professionals can help guide those they care for on resuming daily life after suffering a loss, informed by lessons from Jewish text and practice.
When a person suffers a loss, they are apt to seek guidance from a trusted advisor, often a health professional, on how to rejoin the living world after they complete their mourning. Unfortunately, few schools of medicine, nursing or allied health professions teach a class on “When should you tell your
patient to go back to work after their mother dies?” or “How long is too long to be in mourning?” Jewish practice, on the other hand, is rich in such practical advice. It designates at least four stages of grief, each clearly demarcated by certain events and accompanied with both prohibitions and
obligations to help the mourner work through the grief, and even provisions for when these stages, obligations and restrictions should be set aside due to some extenuating circumstance – like a joyous event that should not be missed. By examining the Jewish texts behind these variations in mourning
practice and discussing their rationale, we hope to move closer to a clinical practice that will address questions like, “Doc, when do you think I can laugh again?” “Should I go to this wedding?” or “How can I celebrate Thanksgiving without _______________ there next to me?”
Attending to Suffering and Acknowledging the Limitations of Medicine Through Lament (3:30 - 4:45 p.m.)
Pfahl 230
Workshop Leaders: Ben Snyder, MD, Internal Medicine/Pediatrics Resident, Indiana University School of Medicine; Anastasia Holman, MDiv, MBA, BCC, Director of Chaplaincy Education for Indiana University Health System; Rabbi Bruce J. Pfeffer, MAHL, BCC, Chaplain, Indiana University Health; Mona Raed, MD, FAAP, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Palliative and Hospice Medicine, Indiana School of Medicine; and Alex Lion, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatric Neuro-Oncology, Cancer Predisposition, Indiana University School of Medicine.
Modern medicine has become fixated on efficiency in the provision of services and technological advancement leading to depersonalized service and disorienting experiences for patients and practitioners alike. As a primarily technical endeavor, medicine loses comprehensive perspective regarding the meaning of health. Suffering leads to physical and metaphysical distress disrupting human flourishing in many ways not comprehensively
addressed by modern medicine. In recent years an evolving epidemic of moral injury and burnout have been well documented within healthcare, and these concerns have only been exacerbated by the volume and degree of human suffering that has been encountered within medicine through the COVID-19 pandemic. Ultimately, the question must be answered, how can modern medicine attend to suffering and transform sorrow for patients and members of
healthcare teams alike? What tools are available to address these and other profoundly disheartening limitations?
As an endeavor primarily focused on addressing suffering, medicine lacks language to address its many limitations. The distress provoked by suffering is addressed in many ways by Abrahamic religions but among the primary literary forms is lament. Lament recognizes a surrender of control and a turn to dependence on something transcendent to technological attempts by humans to control life. Examples of lament found in the holy texts of the
Abrahamic traditions provide a pathway to address the existential, spiritual, and emotional distress encountered in caring for sufferers and working in systems laden with limitations.
This workshop will include members from the Abrahamic traditions providing unique theological and personal perspectives on lament drawing from examples in the Hebrew Scriptures, New Testament, and the Koran. Additionally, panelists will represent different roles and experience levels within the healthcare system further enhancing the discussion. In addition to their specific qualifications within medicine, several panelists carry out congregational leadership roles including clergy roles within their faith traditions. We will begin with a panel discussion followed by time for both group study of lament and an opportunity for
participants to write a personal lament. We will conclude with a time for participants to voluntarily share their composed lament with the audience.
Pfahl 230
Workshop Leaders: Ben Snyder, MD, Internal Medicine/Pediatrics Resident, Indiana University School of Medicine; Anastasia Holman, MDiv, MBA, BCC, Director of Chaplaincy Education for Indiana University Health System; Rabbi Bruce J. Pfeffer, MAHL, BCC, Chaplain, Indiana University Health; Mona Raed, MD, FAAP, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Palliative and Hospice Medicine, Indiana School of Medicine; and Alex Lion, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatric Neuro-Oncology, Cancer Predisposition, Indiana University School of Medicine.
Modern medicine has become fixated on efficiency in the provision of services and technological advancement leading to depersonalized service and disorienting experiences for patients and practitioners alike. As a primarily technical endeavor, medicine loses comprehensive perspective regarding the meaning of health. Suffering leads to physical and metaphysical distress disrupting human flourishing in many ways not comprehensively
addressed by modern medicine. In recent years an evolving epidemic of moral injury and burnout have been well documented within healthcare, and these concerns have only been exacerbated by the volume and degree of human suffering that has been encountered within medicine through the COVID-19 pandemic. Ultimately, the question must be answered, how can modern medicine attend to suffering and transform sorrow for patients and members of
healthcare teams alike? What tools are available to address these and other profoundly disheartening limitations?
As an endeavor primarily focused on addressing suffering, medicine lacks language to address its many limitations. The distress provoked by suffering is addressed in many ways by Abrahamic religions but among the primary literary forms is lament. Lament recognizes a surrender of control and a turn to dependence on something transcendent to technological attempts by humans to control life. Examples of lament found in the holy texts of the
Abrahamic traditions provide a pathway to address the existential, spiritual, and emotional distress encountered in caring for sufferers and working in systems laden with limitations.
This workshop will include members from the Abrahamic traditions providing unique theological and personal perspectives on lament drawing from examples in the Hebrew Scriptures, New Testament, and the Koran. Additionally, panelists will represent different roles and experience levels within the healthcare system further enhancing the discussion. In addition to their specific qualifications within medicine, several panelists carry out congregational leadership roles including clergy roles within their faith traditions. We will begin with a panel discussion followed by time for both group study of lament and an opportunity for
participants to write a personal lament. We will conclude with a time for participants to voluntarily share their composed lament with the audience.