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THE MEDICAL CENTER HOUR ANNOUNCES SEPTEMBER PROGRAMS

The University of Virginia School of Medicine's Medical Center Hour will begin its 2000-2001 weekly series on Wednesday, September 13, from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., in the Jordan Conference Center Auditorium.

Founded in 1971 by former dean of the U.Va. School of Medicine, Dr. Thomas H. Hunter, the Medical Center Hour explores current issues and controversies for medicine and society, including topics in contemporary health care, culture, ethics, religion, law, scientific research and public policy. The weekly forum, produced by the U.Va. Program of Humanities in Medicine, is held on Wednesdays from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Jordan Conference Center Auditorium. All programs are free and open to the public.

    September 13, Narratives in Medicine. Dr. John Coulehan, professor of preventive and internal medicine at State University of New York, Stony Brook, will speak about the patient's narrative as the physician's most important source of diagnostic information. So why does medicine tend to dismiss the patient's story and trust objective tests? Coulehan is co-author of The Medical Interview: Mastering Skills for Medical Practice, a required text for first year U.Va. medical students, and co-editor of Blood & Bone, an anthology of poetry by physicians.
    September 20, Asclepius, the Physician-God. Dr. Michael Compton, a psychiatry resident at Emory University School of Medicine, will speak about the image of the physician that emerged from ancient Greek mythology and culture. Compton, a 1997 U.Va. School of Medicine graduate, will co-present this lecture with Jon Mikalson, Ph.D., classics professor and director of the U.Va. Echols Scholars Program.
    September 27, Women in Academic Medicine – Toward Equity. Janet Bickel, M.A., associate vice president of the division of institutional planning and development at the Association of American Medical Colleges, will provide a national overview of the status of women in academic medicine. Dr. Sharon Hostler, professor and associate chairman for clinical affairs in pediatrics at the U.Va. Health System and Dr. Amy Tucker, assistant professor of internal medicine at the U.Va. Health System, will offer a local prospective on advances for women in medicine – students and faculty – at U.Va. in the last decade and the challenges still ahead.

August 29, 2000