Center for bioethics and medical humanities
Encyclopedia
The Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities (CBMH) is located at the University of Mississippi Medical Center
(UMMC) in Jackson, Mississippi
. The center is designed to support the education, research and clinical missions of UMMC by focusing on ethics
, professionalism, and the social context of modern health care
.
The center was established in 2008 by a challenge grant
from the Bower Foundation and is directed by Dr. Ralph Didlake. The core faculty of the CBMH consists of full-time UMMC faculty members who have specific training and expertise in the broad spectrum of bioethics issues addressed by the center.
was established in June 2010 as a collaborative effort between the CBMH and Department of Philosophy and Religion at the University of Mississippi
.
The CBMH serves as the home of UMMC's Quality Enhancement Plan to reaffirm professionalism as a core value
in all of its training programs.
The center also maintains a Professionalism Resource Catalog that provides instructional materials in the areas of ethics
, professionalism and cultural competency
.
The Evolution of American Bioethics
University of Mississippi Medical Center
University of Mississippi Medical Center is the health sciences campus of the University of Mississippi and is located in Jackson, Mississippi...
(UMMC) in Jackson, Mississippi
Jackson, Mississippi
Jackson is the capital and the most populous city of the US state of Mississippi. It is one of two county seats of Hinds County ,. The population of the city declined from 184,256 at the 2000 census to 173,514 at the 2010 census...
. The center is designed to support the education, research and clinical missions of UMMC by focusing on ethics
Ethics
Ethics, also known as moral philosophy, is a branch of philosophy that addresses questions about morality—that is, concepts such as good and evil, right and wrong, virtue and vice, justice and crime, etc.Major branches of ethics include:...
, professionalism, and the social context of modern health care
Health care
Health care is the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in humans. Health care is delivered by practitioners in medicine, chiropractic, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, allied health, and other care providers...
.
The center was established in 2008 by a challenge grant
Challenge grant
Challenge grants are funds dispersed by one party , usually a Government Agency, Corporation, Foundation or Trust, typically to a non-profit entity or educational institution upon completion of the challenge requirement...
from the Bower Foundation and is directed by Dr. Ralph Didlake. The core faculty of the CBMH consists of full-time UMMC faculty members who have specific training and expertise in the broad spectrum of bioethics issues addressed by the center.
Activities
A student Bioethics FellowshipFellowship (medicine)
A fellowship is the period of medical training in the United States and Canada that a physician may undertake after completing a specialty training program . During this time , the physician is known as a fellow...
was established in June 2010 as a collaborative effort between the CBMH and Department of Philosophy and Religion at the University of Mississippi
University of Mississippi
The University of Mississippi, also known as Ole Miss, is a public, coeducational research university located in Oxford, Mississippi. Founded in 1844, the school is composed of the main campus in Oxford, four branch campuses located in Booneville, Grenada, Tupelo, and Southaven as well as the...
.
The CBMH serves as the home of UMMC's Quality Enhancement Plan to reaffirm professionalism as a core value
Value system
A value system is a set of consistent ethic values and measures used for the purpose of ethical or ideological integrity. A well defined value system is a moral code.-Personal and communal:...
in all of its training programs.
The center also maintains a Professionalism Resource Catalog that provides instructional materials in the areas of ethics
Ethics
Ethics, also known as moral philosophy, is a branch of philosophy that addresses questions about morality—that is, concepts such as good and evil, right and wrong, virtue and vice, justice and crime, etc.Major branches of ethics include:...
, professionalism and cultural competency
Cultural competence
Cultural competence refers to an ability to interact effectively with people of different cultures, particularly in the context of human resources, non-profit organizations, and government agencies whose employees work with persons from different cultural/ethnic backgrounds.Cultural competence...
.
Lectures
The Paradox of Affluence: Choices, Challenges and ConsequencesThe Evolution of American Bioethics