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(W)rites of Passage...
A Journey Through Medical Resident Education 1978-2008
Cleveland, OH, October 22-23, 2008
Louis Stokes Wing, Cleveland Public Library - Wednesday
Renaissance Hotel - Thursday
This dynamic symposium will recognize the 30th anniversary of Sam Shem's novel The House of God. Discover how the novel impacted medical residency programs and how medical educators use the book today. Learn about the problems and issues these programs face today. Discuss the relationships between medical education and literature and how writing reflects, complements and criticizes medical training and practice.
Sponsored by:
- The Center for Literature, Medicine and Biomedical Humanities, Hiram College
- Division of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic
Wiith generous support from The Wish, Cope & Life Foundation
Special thanks to the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities whose 2008 Annual Meeting in Cleveland begins at the conclusion of our symposium. Find out more about their meeting at: www.asbh.org
For more information on the upcoming 2008 Symposium call 216-932-3448
