International Medicine

2012 Global Health Symposium

Reconciling Compassion With Practice in Global Health

Held Sept. 21-22 at the Union League in Philadelphia

Compassion is a fundamental source of motivation and a core driver for those working in the field of global health; yet the role of compassion in global health remains unclear and can itself lead to undesired consequences. Interest in the practice of global health is dramatically increasing in students, educators, practitioners and researchers.

As the pursuit of global health opportunities grows, palpable tensions arise between the expression of compassion, the ethics of practicing healthcare in different cultures and the staggering health needs of large populations of vulnerable people.

Through expert faculty, a keynote address, interactive workshops and a career planning session, the 2012 symposium provided learning opportunities to begin to analyze and reconcile these tensions. Prominently featured were critical discussions about the many ethical questions surrounding compassion, ethics and practice in global health.

Download presentations from the Fifth Annual Pediatric Global Health Symposium and the conference brochure.


Presentations	Speakers
Ethical Challenges in Establishing Global Health Priorities	Ezekiel J. Emmanuel,MD, PhD Diane V.S. Levy and Robert M. Levy University Professor and Vice Provost for Global Initiatives University of Pennsylvania
Human Rights and Compassion: Experiences from Partners in Health in Haiti and Rwanda	Sara Stulac, MD, MPH Director of Pediatrics and Oncology, Partners In Health
Ethical Lessons from the Fight Over Oral Cholera Vaccination	Arthur Caplan, PhD Director, Division of Medical Ethics, NYU Langone Medical Center
Ethics in Global Health Training: Ethics and Best Practice Guidelines	John A. Crump, MD Professor of Global Health, University of Ontago, New Zealand, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Duke University Medical Center
Web-based Curriculum for Trainees	Jeremy Sugarman, MD, MPH, MA Harvey M. Meyerhoff Professor of Bioethics & Medicine, Berman Institute of Bioethics and Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University
Compassion and Paradox in Global Health	David Addiss, MD, MPH Director, Children Without Worms, The Task Force for Global Health
Global Health and Nursing Practice: The Art and Science of Compassion	Pat Daoust, MSN, RN Chief Nursing Officer, Global Health Service Corps
Global Health Service Corps – Building a Partnership for Global Health Service with the Peace Corps	Pat Daoust, MSN, RN Chief Nursing Officer, Global Health Service Corps
Feeling “Close” to Patients: The Moral Aesthetics of Global Practice	Betsey Behr Brada, PhD Program in Global Health and Health Policy Princeton University
The Authentic Source of Compassion	Sister Lenore Gibbs, GSIC Grey Sisters of the Immaculate Conception, CHOP Global Health Partner in Consuelo, Dominican Republic

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Past Global Health Symposia

Download materials from past Global Health events:

2011: Highlighting Effective Interventions—Targeting Newborn and Child Health

2010: The Impact of Disasters on the Health of Children

2009: The Impact of the Environment on Children’s Health

2008: First Annual Pediatric Global Health Symposium

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