TMC Seminar: “Code Blue: Fighting to Save the Moral Life of Medical Trainees,” Walter Lee, MD
Walter Lee, MD, MHS, is Associate Professor of Surgery and Associate Professor in Radiation Oncology in the Duke University School of Medicine. Dr. Lee’s research interests include Global Health, Device Development for Cancer Detection, and Virtue-Based Professional Development and Leadership.
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Farr Curlin is Josiah C. Trent Professor of Medical Humanities. A practicing palliative medicine physician, Farr works in both the School of Medicine’s Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine, and the Divinity School’s Initiative on Theology, Medicine, and Culture. Full bio.
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The Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative and the Office of Ministerial Formation are sponsoring a seminar series entitled “Who Cares? Why Pastoral Care Matters and How to Do It Well.” The fourth (of 7) meeting of the series will cover depression and be led by Tara Corbett, MSW. Who Cares? provides an introduction to counseling skills, mental health, and self-care for students planning to be pastors or church leaders. It offers practical knowledge and tools to help equip students to…
More InfoTMC Faculty to Collaborate on Planning Grant
TMC professors Warren Kinghorn and Ray Barfield join with faculty from other Duke University Schools on a 2019 Intellectual Planning Grant called “Health as an “Health as an Ecosystem: Expanding Our Imaginations of Health.” TMC post-doctoral fellow, Brett McCarty, St. Andrews Fellow in Theology and Science will also participate. Jennifer Lawson, M.D., Theology, Medicine, and Culture Fellowship alumna, and clinical associate at the Duke Department of Pediatrics will co-lead the group. The group will apply the ecosystem concept to health and…
More InfoTMC Seminar: “A Faithful and Wise Compassion: When Potions, Pills, and Procedures Fail,” Joshua Briscoe, MD
Joshua C. Briscoe is Medical Instructor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Medical Instructor in the Department of Medicine at Duke University Medical School.
More InfoWho Cares? Series: “Suicidality” with Tara Corbett, MSW and Warren Kinghorn, MD, PhD
The Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative and the Office of Ministerial Formation are sponsoring a seminar series entitled “Who Cares? Why Pastoral Care Matters and How to Do It Well.” This month, Who Cares? is joining forces with Dr. Warren Kinghorn for an important Mentoring for Ministry topic: “Pastoral Care: Suicide Prevention and Accompanying those with Suicidal Ideation.” Instead of the usual Wednesday meeting time, we will meet on Thursday, February 21st from 12:30-1:20pm in 0012W. This is open to…
More InfoTMC Seminar: “(How) Can the Church Help Address Racism in Healthcare?” Dr. Charmaine Royal
Charmaine Royal is associate professor of African & African American Studies, Biology, and Community & Family Medicine at Duke University. She is also core faculty in the Duke Initiative for Science and Society, faculty affiliate in the Duke Global Health Institute, and senior fellow in the Kenan Institute for Ethics. Full bio.
More Info“Dance and Theology: Healing What is Broken”: Ekklesia Contemporary Ballet at Goodson Chapel
Ekklesia Contemporary Ballet will perform at the Duke Divinity School chapel service in Goodson Chapel, followed by a lunchtime conversation on the intersection between dance and theology. The event is sponsored by the Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative; Duke Initiative for Theology and the Arts; and the Center for Reconciliation. Ekklesia Contemporary Ballet exists to “love all and serve all” as the church embodied through the visible form of dance. Ekklesia holds a diverse compilation of repertory that spans a…
More InfoTMC Seminar: “A Discussion on the Moral Formation of Medical Students,” James Lefler, MD
James P. Lefler is Assistant Consulting Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University School of Medicine.
More InfoWho Cares? Series: “Alcohol and Substance Abuse” with Tara Corbett, MSW; Warren Kinghorn, MD, ThD; and Marty Weems, LCSW, LCAS
The Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative and the Office of Ministerial Formation are sponsoring a seminar series entitled “Who Cares? Why Pastoral Care Matters and How to Do It Well.” The sixth (of 7) meeting of the series will cover alcohol and substance abuse and be moderated by Tara Corbett, MSW, with guest speakers Dr. Warren Kinghorn, MD, ThD, and Marty Weems, LCSW, LCAS. This seminar will count as M4M credit. Who Cares? provides an introduction to counseling skills, mental…
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