HUMANITIES IN PATHOLOGY CLUB

Humanities In Pathology Club Workspace (for Club Members only)

ABOUT THE CLUB

Chair : Dr. Laurette Geldenhuys
E-mail: laurette.geldenhuys@cdha.nshealth.ca

Objectives:

The Humanities in Pathology Club is a forum for discussion, sharing ideas and exchanging information in the fields of the Medical Humanities and Medical Education. The Medical Humanities include, but are not limited to, History, Ethics, Literature, Music, Art and Religion as related to Medicine. 

Activities:

The Humanities in Pathology Club organizes the annual Guillermo Quinonez Seminar on the Medical Humanities, which is part of the CAP Annual Meeting. The seminar is named after a founding member of the club.

Past Meetings

2009 Halifax, NS
Presentations
Dr. Jock Murray - Halifax, NS -
AMS Speaker in the Medical Humanities
The Role of the Pathologist in Defining Multiple Sclerosis over the Last 200 years.   115kb

Dr. Chris Naugler  - Halifax, NS
Symmetry: The Crossroads of Art and Medicine



Past Meetings

2008 Ottawa, ON
Presentations
Dr. Kaveh Shojania - Ottawa, ON
- AMS Speaker in the Medical Humanities
Medical Error in Patient Safety in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Dr. David Grynspan - Winnipeg, MB
References to Greek Mythology in the Vernacular of Pathology: Allusions of Form and Fate

 


 

2007 Toronto, ON
Minutes
Presentations
Dr. Michael Bliss - Toronto, ON
- AMS Speaker in the Medical Humanities
Pathology, Pathography, Biography: The Historical Post-Mortem 

Dr. Gordon Hoag - Victoria, BC
Professionalism and Ethics: Influences on our Practice 

 


 

2006 St. John's, NL
Minutes 2006   73kb
Presentations
Dr. Robert H. Young - Boston, MA
Thomas S. Cullen: A Great Canadian, with Comments on his Legacy and the History of Gynecological Pathology

Dr. James Wright - Calgary, AB
The Alder Hey Organ Scandal in the Context of Historical Autopsy Practice

 


2005 Victoria, BC
Minutes 2005 
10kb
Presentations
Dr. Laurette Geldenhuys - Halifax, NS
The Humanities in Medicine and Pathology

Dr. John Jacques - Courtney, BC
Early Pathology Services in Alberta

Dr. David Rayner - Edmonton, AB
Interface Learning: Reflection on Pathology in the Integrated Curriculum   

 

 

 

 


 

2004 Montreal, QC
Minutes 2004 
 22kb
Presentations
Dr. Kenneth Pritzker - Toronto, ON

The Future of History of Canadian Pathology

Dr. Bertha Garcia - London, ON
Concept Mapping as a Tool for Teaching/Learning Pathology

Dr. Arthur Gryfe - Toronto, ON
Pathology out of the Sands of Time

Dr. Subrata Chakrabarti - London, ON
Tissues for Research: Ethical Considerations in Surgical Pathology 

 


 

2003 Charlottetown, PEI
Minutes 2003
 29kb
Presentations
Dr. Guillermo Quinonez - Winnipeg, ON

Why History is Important to the Members of the CAP

Dr. Jim Wright - Halifax, NS
History of the Intraoperative Frozen Section

Dr. Alex Heggveit - Hamilton, ON
Who Conceived of, Designed and Built the World’s First Practical Electron Microscope 

- Updated February2010 -