Events

Gasul Club of Pediatric Cardiology Quarterly Meeting

Time: 6:00-6:45 pm, reception - 6:45 - 8 pm, presentation.

Location: Hektoen Institute, 2100 W. Harrison, Chicago

No charge - RSVP: Phyllis Wheeler at 312.948.2520

Carole A. Travis-Henikoff, Independent Scholar, author of "Dinner With A Cannibal/ The Complete History of Mankind's Oldest Taboo." Presented by Hektoen Society of Medical History & Humanities.

Time: 5:30-6:15 pm, reception - 6:15-7:15 pm, lecture

Location:Hektoen Institute, 2100 W. Harrison, Chicago

Cost: $15.00 - RSVP: Phyllis Wheeler at 312.948.2520

Cultures from around the world have practiced close to a dozen different kinds of cannibalism.
Medicinal (iatric), cannibalism was, and still is, practiced with the belief that human flesh cures illnesses, improve the diner's health and /or works towards stamina and sexual prowess. Iatric cannibalism within Western societies is uniquely fascinating. Research shows that no European medical or apothecary journal ever saw fit to identify the ingestion of prescribed medicines made from human cadavers as being acts of cannibalism. Nevertheless, human flesh or fluids consumed by other humans constitute acts of cannibalism.

In this presentation I will explore medicinal cannibalism practiced in Europe and then take you around the world to show cannibalism's ancient beginnings and the similarities of thought found in dark forests as well as "sophisticated" societies.

Book signing after the lecture

"Dinner with a Cannibal: The Complete History of Mankind's Oldest Taboo" will be for sale for $25.00 (cash or check only).

Sketching workshop for caregivers presented by Nurses & the Humanities.

Time: 5:00-7:00 pm.

Location: Garfield Park Conservatory, 300 N. Central Park, Chicago

Group will meet in the Community Room.

Cost: $15.00 - RSVP: Rachel Baker at 312.948.2522

Immerse yourselves in the amazing environment of the Garfield Park Conservatory and experience it in a new way: through observation and drawing. When we observe something with the intent to draw it, we study it more carefully and see things we may have missed in passing. The Conservatory is a very nice fit for this activity due to its quiet, almost meditative atmosphere. Every child draws pictures, but most of us give it up unless we consider ourselves to be artists. By reacquainting ourselves with this activity, we face a new creative challenge and discover how we observe and interpret our environment.

Workshop conducted by Steve Musgrave, painter, illustrator, digital artist. His work has been commissioned by the Chicago Tribune, Sports Illustrated, the Chicago Cubs, and more recently for Chicago's Department of Public Art.

Suzanne Poirier, PhD., Associate Professor Emerita, Medical Humanities, University of Illinois in Chicago. Presented by Hektoen Society of Medical History & Humanities.

Time: 5:30-6:15 pm, reception - 6:15-7:15 pm, lecture

Place:Hektoen Institute, 2100 W. Harrison, Chicago

Cost: $15.00 - RSVP: Phyllis Wheeler at 312.948.2520

An interactive presentation by Artist Nancy Gershman presented by Nurses & the Humanities.

Time: 5:00-6:30 pm, reception immediately following.

Place:Hektoen Institute, 2100 W. Harrison, Chicago

Cost: $15.00 - RSVP: Rachel Baker at 312.948.2522

Nurses often contend with negative energy inside the workplace, and with their own demons back at home. Over a lifetime, emotional body armor protects against a battery of loss and regrets. Enter the artistry of Nancy Gershman. By digitally altering people’s personal photographs, Gershman has developed a methodology that heals emotional pain by reframing the past and present through positive visualization. The relief gained through these fine art photomontages is no less than miraculous. Join us as artist and audience jointly build a “healing dreamscape” for one lucky nurse, discovering how such custom wishful reality can be transformative for everyone in the nursing profession.  

For information on Nancy Gershman, check Art For Your Sake.

Philip Liebson, M.D., Rush University Medical Center. Presented by Hektoen Society of Medical History & Humanities.

Time: 5:30-6:15 pm, reception - 6:15-7:15 pm, lecture

Location: Hektoen Institute, 2100 W. Harrison, Chicago

Cost: $15.00 - RSVP: Phyllis Wheeler at 312.948.2520

Gasul Club of Pediatric Cardiology Quarterly Meeting

Time: 6:00-6:45 pm, reception - 6:45 - 8 pm, presentation.

Location: Hektoen Institute, 2100 W. Harrison, Chicago

No charge - RSVP: Phyllis Wheeler at 312.948.2520

Presented by Hektoen Nurses & the Humanities Program and UIC School of Medicine, Dept. of Medical Education.

Date: April 23, 2009

Location: University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Medicine.

By Lois LaCivita Nixon, PhD, MLitt, MAT, MPH; Course Director, Medical Ethics and Medical Humanities; College of Medicine, University of South Florida.

For there will be the arts and some will call them soft data whereas in fact they are the hard data
by which our lives are lived. - John Stone, MD

Medicine, formerly characterized by objectivity and paternalism, has been infused in recent decades with and transformed by new forces that can be revealed by selections from Medical Humanities.
In this presentation we will consider the contributions made by emerging voices of patients and health professionals whose subjective voices have become more commonplace. New words in new narrative forms have burst forth to provide vital, and previously omitted insights that are important--and often medically useful. An examination of examples from the Medical Humanities illustrates how these stories or narratives differ from and contribute to the materials found in the traditional medical text.

Presented by Hektoen Society of Medical History & Humanities.

Time: 5:30-6:15 pm, reception - 6:15-7:15 pm, lecture

Location: Hektoen Institute, 2100 W. Harrison, Chicago

Cost: $15.00 - RSVP: Phyllis Wheeler at 312.948.2520

A lecture by Andrew Griffin, M.D., Co-Director Pediatric Cardiology, University of Illinois Campus at Chicago.

Gasul Club of Pediatric Cardiology Quarterly Meeting

Time: 6:00-6:45 pm, reception - 6:45 - 8 pm, presentation.

Location: Hektoen Institute, 2100 W. Harrison, Chicago

No charge - RSVP: Phyllis Wheeler at 312.948.2520

Carole A. Travis-Henikoff, Independent Scholar, author of "Dinner With A Cannibal/ The Complete History of Mankind's Oldest Taboo." Presented by Hektoen Society of Medical History & Humanities.

Time: 5:30-6:15 pm, reception - 6:15-7:15 pm, lecture

Location: Hektoen Institute, 2100 W. Harrison, Chicago

Cost: $15.00 - RSVP: Phyllis Wheeler at 312.948.2520

Cultures from around the world have practiced close to a dozen different kinds of cannibalism.
Medicinal (iatric), cannibalism was, and still is, practiced with the belief that human flesh cures illnesses, improve the diner's health and /or works towards stamina and sexual prowess. Iatric cannibalism within Western societies is uniquely fascinating. Research shows that no European medical or apothecary journal ever saw fit to identify the ingestion of prescribed medicines made from human cadavers as being acts of cannibalism. Nevertheless, human flesh or fluids consumed by other humans constitute acts of cannibalism.

In this presentation I will explore medicinal cannibalism practiced in Europe and then take you around the world to show cannibalism's ancient beginnings and the similarities of thought found in dark forests as well as "sophisticated" societies.

Book signing after the lecture

"Dinner with a Cannibal: The Complete History of Mankind's Oldest Taboo" will be for sale for $25.00 (cash or check only).

Suzanne Poirier, PhD., Associate Professor Emerita, Medical Humanities, University of Illinois in Chicago.

Philip Liebson, M.D., Rush University Medical Center.

A lecture by Andrew Griffin, M.D., Co-Director Pediatric Cardiology, University of Illinois Campus at Chicago

Sketching workshop for caregivers presented by Nurses & the Humanities.

Time: 5:00-7:00 pm.

Location: Garfield Park Conservatory, 300 N. Central Park, Chicago

Group will meet in the Community Room.

Cost: $15.00 - RSVP: Rachel Baker at 312.948.2522

Immerse yourselves in the amazing environment of the Garfield Park Conservatory and experience it in a new way: through observation and drawing. When we observe something with the intent to draw it, we study it more carefully and see things we may have missed in passing. The Conservatory is a very nice fit for this activity due to its quiet, almost meditative atmosphere. Every child draws pictures, but most of us give it up unless we consider ourselves to be artists. By reacquainting ourselves with this activity, we face a new creative challenge and discover how we observe and interpret our environment.

Workshop conducted by Steve Musgrave, painter, illustrator, digital artist. His work has been commissioned by the Chicago Tribune, Sports Illustrated, the Chicago Cubs, and more recently for Chicago's Department of Public Art.

An interactive presentation by Artist Nancy Gershman presented by Nurses & the Humanities.

Time: 5:00-6:30 pm, reception immediately following.

Place:Hektoen Institute, 2100 W. Harrison, Chicago

Cost: $15.00 - RSVP: Rachel Baker at 312.948.2522

Nurses often contend with negative energy inside the workplace, and with their own demons back at home. Over a lifetime, emotional body armor protects against a battery of loss and regrets. Enter the artistry of Nancy Gershman. By digitally altering people’s personal photographs, Gershman has developed a methodology that heals emotional pain by reframing the past and present through positive visualization. The relief gained through these fine art photomontages is no less than miraculous. Join us as artist and audience jointly build a “healing dreamscape” for one lucky nurse, discovering how such custom wishful reality can be transformative for everyone in the nursing profession.  

For information on Nancy Gershman, check Art For Your Sake.

Presented by Hektoen Nurses & the Humanities Program and UIC School of Medicine, Dept. of Medical Education.

Date: April 23, 2009

Location: University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Medicine.

By Lois LaCivita Nixon, PhD, MLitt, MAT, MPH; Course Director, Medical Ethics and Medical Humanities; College of Medicine, University of South Florida.

For there will be the arts and some will call them soft data whereas in fact they are the hard data
by which our lives are lived. - John Stone, MD

Medicine, formerly characterized by objectivity and paternalism, has been infused in recent decades with and transformed by new forces that can be revealed by selections from Medical Humanities.
In this presentation we will consider the contributions made by emerging voices of patients and health professionals whose subjective voices have become more commonplace. New words in new narrative forms have burst forth to provide vital, and previously omitted insights that are important--and often medically useful. An examination of examples from the Medical Humanities illustrates how these stories or narratives differ from and contribute to the materials found in the traditional medical text.

Presented by Hektoen of Medicine Nurses & the Humanities. Workshop led by Marcia Wunderlich, Board Certified Music Therapist.

Time: 5:00-7:00 pm.

Location: Rainbow Hospice, 444 N. Northwest Highway, Park Ridge, Conference Room 145 A - Free Parking -

Cost: $15.00 (includes buffet dinner) - Complimentary to students with ID.

RSVP: Rachel Baker at 312.948.2520

Join us for an evening of merriment and song. Learn about and experience the therapeutic value of making a joyful noise. Bring your voice and enthusiasm. De-Stress. Leave energized and ready to start the Holidays. We will practice holiday songs from various faith and culture traditions. The workshop will also include a presentation of a few singing techniques. Dinner will be provided.

Clara Orban, Ph.D. Professor, French and Italian, DePaul University. Presented by Hektoen Society of Medical History & Humanities.

Time: 5:30-6:15 pm, reception - 6:15-7:15 pm, lecture

Location: Hektoen Institute, 2100 W. Harrison, Chicago

Cost: $15.00 - RSVP: Phyllis Wheeler at 312.948.2520

In virtually unprecedented fashion, AIDS became the subject of art. Poetry, prose, memoirs and plays chronicled this disease, which especially devastated the arts community. Filmic treatments of AIDS often also forced viewers to examine their attitudes towards gay men, in particular. Of all the arts, cinema and to some extent television brought AIDS into the public consciousness.

In this exploration of AIDS on screen, Orban will discuss independent and Hollywood mainstream productions, as well as how films from other cultures dealt with this topic. How AIDS appears in artistic media can illuminate how society understands the disease.

Sandy Sufian, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor, UIC College of Medicine, Dept. of Medical Education.

**Note that exceptionally, this lecture falls on a Wednesday.

Time: 5:30-6:15 pm, reception - 6:15-7:15 pm, lecture

Location:Hektoen Institute, 2100 W. Harrison, Chicago

Cost: $15.00 - RSVP: Phyllis Wheeler at 312.948.2520

This presentation explores and compares body images in Hebrew and Arabic political cartoons during one of the most contentious times in Palestine, the 1936 Arab Revolt. The speaker argues that analyzing the images of the body in these political cartoons allows us to better understand their sub-textual messages. Drawing upon the "scientific" theories of physiognomy and phrenology--accepted theories during the late 19th and early 20th centuries--Sufian explains the choices of the respective cartoonists and the value of looking at representations of the body for learning about the cultural and political history of Palestine.

Presented by Hektoen Nurses & the Humanities Program and the Pain Society.

Session conducted by Todd Hochberg, documentary photographer.

Date: Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008, 5 to 7 pm.

Location: Hektoen Institute, Thursday, Nov 6

Cost: $15.00; complimentary to nursing students - RSVP: Rachel Baker at 312.948.2522

Moments Held: Legacy Work is a video and photography presentation that shares the experiences of Bob, a cancer patient, creating legacy materials through the documentary form. In Hochberg’s view legacy work is best when it incorporates in addition to the richness of oral histories, a personal emotional and spiritual assessment of one’s place during a time of life transition. Considering the importance of "meaning-making" when one's assumptive world is shattered by serious illness, impending death or loss, the telling of one’s story may possess great therapeutic benefit. Some may intuitively have the need to give it voice but know not where to begin. As Bob put it, “We’ve all been given journals to write in… the pages are blank… we wouldn’t have done this on our own.”

As storytellers, photographs are powerful aids to narrative when words are sometimes insufficient to the task. Video documentation offers additional opportunities for sharing a narrative. The Images and Video may ultimately serve as touchstones for feelings and memories pertaining to significant loving relationships and precious experiences; over time their use may contribute to emotional healing. In collaboration with the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Patient and Family Support Services over the last year of Bob’s life, the intent of this project was to support coping strategies of patients and their families struggling with cancer and at end-of-life.
The work also involved Bob’s wife and two young children who shine ever brightly in the film. Bob engaged easily with the process saying of the project, “I like this alot... it comes from my heart... we just wouldn't have had this time, the kids and everything... it was very rewarding... we got to see each other in a different light... [When] I pass away, they do have something instead of nothing... I thought I was leaving them nothing.”
When Bob died, his wife Adriana chose to screen this film at the funeral service.

Learn more at www.momentsheld.org

"I try to cherish every day now. Every day I just don't know what is going to be when I wake up. What will that day bring?" - Bob

Presented by Hektoen Nurses & the Humanities Program in partnership with the Illinois Humanities Council.

Performance Text is a genre with roots in communications, sociology and ethnography. With its emphasis on intervention and calling the audience to action, it has unique and creative application for healthcare education and practice.

Please join students from the College of Nursing at UIC as they share their writings and explore how the story can become the catalyst for change. The impetus for this program came from a seminar offered in the summer of 2008, entitled: Humanities and Narrative Writing for Healthcare. Geraldine Gorman, RN, PhD and Carrol Smith, RN, PhD, will moderate, UIC School of Nursing.

Time: 5:00 to 6:00 pm presentation - 6:00 to 6:30 pm, reception

Location: Hektoen Institute, 2100 W. Harrison, Chicago

Nadav Davidovitch, MD, MPH, PhD, Division of Public Health, Ben Gurion University, Israel.

Presented by Hektoen Society of Medical History & Humanities, Dept. of Medicine, John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County and UIC College of Medicine, Department of Medical Education.

Time : 4:00 pm, reception; 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm, presentation

Location: Hektoen Auditorium, 1st Fl, Cook County Hospital Campus, 627 South Wood St, Chicago

Cost: No charge - RSVP: Phyllis Wheeler at 312.948.2520

In December 1921, in the Arab village of Duwaimeh near Hebron, an epidemic of smallpox broke out following variolation of the population. This practice of variolation included taking material from the blister of a sick person and purposely inoculating another healthy individual. It was carried out mainly by local healers and was a common practice among the local population at the time. This presentation reviews the history of smallpox in Palestine during the British Mandate, focusing on the smallpox outbreak in Duwaimeh and the interrelationship between the local population and British Mandate authorities in the course of dealing with the epidemic. Among all the colonial powers around the world, public health and addressing outbreaks of contagious diseases were among key issues of concern in the handling of local administration for both colonial regimes and the medical community. These aspects will be analyzed by examining how various parties reacted to the outbreak in the context of their different understandings of the disease and its possible prevention. It is also an opportunity to reconstruct the Palestinian rural context that existed in Palestine at the turn of the 20th century and almost disappeared after the establishment of Israel.

"I try to cherish every day now. Every day I just don't know what is going to be when I wake up. What will that day bring?" - Bob

Lydia Usha, M.D. Assistant Professor, Section of Medical Oncology, Director, Rush Inherited Susceptibility to Cancer (RISC) Center, Dept. of Internal Medicine, Rush University Medical Center. Presented by Hektoen Society of Medical History & Humanities.

Time: 5:30-6:15 pm, reception - 6:15-7:15 pm, lecture

Location: Hektoen Institute, 2100 W. Harrison, Chicago

Cost: $15.00 - RSVP: Phyllis Wheeler at 312.948.2520

The phrase “creative thinking” has become a buzz word in the 21st century. However, it is often unclear what this term implies, and more importantly, what are the “know-how’s” of creative thinking. In this presentation, Dr. Usha will be discussing the nature of creative thinking, stages of creative process, and some techniques of creative thinking using examples from the history of medicine and biological sciences. The lecture includes masterpieces of art, cartoons, story-telling, aphorisms, and creative thinking puzzles.

Dr. Usha is a medical oncologist in the Division of Hematology and Oncology at Rush and the Director of Rush Inherited Susceptibility to Cancer Clinic. She has been interested in the subject for about 10 years and has given lectures and facilitated creative thinking workshops at Rush and the UIC.

Gasul Club of Pediatric Cardiology Quarterly Meeting

Please bring your interesting cases for discussion
and for presentation

Sunthorn Muangmingsuk, MD, Moderator

Time: 6:00-6:45 pm, reception - 6:45 - 8 pm, presentation.

Location: Hektoen Institute, 2100 W. Harrison, Chicago

No charge - RSVP: Phyllis Wheeler at 312.948.2520

Art tour for caregivers presented by Hektoen Nurses & the Humanities Program.

Time: 5:15-7:15 pm

Location: The Art Institute of Chicago, 111 S. Michigan Ave. Tour meets in museum Michigan Ave. lobby at 5 PM.

Cost: $15.00 (payable in advance)

Tour is limited to 20 participants. RSVP is required and payment must be sent in advance to hold your reservation. Mail check (payable to Hektoen Institute), to Rachel Baker, Hektoen Institute, 2100 W. Harrison, Chicago, IL 60612

RSVP: Rachel Baker at 312.948.2522

Engage your senses and increase your responsiveness to visual cues. Through facilitated exercises in the galleries of the Art Institute of Chicago, this session offers an opportunity to enhance your skills in visual analysis and communication as they relate to nursing practice. We will explore a variety of nursing-related concerns such as body language and interpersonal relationships, and managing change in living systems, among others. By the end of the evening, you will be looking at art and your nursing practice in a new way. No previous art history knowledge is necessary and, in fact, it should be left at the door! The tour is led by Sarah Alvarez, Art Institute, Education Dept.

Alice Dreger, Ph.D., Guggenheim Fellow and Professor of Clinical Medical Humanities & Bioethics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University. Presented by Hektoen Society of Medical History & Humanities.

Time: 5:30-6:15 pm, reception - 6:15-7:15 pm, lecture

Location: Hektoen Institute, 2100 W. Harrison, Chicago

Cost: $15.00 - RSVP: Phyllis Wheeler at 312.948.2520

This lecture considers the history of a variety of medical "normalizing" treatments--including genitoplasties for disorders of sex development and transsexualism, conjoined twin separations, cleft lip repairs, growth hormone injections for short stature, and Botox for wrinkles--in order to address the central question: What are doctors for? The lecture centers around an argument in favor of a noble conception of the medical profession that considers what is really good for patients, for doctors, and for democracy.

Midwest AIDS Training & Education Partners (MATEP) 12th Annual HIV/AIDS Treatment Update Symposium:
Report from the 2008 World AIDS Conference in Mexico City, Mexico.

Jointly sponsored by the Hektoen Institute of Medicine, UIC College of Medicine, and MATEC (Midwest AIDS Training & Education Center).

CME accredited - CE for Dentists, Nurses, and Pharmacists may be available.

Time: 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm: Registration and dinner
6:00 pm to 9:30 pm: Scientific Session

Location: At the Ritz-Carlton Hotel – Ballroom, 160 E. Pearson Street at Water Tower Place, Chicago, IL

No charge, but registration is required at 312-850-3741 or on http://www.matep.org

The Hektoen Institute of Medicine's Nurses and the Humanities in collaboration with the Rehabilitation Institute Nursing Academy is delighted to present a study and travel opportunity in Paris, France and several nearby significant sites such as Versailles, Chartres, Auvers-sur-Oise (Van Gogh village), and Taize. Please note that CEUs have been applied for.

"The Art of Travel," De Botton has said that our lives are dominated by a search for happiness and that few activities reveal as much about the dynamics of this quest- in all its ardor and paradoxes-than our travels. During this "journey" we will have the opportunity to get "caught up" and to practice the arts of attention, gazing, and listening; engage in activities to renew ourselves each day; meander toward the center of the places we visit and linger a while; engage in the rituals of journaling and letter writing as well as reading selected classic materials related to the sites; practice gratitude and praise singing; savor our dining experiences and, best of all, enjoy the company of one another!

A lecture by Elliot Weisenberg, MD, Department of Pathology, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center. Presented by Hektoen Society of Medical History & Humanities.

A panel discussion moderated by Mary Ann McDermott, RN, EdD, Professor Emeritus, Niehoff School of Nursing, Loyola University Chicago; with Ted Rubenstein, MFA, PsyD, VP of Creative Arts Therapy & Clinical Director, ITA, Drama Therapist; Nancy Gershman, Artist & Founder of Art For Your Sake; Christine Sterkel, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Rush University Hospitals and Psychoanalyst at the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis.

Morris Fishbein Lecture by Robert D. Johnston, PhD., Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Illinois at Chicago. Presented by Hektoen Society of Medical History & Humanities.

A panel discussion moderated by Carolyn Smeltzer, RN, Ph.D.
With Doris Popovich, RN, MA and Joan Cantwell, RN, MA ("21 Peaceful Nurses, Essays on a Spiritually Guided Practice"), Nancy Zimmerman Burke, APN, MSN, BC ("Making Choices, Taking Chances: Nurse Leaders Tell Their Stories") and Fran Vlasses, RN, Ph.D. ("Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives: The Stories of Nurses")

Topics to be addressed:

• History of story telling, its impact and use in the healthcare environment
• Story of the birth of these books that highlights the stories of nurses
• Our responsibility for story telling and as story tellers
• Challenges to stories as A Body of Work
• What is the future of storytelling in healthcare

***please note that the panel discussion starts at 5:30 pm sharp.  A reception and a book signing take place at 6:45 pm.

In partnership with Illinois Humanities Council.

A lecture by Elizabeth Steinhauer, MD, Staff Psychiatrist, Student Counseling & Resource Service, University of Chicago. Presented by Hektoen Society of Medical History & Humanities. Prior to the lecture: "Therapeutic Photomontage: Wishful Reality for Countering Loss" Art Talk & Exhibition in Hektoen lobby by digital artist Nancy Gershman, Artist & Founder of Art For Your Sake -

A lecture by Mindy Schwartz, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago. Presented by Hektoen Society of Medical History & Humanities.

Workshop co-presented by the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago and the Hektoen Institute's Nurses & the Humanities program.

A fun, interactive workshop focusing on positive communication skills and conflict resolution using improvisational theatre exercises. This workshop begins by helping participants understand how conflict develops and teaches skills to deal with it in new ways. The program focuses on areas such as voice and articulation, awareness of self and others, the use of "I" statements, and understanding assertive vs. passive or aggressive behavior. It will also explore techniques to reduce stress and enhance self-control. Come dressed to move. Workshop led by Jennifer Viets, Director of ArtsConnect. Ms. Viets is a teaching artist committed to issue-based programming. She is on the faculty of Northwestern Medical School where she directs ArtsConnect - a course for medical students on using the arts with children and adults in hospital settings.

*** Please note special location: Rehabilitation Institute, 345 E. Superior Street. Group meets at 5:15 pm in first floor lobby in front of Chagall tapestry - Workshop starts at 5:45 pm. Cost: $15.00 (include a buffet dinner). Discounted parking available for $10.00 at 321 E. Erie Parking.

A lecture by Robert D. Martin, PhD, A. Watson Armour III, Curator of Biological Anthropology, Dept. of Anthropology, The Field Museum, Chicago. Presented by Hektoen Society of Medical History & Humanities.

A lecture by B. Herold Griffith, M.D., Emeritus Professor of Surgery & Emeritus Chief of the Section of Plastic Surgery, Northwestern University. Presented by Hektoen Society of Medical History & Humanities.

A lecture by Prudence Gourguechon, M.D., President Elect, American Psychoanalytic Association. Presented by Hektoen Society of Medical History & Humanities.

By Virginia Keatley, RN, DNSc., Assistant Professor of Nursing at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

Dr. Keatley will give a brief overview of 4 schools of philosophy--Plato's idealism, Aristotle's realism, James' pragmatism, and Kierkegaard's existentialism and discuss how we and our patients live and work using a philosophical foundation. Selections from the Art Institute of Chicago will be viewed to explore the possible philosophical foundations of the artists as an assist to the participants in identifying their own philosophical perspective and the effect that has on one's practice of nursing.

***Note special location: Group meets in the Michigan Ave. lobby of the Art Institute. An opportunity to continue the dialogue over wine and cheese across the street at the University Club of Chicago will conclude the evening.

a presentation by Karen Egenes, RN, PhD, Niehoff School of Nursing, Loyola University Chicago.

Students from the College of Nursing at UIC will share selected readings from their creative nonfiction & poetry. With their clear vision and inquisitive voices, they provide a mirror for our reflection on the nursing profession.  Moderated by Geraldine Gorman, RN, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, UIC, School of Nursing. This program is presented in partnership with Illinois Humanities Council.

a presentation by Mary Ann McDermott, RN, EdD, Professor Emeritus, Niehoff School of Nursing, Loyola University Chicago.  Co-presented by the Society of Medical History & Humanities.

A presentation by by F. Lynn Meshberger, M.D., Private Practice, Gynecology. Presented by the Society of Medical History & Humanities.

The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago and The Hektoen Institute’s Nurses & the Humanities present an interactive workshop for nurses and healthcare professionals on the healing power of music and sound. Led by Margaret Nykaza

Since the beginning of time music has been a creative and healing element in human development and existence.  Recognizing the potential of this healing tool, Marge Nykaza will share her insights into the work of Harmony, Hope & Healing, a music program which serves the marginalized in Chicago. Participants will also learn about her work at the Open Ear Center in Seattle where she has studied Cross-Cultural Healing Music in Healthcare and Education for the past three years. There will be an invitation to experience the power of music, sound and energy through breathing, humming, toning and singing exercises as well as an opportunity to play percussion instruments. The ultimate goal of this experience is to create balance, release stress and enhance the healing process…. Harmony Hope & Healing! This interactive workshop promises to be energizing and informative for both patient and caregiver

The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago and the Hektoen Institute’s Nurses & the Humanities present a multidisciplinary art experience for nurses and other health care professionals. The evening will begin with a guided tour of the tapestry Job, the last creative effort of the Russian artist Marc Chagall. Following light refreshments, the members of ArtsConnect will actively engage participants to jump start their creativity through music, movement and improvisational drama. This highly interactive evening will provide nurses and other caregivers with arts-centered opportunities to help themselves and their patients regain the basic needs of belonging, choice, self-respect and fun. Participants will also learn about the role Arts & Medicine departments are playing in medical facilities across the country and how to foster advocacy for arts programming in their own settings. Wear comfortable clothes and shoes.

Where: The Rehabilitation Institute, 345 E. Superior Street, 1st floor
Cost: $15.00
Discounted parking on Erie will be available at $10.00   
****Due to the nature of this program, space will be limited to the first 25 registrants. 

a presentation by Geraldine Gorman, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, UIC College of Nursing and Michael McColly, Author, and Yoga Instructor.

The act of writing is intimately connected with knowledge of the body. The relationship is a reciprocal one: we write through the body. In order to do so, we require its cooperation—proper coordination of movement, a settling of the mind, an ability to bracket the commotion ever at the periphery of our contours. The flip side of this collaborative arrangement is equally true, if less perfectly understood. On occasion, the body writes through us. In times of imbalance and high stress, when our attention wavers from the demands of our flesh, the body demands our refocus. How that occurs is highly individualized. What remains universal is our need to restore balance. In this presentation we will offer, by way of our own journeys through health and illness, an approach which melds the expression of the body to that of the written word, movement and meditation. Michael McColly is a Yoga instructor and author. Geraldine Gorman is a Public Health educator, hospice nurse and writer. Join us for discussion and exploration.

Where: Hektoen Institute, 2100 W. Harrison Street
Cost: $15.00

Sacred Spaces/Sacred Places, a study and travel opportunity in Italy.

Where: Rome, Italy

a panel discussion part of the “Understanding Pain” lecture series, co-presented by the Hektoen Institute and the International Museum of Surgical Science (IMSS).  Moderator, Mary Ann McDermott.  Panelists:  Robert King (founder and past president of the Chicago School of Massage Therapy), Ted Rubenstein, PsyD (VP of Expressive Arts Therapy/Clinical Director and Drama Therapist at the Institute of Therapy Through The Arts in Chicago, and David Bilstrom, MD (Acupuncturist and Medical Director of the Complementary Medicine Center for Advocate/Good Samaritan Health and Wellness Center).

Where: IMSS, 1524 N. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago.