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Medical Negligence in Gynecological Surgery

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Speaker: Nicholas Leyland, BASc, MD, MHCM, FRCSC, Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Fellowship Director, Advanced Pelvic, Obstetrical and Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery, McMaster University Seminar Objectives: Understand the elements of medical negligence. Medical errors, negligence, and litigation

. Informed consent: What does this entail?

 Examples from completed Canadian Medical Protective Association […]

Advanced Artificial Intelligence and Healthcare: Is Consent Really in Jeopardy?

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Speaker: Jordan Joseph Wadden, MA, Bioethicist, Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences, PhD Candidate, Department of Philosophy, University of British Columbia About this Seminar: Some have suggested that the introduction of more and more advanced artificial intelligence (AI) to healthcare settings will run the risk of jeopardizing patient informed consent. However, these claims are […]

100 Years of Insulin: Medical Success, Ethical Mess?

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Speakers: Dr. Andrew Helmers, MDCM, MHSc (Bioethics), MSc, Staff Physician, Department of Critical Care Medicine & Department of Bioethics, The Hospital for Sick Children Rashad Rehman, BA, PhD Candidate, Department of Philosophy & Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto; Project-Specific Bioethics Research Volunteer, Mount Sinai Hospital About this Seminar: Insulin's discovery and discoverers are […]