The International Bioethics conference
20th – 21 st July 2023 SPLIT, CROATIA
ETHICS
IN MEDICAL AND HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION
Organised by
Supported by
Co Sponsored by
Global Network of Bioethics, Medical and Health Professions Education
Formerly the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics
UNESCO Chair in Bioethics Haifa was established on June 24th 2001; The goal was to coordinate and stimulate an International Network of Institutes for Medical Ethics associating higher education institutes in both developed and developing countries and developing an up-to-date syllabus for medical ethics education which will satisfy the requirements of medical schools and institutions in the world.
The Global Network of Bioethics, Medical and Health Professions Education and the Department of Education continues to ensure that reformed evidence-based teaching methodology can be offered for faculty training of Bioethics teachers in Medical and Health Professional education. It strengthens bioethics as a whole by facilitating members of the network to move towards pursuing enhanced and effective international collaboration and intensifying relations with academic institutions and other partners, establishing easier access to bioethics education and systematic inquiry and analysis. To make it possible for participants to put bioethics theory into practice.
Prof. Dr. Sc. Russell D’Souza MD DSc
Head & Chair
Department of Education ICB
Global Network of Medical and Health Professions Education
Melbourne Australia AUSTRALIA
Prof. Dr. Ronald M Harden
Co Chair
Global Network of Medical and Health Professions Education Melbourne Australia AUSTRALIA
Editor in Chief, Medical Teacher
General Secretary of AMEE, an International Association for Medical Education
WELCOME TO SPLIT CROATIA
Croatia is a country located in the northwestern part of the Balkan Peninsula. It is a small yet highly geographically diverse crescent–shaped country. Its capital is Zagreb, located in the north.
The city was founded as the Greek colony of Aspálathos in the 3rd or 2nd century BCE on the coast of the Illyrian Dalmatae, and in 305 CE, it became the site of the Palace of the Roman emperor Diocletian. It became a prominent settlement around 650 when it succeeded the ancient capital of the Roman province of Dalmatia, Salona. After the sack of Salona by the Avars and Slavs, the fortified Palace of Diocletian was settled by Roman refugees. Split became a Byzantine city. Later it drifted into the sphere of the Republic of Venice and the Kingdom of Croatia, with the Byzantines retaining nominal suzerainty. For much of the High and Late Middle Ages, Split enjoyed autonomy as a free city of the Dalmatian city-states, caught in the middle of a struggle between Venice and Croatia for control over the Dalmatian cities.
Venice eventually prevailed and during the early modern period Split remained a Venetian city, a heavily fortified outpost surrounded by Ottoman territory. Its hinterland was won from the Ottomans in the Morean War of 1699, and in 1797, as Venice fell to Napoleon, the Treaty of Campo Formio rendered the city to the Habsburg monarchy. In 1805, the Peace of Pressburg added it to the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy and in 1806 it was included in the French Empire, becoming part of the Illyrian Provinces in 1809. After being occupied in 1813, it was eventually granted to the Austrian Empire following the Congress of Vienna, where the city remained a part of the Austrian Kingdom of Dalmatia until the fall of Austria-Hungary in 1918 and the formation of Yugoslavia. In World War II, the city was annexed by Italy, then liberated by the Partisans after the Italian capitulation in 1943. It was then re-occupied by Germany, which granted it to its puppet Independent State of Croatia. The city was liberated again by the Partisans in 1944, and was included in the post-war Socialist Yugoslavia, as part of its republic of Croatia. In 1991, Croatia seceded from Yugoslavia amid the Croatian War of Independence.
CONFERENCE VENUE
The Faculty of Medicine of the University of Rijeka was founded in 1955 and in the past six decades has grown into one of the most important educational and scientific institutions recognized in Croatia and abroad. Our Faculty was founded by notable people who were ahead of their time. The initiative for establishment was initiated by Andrija Štampar. He brought together former teachers and students from Zagreb, Vienna, Pest, and Prague and thereby brought the light of diversity, tolerance and free thought to our region. The faculty is located in one of the oldest parts of the city of Rijeka, in the impressive palace of the Branchetta brothers from the beginning of the twentieth century. The project of the young Rijeka architect who won the competition was called Aria e luce. Today, this building surrounded by a beautiful park is one of the most beautiful faculties of the University of Rijeka, and certainly beyond. The greatest value of the Faculty is our students, teachers and former students. Students of the Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka are active in social life, they organize numerous student events and they are not lagging. Nor in scientific and professional work, which is visible through the organization of numerous international scientific and professional meetings. The Student Union, FOSS, CroMSIC, and EMSA give that special, much-needed touch to student life that is almost as valuable as the educational part provided by our teachers. Being a part of a faculty that is big enough to be significant, yet small enough to remain individual – is the advantage of studying and working at our Faculty. Our teachers recognize their students in the corridors, on the street and in the city, which gives us the feeling of a direct, personal and individualized approach to students. We are also proud of our alumni! Many of them are recognized experts abroad who work in prestigious hospitals and scientific research centres throughout Europe and America. We are happy that they are still in contact with us through the Faculty Alumni Association.
Tina Poklepović Peričić
Tina Poklepović Peričić is a Ass. Prof at the Medical School in Split where she obtained her Ph D on Cochrane systematic reviews in 2015. She has been actively involved in Cochrane since 2009, primarily as a systematic reviewer, clinical advisor and in teaching, but also in translational and dissemination activities. Since 2015 Tina has been the co- director of Cochrane Croatia. Her background is in dental medicine, and her research interests include evidence synthesis, methodological research and clinical guidelines.
Dr. Jasna Karacic Zanetti
Dr. Jasna Karacic Zanetti the Head of the Health Diplomacy Unit at the International Council of the Patient Ombudsman. She has a Ph. D. in health diplomacy and patient rights. She is an associate professor at the global diplomatic academy. She served as a diplomat during the Croatian Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2020, delegated from the Ministry of Health. As a responsible person for patient rights, she holds consultative status with the United Nations. She got the Rector’s Award for Achievements at the UNESCO level for human rights in medicine and the National Geographic Award for Justice in sustainable development goals.
She was assigned “ Young Leader” for health crisis management in 2021 . She is a member of The Young Elected Politicians at The European Committee of the Regions.
SPEAKERS
Prof. Dr. Sc. Russell D’Souza MD DSc
Head & Chair
Department of Education ICB
Global Network of Medical and Health Professions Education
Melbourne Australia AUSTRALIA
Stacy Gallin, D. M. H.
Founding Director,
Benjamin Ferencz Institute for Ethics, Human Rights and The Holocaust
USA
Prof. Em. Dr. Gerhard Fortwengel, MPH
University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Hannover, Germany
American University of Iraq – Baghdad, Iraq
GERMANYProf. Dr. Daniella Keidar
University of Haifa
ISRAEL
Dr ( Col) Derek DSouza, MDS, MBA ( HR)
FIIOPM Director ( Students Training & Development)
INDIA
Dr. Mary Mathew
Professor of Pathology and Head of of Department MAHE India
INDIA
Dr. Sc. Vedprakash Mishra
Chief Advisor to Hon’ ble Chancellor and Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences ( Deemed to be University), Karad ;
Human Ethics Committees Association ( HECA), Bangalore; Honorary Director, Centre for Health Sciences Education Policy and Planning, DMIHER ( DU), Nagpur
INDIA
Prof. Dr. Sc. Joseph ( Joe) E. Thornton, M. D., DFAPA
Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry
Interim Program Director of Quality ( Psychiatry) University of Florida College of Medicine
USA
Dr. Susan M. Miller, MD, MPH, FACP, FAAFP
John S. Dunn Chair in General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine
Professor of Clinical Family Medicine, Academic Institute Associate Clinical Member, Research Institute
Houston Methodist
Weill Cornell Medical College
USADr. Abhay Gaidhane
Dean Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College
Honorary Director, School of Epidemiology & Public Health Professor of Community Medicine, J N Medical College
Unit Head, International Chair of Bioethics ( Haifa) Unit at DMIHER
Recipient of the Australian Leadership Fellowship Award ( ALAF)
INDIA
Dr Princy Louis Palatty MD Ph- D, FIIOPM
Dr. Tara Muhammed Ali Saeed Shallal
Pathologist at Maternity Teaching Hospital/ Hawler Medical University
Faculty of Medicine/Bioethics Course Coordinator Coordinator of Medical Education Department
To T/HMU Center for Pedagogy Training and Academic Development
Ph D Scholar ( Medical Education)
Secretary of International Chair in Bioethics Unit/Hawler Medical University
Dr. S. Geethalakshmi, M. D., Ph. D.
Former Vice Chancellor The Tamilnadu Dr MGR Medical
University Guindy Chennai