Transcript Your Future in Medicine

Your Future in Medicine
TAMARA HELFER, MD, MBA, FACOG
What is the landscape?
Hippocratic Oath
I swear by Apollo the physician, and Asclepius, and Hygieia
and Panacea and all the gods and goddesses as my witnesses
that, according to my ability and judgment, I will keep this
Oath and this covenant . . . to teach them this art . . . without
fee or covenant.
I will use those dietary regimens which will benefit my
patients . . . and I will do no harm or injustice to them.
I will neither give a deadly drug to anybody who asked for it,
nor will I make a suggestion to this effect. Similarly I will
not give a woman an abortive remedy.
I will not use the knife. . .
Whatever houses I may visit, I will . . . remain[] free of
sexual relations with both female and male persons . . .
What I may see or hear in the course of treatment . . . I will
keep to myself.
If I fulfill this oath and do not violate it, may it be granted to
me to enjoy life and art, begin honored . . . . if I transgress is
and swear falsely, may the opposite of all this be my lot.
Doctors today
Modern Oath
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THE MEDICAL PROFESSION:
I solemnly pledge to consecrate my life to the service of humanity . .
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I will practice my profession with conscience and dignity;
The health of my patient will be my first consideration;
I will respect the secrets that are confided in me . . .
I will not permit considerations of age, disease or disability, creed,
ethnic origin, gender, nationality, political affiliation, race, sexual
orientation, social standing or any other factor to intervene between
my duty and my patient;
I will maintain the utmost respect for human life;
I will not use my medical knowledge to violate human rights and
civil liberties, even under threat . . . .
Future Doctors
OR- Davinci
Medicine- Dr. Watson
Future Medical Oaths:
It is unlikely to become superannuated. It
serves as a powerful reminder and declaration
that we are all a part of something infinitely
larger, older, and more important than a
particular specialty or institution . . . . The
need for physicians to make a formal warrant of
diligent, moral, and ethical conduct in the
service of their patients may be stronger than
ever.
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Immunizations
2.
Motor Vehicle Safety
3.
Workplace Safety
4.
Contorl of Infectious
Diseases
5.
Declines in Death
from Heart Disease
and stroke
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Safer and healthier
Foods
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Healthier Mothers
and Babies
8.
Family Planning
9.
Fluoridation of
Drinking Water
10. Tobacco as a Helath
Hhazard
11. CDC
Public health is credited with adding 25 years
to the life expectancy of people in the United
States in this century.
10 Great Public Health
Achievements in the 20TH Century:
Human Genome
Discoveries Reach the
Bedside
Doctors and Patients
Harness inforamtion
Technology
Technolgy- Minimally
Invasive and Robotic
Techniques in Surgery
Combination Drug Therapy
Extends HIV Survival
Targeted Therapies for
Cancer Expand With New
Drugs
Stem Cell Research:
Heart Disease Death Drop
by 40 Percent
Anti-Smoking Campaigns
Scientist Peer into Mind
with Functional MRI
21st Century:
What will your future hold?
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