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ForwardMeaning and Purpose in Medicine – This Is Water: Medical Culture, Character, and One Fish’s Reckoning
Chicago, IL US
May 18, 2026
In this talk, Dr. Pavlic will help participants recognize specific beliefs, attitudes, and norms embedded in medical culture that often shape physician behavior without conscious awareness and reflect on moments when these factors influenced them in ways that fell short of the physician they intended to be. Then, Dr. Pavlic will describe how structure reflection and virtue ethics can help us develop the self-awareness to choose, rather than absorb, who we are becoming and one step we can take to integrate this into our practice.
Target Audience
This activity has been designed for University of Chicago clinicians and other healthcare professionals.
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, the learner will be able to:
- Name specific beliefs, attitudes, and norms embedded in medical culture that shape physician behavior, often without our conscious awareness;
- Reflect honestly on moments in their own training or practice where the culture of medicine influenced them in ways that fell short of the physician they intended to be;
- Describe how structured reflection and virtue ethics can help physicians in training develop the self-awareness to choose, rather than simply absorb, the kind of physician they become;
- Identify key lessons learned from developing and teaching The Good Doctor including what worked, what didn’t and what student data revealed, and identify one concrete recommendation toward integrating virtue ethics into their own curriculum or practice.
Knapp Center for Biomedical Discovery
900 E. 57th St
KCBD 1101
Chicago, IL
60637
United States
HYBRID MEETING
This activity can be attended in person or virtually. For questions about the event, contact Chanel Wiley via e-mail.
WANT TO KNOW MORE?
Visit the Meaning and Purpose in Medicine webpage.
ACCESSIBILITY The University of Chicago is committed to providing equal access appropriate to need and circumstances and complies fully with legal requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you are in need of special accommodation, please contact our office via email at [email protected].
The University of Chicago reserves the right to cancel or postpone this conference due to unforeseen circumstances. In the unlikely event this activity must be cancelled or postponed, the registration fee will be refunded; however, The University of Chicago is not responsible for any related costs, charges, or expenses to participants, including fees assessed by airline/travel/lodging agencies.
The University of Chicago reserves the right to cancel or postpone this conference due to unforeseen circumstances. In the unlikely event this activity must be cancelled or postponed, the registration fee will be refunded; however, The University of Chicago is not responsible for any related costs, charges, or expenses to participants, including fees assessed by airline/travel/lodging agencies.
FACULTY
Ashley Pavlic, MD, MA
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Associate Professor, Institute for Health & Equity, Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Associate Professor, Institute for Health & Equity, Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities
Disclosure Declarations
As a provider accredited by the ACCME, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine asks everyone in a position to control the content of an education activity to disclose all financial relationships with any ineligible companies. This includes any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Financial relationships are relevant if a financial relationship, in any amount, exists between the person in control of content and an ineligible company during the past 24 months, and the content of the education is related to the products of an ineligible company with whom the person has a financial relationship. Mechanisms are in place to identify and mitigate any relevant financial relationships prior to the start of the activity.
Additionally, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine requires Authors to identify investigational products or off-label uses of products regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration at first mention and where appropriate in the content.
As a provider accredited by the ACCME, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine asks everyone in a position to control the content of an education activity to disclose all financial relationships with any ineligible companies. This includes any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Financial relationships are relevant if a financial relationship, in any amount, exists between the person in control of content and an ineligible company during the past 24 months, and the content of the education is related to the products of an ineligible company with whom the person has a financial relationship. Mechanisms are in place to identify and mitigate any relevant financial relationships prior to the start of the activity.
Additionally, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine requires Authors to identify investigational products or off-label uses of products regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration at first mention and where appropriate in the content.
Physician Credit
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and Hyde Park Institute. The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and Hyde Park Institute. The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Other Participant Credit
Other participants will receive a Certificate of Participation. For information on the applicability and acceptance of Certificates of Participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME, please consult your professional licensing board.
Please note: The credit-claiming process will close 30 days after the activity ends. Requests to claim credit after 30 days may incur additional fees.
Other participants will receive a Certificate of Participation. For information on the applicability and acceptance of Certificates of Participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME, please consult your professional licensing board.
Please note: The credit-claiming process will close 30 days after the activity ends. Requests to claim credit after 30 days may incur additional fees.
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