OLLI101493 - Medical Ethics [Hybrid at Ambler]

Course Description

Medical Ethics

Instructor: Robert Michaelson

Day of Week: Tuesday

Dates: Sept. 30 - Dec. 9

Time: 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Location: Hybrid at Ambler

This interactive, case-based course explores the complexities of medical ethics. Topics include end-of-life care, reproductive rights, human experimentation, the pharmaceutical industry, and more. Many of the cases discussed are drawn from the instructor’s extensive

experience in medical practice, providing a real-world lens on these important ethical issues.

Maximum: 50 In-person/50 Online

Instructor Bio: Robert Michaelson is a retired OB-GYN with 37 years of experience. He is a former trustee and past president of the medical staff at Abington Hospital and currently serves on the Dublin Township Human Relations Commission. For this course, he has prepared a 90-slide PowerPoint presentation used in previous venues and will encourage participant discussion using real medical cases in which he provided care.

Notes

Hybrid courses feature both in-person and online components that occur simultaneously. In-person students attend class with the instructor, while online students participate via Zoom, engaging with the same material in real time.

Both the in person and the virtual sections for this class are direct enrollment.