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The Discussion answers the question posed in the Introduction, explains how the results support the answer, and shows how the answer fits in with existing knowledge. Good discussions rely on making sound arguments. This session will focus on four elements of a sound argument: claims, evidence, warrants, and qualifications.  Register on KnowledgeLink (http://knowledgelink.upenn.edu).

Room 104 Stellar Chance Laboratories

Doris A. Stoffers, MD, PhD, University of Pennsylvania

"Pdx1 Partners and Targets in the Pancreatic Beta Cell"

Find out what you need to know as a Manager/Supervisor about Conflict Management. Learn about:

• How to handle conflicts that arise in the workplace
• Cooperative vs. competitive situations
• Productive vs. destructive approaches to conflict

Marjolein van der Meulen, PhD

Professor, Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University

Senior Scientist, Laboratory for Biomedical Mechanics & Materials

Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY

Location: JMB Class of '62 Auditorium

Featuring Arthur L. Caplan, PhD

Free Tickets!
Call 215.448.1254 for Reservations

When is it my responsibility to get vaccinated against H1N1? Even as the H1N1 pandemic gains momentum, federal officials stress that no one is required to be vaccinated, and everyone who wants to be vaccinated against H1N1 will eventually receive vaccine.

But public institutions face a different and difficult question, especially now that the H1N1 pandemic has been declared a national emergency: What is their responsibility with regard to vaccination of their workers who serve the public during pandemic? And, what personal responsibility do workers have to be vaccinated?

This forum will explore these issues through case studies involving the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania HUP) and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP): two ey health care institutions which recently instituted mandates or seasonal flu vaccination for their health care workers.  The forum will also explore how these examples can inform hinking at other public institutions – such as museums, ibraries, and schools – that serve some of the very populations considered most at risk.

Speakers:
Susan Coffin, M.D., M.P.H.
Director, Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Amy J. Behrman, MD
Director, Occupational Medicine
Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Arthur L. Caplan, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Bioethics
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

Other Speakers TBA

A program of The Franklin Institute and the Center for Vaccine Ethics and Policy.

with Dr. Piero Olliaro

PLEASE RSVP