On Tuesday, an Assistant Professor of Family & Community spoke to the Christian Medical Society/CMDA at Penn State Hershey College of Medicine on "Christ-centered Humility in Medicine." His presentation drove home the importance of discussing and embracing humility in the context of health care. Why? When we (and those with whom we are close) receive care in the medical context, we are reminded of/confronted by our limitations and reliance upon "Jesus the Great Physician, Healer, and Teacher." In addition, … [Read more...] about Advent Table Topic: Humility
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Week in Review: Ethics
Norman Borlaug's Nobel Prize Lecture - The death of Borlaug, one of the founders of the Green Revolution, sparked numerous tributes (NY Times, WSJ, Guardian). Gregg Easterbrook in the WSJ estimates that Borlaug's agricultural work has saved more than 1 billion lives and counting. Leave it to GetReligion, however, to highlight the link between his Lutheran roots and his agricultural work. In his 1970 Nobel Prize lecture, Borlaug cites Genesis 41, Isaiah 8 and Isa. 35, Joel 1, and Amos 4 as justification for both his work … [Read more...] about Week in Review: Ethics
Humility as essential to faculty success
Rob Jenkins, an associate professor of English and director of the Writers Institute at Georgia Perimeter College,* proposes The Five Characteristics of Successful New Faculty Members. The first one on his list is humility, which includes the importance of seeking out an experienced faculty mentor. You might be surprised at how many new hires show up believing they're smarter than their colleagues, or thinking they already know more about how the institution ought to function than do people who have been there 20 … [Read more...] about Humility as essential to faculty success