Despite years of scientific training, emotions often play a role in how physicians make clinical decisions. Physician and author Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD, an expert who has studied the relationship between emotions and the delivery of medical care, will discuss this topic at the Second Annual Berkowitz Lecture sponsored by the Cooper Foundation on April 9, 2014, from 12:30 to 2 p.m. at the Cooper Medical School of Rowan University. The program is open to Cooper physicians, fellows, residents, medical students and the public.
“Doctors are not nearly as rational and evidence-based as we tell ourselves that we are,” according to Dr. Ofri, author of What Doctors Feel: How Emotions Affect the Practice of Medicine. “Emotions permeate our clinical decision-making, whether we choose to acknowledge this or not.”
The Berkowitz Lecture series is made possible by a generous gift from The Berkowitz Family Foundation to the Cooper Foundation to sponsor annual educational programs for physicians and students on a variety of medical ethics featuring world-renowned experts in the field.
“The Berkowitz Family Foundation is pleased to sponsor an annual lecture on patient care at Cooper Hospital. This is a great institution and a new medical school that deserves our support. The purpose is to sensitize the doctors, the nurses, and the medical students on caring for patients,” said Edwin Berkowitz, the successful Pennsylvania businessman and philanthropist whose foundation provided the grant.
For more information or to register online, visit foundation.cooperhealth.org/berkowitz2014.