The Hippocratic Society exists to form and sustain clinicians in the practice and pursuit of good medicine.
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Good medicine grows in community.
Meet the Hippocratic Society. Watch our short promo and explore our work to form and sustain clinicians in the pursuit of good medicine.
Learn more: hippsoc.org
Before the next patient, pause.
Each encounter offers a chance to develop a skill, cultivate a virtue, or deepen a human connection.
Justin Sanchez on a small habit that nurtures practical wisdom, from the Hippocratic Society masterclass.
The first issue of The Hippocratic Review is here.
Medicine as a Moral Practice explores moral formation, clinical wisdom, and the pursuit of good medicine.
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Our summer!
a conference in Houston on hope in medicine, a new publication (The Hippocratic Review, first issue September 14), a new undergraduate curriculum, and thirteen new chapters opening this fall. Thirty-seven chapters in all. hippsoc.org
Join us May 11th for the next seminar in our HippSoc Talk Series!
Dr. Jose Bufill @josebufill will review notions of health and disease and introduce contrasting notions of "perfection" - from Aristotle to modern eugenicists.
Register here:
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Modern medicine has never been more powerful—yet patients feel managed, doctors feel burned out, and something essential is missing; the Hippocratic Society is trying to restore what medicine forgot: the formation of physicians as wise, moral healers, not just efficient providers.
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Introducing HippSoc Quarterly: A new publication furthering the Hippocratic Society’s mission to form physicians and trainees in the virtues of good medicine and to foster dialogue on the moral & human dimensions of care.
Submissions now open.
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Join us this June for our Second Annual Hippocratic Society Conference!
Join us as we reflect together on how physicians can sustain meaning and moral clarity amid the pressures of medical training and practice.
Registration will close on March 31!
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In the face of medical training's innumerable exams, taxing intellectual and emotional character, and prolonged course, resilience is an essential virtue for medical trainees.
Join us for Dr. Hawkings virtual presentation on March 9!
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In the newest episode of the Hippocratic Society Podcast, Dr. Sofia Carozza discusses the intersection of neuroscience and the concept of the soul, exploring how modern science and medicine perceive the human person.
Listen here:
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In the face of medical training's innumerable exams, taxing intellectual and emotional character, and prolonged course, resilience is an essential virtue for medical trainees.
Join us for Dr. Hawkings virtual presentation on March 9!
bit.ly/4aevwmU
Final for abstracts!
For this summer's HippSoc Conference, we welcome abstracts reflecting on Hope, virtue, clinical experience, or another topic connected to HippSoc's mission.
Submissions close Saturday, January 31, at 11:59 PM Eastern.
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In the latest episode of the Hippocratic Society, Dr. John Rhee and Michael Egan discuss the importance of balance as a virtue in medicine, emphasizing the need for integration of work and life rather than separation.
Listen now!
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Burnout and moral distress are shaping medicine today. We propose that what healthcare needs is the virtue of Hope.
Join us as we explore hope in the lives of clinicians, and submit an abstract to this year’s conference!
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Prudence is far more than just caution, it is the virtue on which all moral virtues rest, and an essential trait for clinicians. It consists not merely of knowing what is truly good, but of applying that knowledge rightly in action.
This June, The Hippocratic Society is hosting its Second Annual Conference in Houston.
Join us as we reflect together on how physicians can sustain meaning, purpose, and moral clarity amid the real pressures of medical training and practice.
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A recent study in @AcadRadiol found that shared meals among physicians were associated with reduced burnout and greater career satisfaction.
This practice is central to our mission and creates a community friendship and moral formation.
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"The practice of medicine is as much an ethical endeavor as it is a scientific one."
In his article in @LancetChildAdol, Dr. Jay Malone points out that physicians, as custodians of patients' trust, must have the virtue of honesty.
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Without the Hippocratic Oath, what can medical professionals agree on?
Dr. John Rhee of @HippSoc outlines how the organization he co-founded is helping return medicine to its moral roots.
Don't miss the conversation: youtu.be/UhsmQ5kj134