Jonathan Cohen, voluntary associate professor of medicine in the Department of Hematology/Oncology, will present “Thrombocytopenia in the Clinical Setting – 2009” on Thursday, December 31 at 12 p.m. at University of Miami Hospital, seminar centers A and B, first floor. By attending this lecture, participants will be able to comprehend evaluation of thrombocytopenia, review clinical setting of thrombocytopenia, and manage treatment of thrombocytopenia. The lecture is designed for family practitioners, emergency physicians, surgeons, internists, and hospitalists. The University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. For more information, contact Janette Jurado at [email protected] or visit www.cme.med.miami.edu.

Delegation is a skill that empowers both management and staff to reach the organization’s goals. This course focuses on how delegation promotes employee empowerment and assists management by identifying obstacles to delegation, determining which tasks are best suited for delegation, and helping participants create an action plan for effective delegation. To register for the session, visit ulearn.miami.edu and follow the instructions to log on. For more information, call 305-284-5110 or 305-243-3090. Attend on Thursday, January 28 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Max Orovitz Building, room 139.

Attend “Research on Prisoners: Nuremberg to Guantanamo?” with Steven Miles, professor of medicine and bioethics at University of Minnesota, from 1:30 p.m. on Friday, December 18 at the Mailman Center for Child Development, room 3023.

The Nuremberg doctors trials were in part about the conduct of experiments on prisoners – experiments that were largely designed for protection of the Nazi armed forces, although some were designed to validate the false science of Nazi anthropology or to implement the Nazi program of race hygiene.  From these trials arose the Nuremberg Code, the predecessor document for research ethics internationally and in the United States.  There is increasing evidence of coerced interrogational research in the “war on terror” prisons.  (There is no evidence of U.S. medical complicity with regard to anything like the euthanasia or race hygiene programs.)  This Dialogue will explore and discuss the Nuremberg Code and look at select war-on-terror government documents.

Dialogues in Research Ethics is a series of monthly conferences. For more information, phone UM Ethics Programs at 305-243-5723 or send e-mail to [email protected].

Narrated by Maya Angelou, this powerful documentary reveals the story of a brave group of people who fought Hitler with the only weapons they had: charcoal, pencil stubs, shreds of paper, and memories etched in their minds. These artists took their fates into their own hands to make a compelling statement about the human spirit and its capacity to endure against unimaginable odds. Filmmaker Hilary Helstein will host a Q & A session after all screenings (EXCEPT the 8:15pm screening on Sunday). Admission is $6 for all University of Miami alumni, faculty, and staff, and free for students. General admission is $8. The film screens on Friday, December 18 at 7:00 p.m.; Saturday, December 19 at 3:15 p.m. and 8:15 p.m.; and Sunday, December 20 at 3:15 and 8:15 p.m. For more information, visit www.cosfordcinema.com.

Known for its dramatic power and lively orchestration, Monteverdi’s Baroque masterwork has obtained a position of supreme importance in the history of opera. This new production, presented in collaboration with Opéra National de Paris, is staged and designed by Robert Wilson, hailed by the New York Times as “a towering figure in the world of experimental theater, an explorer in the uses of time and space onstage” and conducted by Rinaldo Alessandrini, a star of today’s international early music scene. Georg Nigl appears in the signature title role. Also featured is Roberta Invernizzi, one of the most sought-after soprano soloists in early music.  Admission is $18 for all UM alumni, faculty, and staff, and free for students. General admission is $20. The opera screens on Saturday and Sunday, December 19 and 20 at 1 p.m. For more information, visit www.cosfordcinema.com.