Events
This is the power of gathering: it inspires us, delightfully, to be more hopeful, more joyful, more thoughtful: in a word, more alive.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Click here to register for the 2026 CHASM Fall Gathering
Ebling Library and CHASM Book Discussion Club
Evidence shows that enjoying the arts outside of work or coursework greatly impacts empathy and helps broaden one’s views, which has been demonstrated to enhance one’s educational experiences, foster creativity in research endeavors, and facilitate compassion when interacting with colleagues, patients, and the public.
The Ebling Library and CHASM offer book discussions for health science students, staff, and faculty. See below for schedule and feel free to register to join an online discussion! A limited number of books via in print or via Kindle may become available.
Interested in selecting a book or being a discussion leader/facilitator? If so, head over to the Ebling library website and enter your information on the “Suggest/Facilitate”tab above.
Sign up here to be notified when new books are added.
PREVIOUS EVENTS
#MEDHUM ACROSS CAMPUS
Medical History and Bioethics
Bioethics Symposium
An annual event in April that focuses on Bioethics, hosted by the Department of Medical History and Bioethics. Past symposia examples: Homo Ex Machina: A Mind-Bending Bioethics Production, AI Ethics and Healthcare…
Pediatrics
Story Slam
Listen In! Storytelling Collaborative introduced storytelling to the Department of Pediatrics through its inaugural Story Slam — now a permanent fixture in the department’s annual programming.
Outside UW
Health Humanities Consortium
The Health Humanities is the study of the intersection of health and humanistic disciplines (such as philosophy, religion, literature), fine arts, as well as social science research that gives insight into the human condition (such as history, anthropology, sociology, and cultural studies.)
Better Together
Midwest Physician Writers Retreat
Write: Carve out intentionally structured time for creative writing with small group workshops, individual writing time and optional feedback sessions.
Reflect: Create an opportunity to connect with oneself and others about the purpose and meaning of doctoring.
Commune: Cultivate community among physicians and medical trainees with an interest in creative writing of all skill levels. Publish: Generate creative work to share with the group that could be submitted for future publication.
Colloborate
Family-Led Academic Grand Rounds
A collaborative initiative between the University of Wisconsin’s Waisman Center, the Department of Pediatrics in the School of Medicine and Public Health, and the Bluebird Way Foundation has created 5 virtual Family-Led Academic Grand Rounds (FLAG Rounds) focused on Ableism in Pediatrics. These national, quarterly educational sessions will be led and presented by families. FLAG Rounds flips the traditional grand rounds model and embraces family as educators. Family Faculty will present an aspect of their “case” as a story and then offer strategies to develop knowledge, skills and abilities to perform, or partner in, the essential activities of care of children with disabilities and/or medical complexity.