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Contact Information:

Dept of Neurosciences
Sanford School of Medicine of the University of South Dakota
1400 W. 22nd St.
Sioux Falls, SD 57105
phone: 605-357-1331
fax: 605-357-1311
jkempema@usd.edu

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Last Modified: 11/18/08

ethics and humanities

The Sanford School of Medicine's Department of Neurosciences has as one of it's sections, the Section of Ethics and Humanities. Section faculty initiate and are involved in most ethics and humanities activities and teaching at the Sanford School of Medicine of the University of South Dakota.

The Section of Ethics and Humanities’ primary goal is to provide a curriculum in bioethics that is integrated throughout the medical school experience.  This curriculum will support and enhance ethical decision-making skills. It will foster compassion, respect and integrity when facing ethical challenges. To this end, the Section for Ethics and Humanities will provide foundational courses in biomedical ethics, elective experiences, and faculty development seminars. 

The Section faculty will also work cooperatively with other organizations to sponsor bioethics education that encourages interdisciplinary cooperation and/or provides the community with bioethics related information and resources. 

Faculty involvement and activity are centered in three primary initiatives: Curriculum, LifeCircle South Dakota: Partners Improving End of Life Care, and the Center for Ethics and Caring at Sanford Health.

The faculty are:
LuAnn Eidsness, MD, FACP, Chair, Section of Ethics & Humanities, Professor & Chair,
    Internal Medicine
Jerome W. Freeman, MD, FACP, Professor & Chair, Neuroscience Department
Laura Beaster-Jones, PhD, Assistant Professor
Joann Bennett, DO, Associate Professor (Internal Medicine)
David A. Brechtelsbauer, MD, Associate Professor (Family Medicine & Geriatrics)
J. Andrew Burnett, BA, M.Div, MA, PhD, Clinical Assistant Professor (Bioethics)
Mary Helen Harris, MD, Associate Professor (Emergency Department)
Arthur L, Olsen, ThD, Adjunct Professor (Theology, Philosophy, Ethics)
Ann Milliken Pederson, ThD, Adjunct Associate Professor (Theology)
Margaret Preston, PhD, Clinical Assoc. Professor
Reardon, Gayle Tiezen, DDS, Instructor (Ethics)
Ellen L. Schellinger, MA, BA, Clinical Instructor (Biomedical Ethics)
Matthew, Simmons, MD, Associate Professor (Bioethics)
Mike Sprehe, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor (Pediatrics)
Robert B. Voglewede, M.Div, Clinical Assistant Professor (Medical Ethics)
Ann L. Wilson, PhD, Adjunct Professor (Pediatrics/Psychology)

Graduate and undergraduate coursework (outside of the third and fourth year electives of the undergraduate medical education (MD degree) program is offered through area colleges and universities, including Augustana College in Sioux Falls, SD.

Section of Ethics and Humanities
Department of Neurosciences
Sanford School of Medicine
of the University of South Dakota
1400 West 22d Street
Sioux Falls, SD 57105
Telephone: 605-357-1331 
Fax: 605-357-1311 fax