Pandemic, Creating a Usable Past: Epidemic History, COVID-19, and the Future of Health
Session 3 | Battling Epidemics: Historian/Heath Care Practitioners Reflect on their Experiences on the Front Lines of Care
Friday, May 8, 2020 | 1 - 3:30 pm
What are the experiences of practitioners on the front lines of care? This panel of historian/physicians and historians/nurses from across the U.S. offers insight into patient experiences, professional risks, triage challenges, therapeutic choices, innovative practices, and downstream effects associated with the COVID-19 crisis. As historians of medicine and nursing, panelists will also put their frontline experiences into historical perspective and discuss the long-term implications of COVID-19 on health care and society.
Presenters:
· Barron Lerner, physician/historian, New York University | Trust, Expertise, and History
· Carla Keirns, physician/historian, University of Kansas | Medical Ethics/Front line Care
· Julie Fairman, nurse/historian, University of Pennsylvania | COVID-19 Through the Lens of Nursing
· Chris Crenner, physician/historian, University of Kansas | The Challenge of Triage
· Hughes Evans, physician/historian, Emory University | Downstream Effects in Pediatrics
· Jeremy Greene, physician/historian, Johns Hopkins University | The Past, Present, and Future of Tele-health
· Moderator: Dominique Tobbell, University of Minnesota