This invitational conference provided medical students, residents, and fellows a comprehensive introduction to medicine as a moral practice.  Academic physicians from leading universities led participants in a discussion of the ends and goals of medicine, followed by an examination of central ethical issues that arise in the everyday practice of medicine. The weekend concluded with work sessions aimed at launching a national network of medical trainees and physicians committed to the vision of medicine embodied in the original Hippocratic Oath: “Into whatsoever houses I enter, I will enter to help the sick, and I will abstain from all intentional wrongdoing and harm” (Hippocrates of Cos, "The Oath").

The conference began Saturday morning, August 10th and concluded Sunday afternoon, August 11th. 

All meals were provided during the conference, and discounted lodging was available for all attendees. Travel and lodging stipends were available on a limited basis for participants affiliated with the universities listed below.

• Johns Hopkins University

• Duke University

• Stanford University