John Conley Contest Winners

Winning Essay of the 2018 John Conley Ethics Essay Contest

Ryan G. Chiu
University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago
When There’s No One to Whom an Error Can Be Disclosed, How Should an Error Be Handled?

Co-winning Artwork of the 2018 John Conley Art of Medicine Contest

Rohail Kumar, MD
Tulane University
Sofia's Story: The Sad Reality Behind a Humanitarian Crisis

Past Winners and Honorable Mentions

2017: Should Family Be Permitted in a Trauma Bay?

2017: The Crisis in Our Neighborhood

2016: Do Physicians Have an Ethical Duty to Repair Relationships with So-Called “Difficult” Patients?

2015: Can Social Media Help Increase the Organ Supply While Avoiding Exploitation and Trafficking?

2014: Redefining Professionalism in an Era of Residency Work-Hour Limitations

2013: Medicine's Authority to Advocate: Responsibilities and Limitations

2013: The Challenge of Physician Civic Engagement: Promoting Health While Preserving Public Trust

2012: Joey Knows Best? Balancing Conflicts and Defending a Child's Best Interest in Difficult Clinical Decisions

2012: Pediatric Assent in Clinical Research: A Patient-Centered Perspective Using Motivational Interviewing

2012: Keeping Joey at the Center of the Conversation: Ethical Considerations in a Challenging Pediatric Case

2011: Is Anything Wrong Here?

2011: The Purpose of a Medical School

2011: Social Engineering versus Medical Patriotism: What Flexner Can Teach Us about Solving the Primary Care Crisis

2011: Incentives for Medical School Students to Practice in Rural Areas through the Lens of John Rawls

2011: Stuffing Mouths with Gold: Equitable Solutions to the Primary Care Physician Shortage

2010: Social (Networking) Justice

2010: Social Roles and Semi-Public Spaces on the Internet: The Case of Jason and Emily

2010: Jason's Journal: Thoughts of an Ethically Conflicted Medical Student

2009: Justice in Medicine: Conscience Must Not Undermine Patients' Automomy and Access to Care

2009: Applying the Concept of Judicious Dissent in Matters of Conscience 

2008: First Do Not Punish: Individual Incentives in Health Policy

2008: Looking after Our Own: The Ethical Implications of Financial Penalties for Patients, Physicians, and Health

2008: Billing the Victim: The Retooling of Endemic Poverty as "Lifestyle Choice"

2008: To Praise or to Punish?: Promoting Healthy Behavior the Right Way

2007: On the Road: A Physician's Response to a Call for Voluntary Service

2007: Physicians in Times of Emergency: Making the Ethical Choice

2007: Re: flu (e-mails to Memphis)

2007: Physicians, Epidemics, and the Duty to Treat

2006: Distributing Drug Samples in a Free Clinic: a Personal or Policy Decision?

2004: "Trust Me, I'm a Doctor"

2003: The Dilemma of Confidentiality in Huntington Disease

2003: Between a Rock and a Hard Place

2002: Beatrice's Choice

2001: Medical Students and Remediation of Error

2000: Baby Jose

2000: Making Mortal Decisions at the Beginning of Life: The Case of Impaired and Imperiled Infants

1999: Community Considerations: The Many Effects of Miscoding

1999: Serving Two Masters: Medical Practice vs Administrative Ethics

1998: Prescription for Prophecy: Confronting the Ambiguity of Susceptibility Testing

1998: In the Same Boat

1998: Indecision