University of Calgary

VitaMed

  is a new club at the U of C focused on life issues within the research and practice of medicine. We believe that it is the primary role of the medical profession to protect and enhance life whether it be at the end of life, at the beginning of life in utero, in vulnerable populations, or in any other case in which life is threatened. We hope to study these issues, build collegial understanding of them with fellow students, and advocate for them.

The club's activities have included inviting physicians to speak to the club, hosting movie nights and meeting with the local Pregnancy Care Centre. VitaMed students in the class of 2010 are planning a Hippocratic Oath ceremony in Calgary around the time of graduation, where they will pledge the original Oath alongside pro-life colleagues. Many medical schools take an oath in some form, but usually exclude pro-life affirmations.
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