The Examined Life Conference

A-la-carte registration
Due to the novel coronavirus, 2020 will feature a series of virtual sessions, and you’ll build your own program by selecting individual events to attend. Registration is $15 for most sessions and UI Carver College of Medicine students may attend at no cost. Our featured presentation is free. Guests register for each session individually.

Featured speaker event
5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 8, via Zoom
The conference featured speaker event Rana Awdish, MD, will be virtual, free, and open to the public. Register for this event.

Rana Awdish, MD, FCCP is the author of In Shock, a critically-acclaimed, bestselling memoir based on her own illness. A critical care physician and faculty member of Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, Michigan, she also serves as medical director of Care Experience for the entire health system. After suffering a sudden critical illness herself, she has devoted much of her career to improving empathy through connection and communication. She lectures to physicians, health care leaders, and medical schools across the country. Her book has been integrated into the curriculum of medical schools and universities across the U.S. and Europe. She has been interviewed by The Times, The Telegraph, The BBC, NPR, the Today Show online, MedPage, Health Leaders Media, and Beckers Hospital Review. She has written for Harvard Business Review, the Huffington Post, as well as the New England Journal of Medicine.

Register Today at examinedlifeconference.com/program