Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_cz_oPuA3SNeiHJwX9Xb_gg »

FIGO has provided information to obstetrician-gynecologists worldwide on the scientific and clinical challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. This FIGO Webinar will address the ethical and professional challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic for obstetric and gynecologic practice.  

There will be an opening presentation on the experience in New York City and suburbs in the hospitals of the not-for-profit Northwell Health System. Topics will include the need to consider ethical obligations to each individual patient in the context of the entire population of patients served by a hospital, which is called frameshifting; the need to prevent ethically unjustified allocation of organisational resources away from obstetrics and gynecology, which is called ring-fencing; and the ethical challenges of responsibly managing organisational resources in a public health emergency.  

Each member of the FIGO Committee on the Ethical and Professional Aspects of Reproductive Medicine and Women’s Health will then briefly describe ethical and professional challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic in his or her region. There will follow ample time for questions and discussion. 

Chair: Dr. Frank A. Chervenak 

Speakers:

Dr Faysal El Kak (Lebanon) - Introduction to FIGO Webinars

Dr. Sanjay Gupte (India) - Introduction to New FIGO Ethics and Professionalism Guidelines: Menstrual Hygiene Management; Responsibly Managing Clinical Variation to Improve Quality; Ethical Challenges of the Covid-19 Pandemic

Dr. Frank A. Chervenak (USA) - Ethical and Professional Challenges of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A New York City Perspective

Dr. Jolly Beyeza (Uganda), Pr. Leonel Briozzo (Uruguay), Dr. Lourdes Capito (Philippines), Dr. Olimpio De Moraes Filho (Brazil), Dr. Sanjay Gupte (India), Dr. Michael Marsh (UK), Dr. Laurence McCullough (USA), Dr Giovanni Monni (Italy) - Regional Perspectives on COVID-19

Resources:

1. FIGO ETHICS AND PROFESSIONALISM GUIDELINE 080: ETHICAL CHALLENGES OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC »
2. FIGO ETHICS AND PROFESSIONALISM GUIDELINE 081: RESPONSIBLY MANAGING CLINICAL VARIATION TO IMPROVE QUALITY »
3. FIGO ETHICS AND PROFESSIONALISM GUIDELINE 082: MENSTRUAL HYGIENE MANAGEMENT »

Per info: https://www.figo.org/events/upcoming-figo-global-webinars »