Program WMA International Code of Medical Ethics final expert meeting_220804

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World Medical Association International Code of Medical Ethics
Final expert meeting
August 11-12, 2022
The Westin Washington DC City Center
National Ballroom B/C
Washington, DC, USA
PROGRAM
August 10th
2 p.m. –
5 p.m.
Closed ICoME workgroup meeting
August 11th
7 a.m. Registration in National Ballroom Foyer
7:30 a.m. Breakfast available in Ashlawn North
9 – 9:15 a.m. Welcome remarks
 Dr. Heidi Stensmyren, President, World Medical Association, Sweden
 Dr. Susan Bailey, Past-President, Dr. Jesse Ehrenfeld, President-Elect,
American Medical Association
Session 1
Chair: Prof. Dr. Frank Ulrich Montgomery, WMA Chair of Council
Co-chair: Dr. Jesse Ehrenfeld, President-Elect, American Medical Association
9:15 –
9:30 a.m.
Summary of the International Code of Medical Ethics (ICoME) revision
process and overview of the current revised draft
 Dr. Ramin Parsa-Parsi, Chair of WMA ICoME revision workgroup;
German Medical Association
9:30 – 10:30
a.m.
Panel discussion
Members of the Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs of the American
Medical Association
 How does an ethics code come to be?
 Case studies/application of the Code of Medical Ethics to real life
situations (for example, in resource poor environments)
10:30 – 10:45
a.m.
Coffee break in National Ballroom Foyer
10:45 – 11 a.m. An international code of medical ethics in the 21st century
Commentator: Prof. Urban Wiesing, Director of the Institute of Ethics and
History of Medicine, University of Tübingen, Germany (confirmed)
Ethics advisor, International Code of Medical Ethics revision workgroup
Discussion
11:00 a.m. –
12 p.m.
Preamble and General Principles (13 paragraphs)
Commentator: Prof. James F. Childress, Professor Emeritus of Ethics and
Religious Studies, University of Virginia, USA
Focus on:
 Order of paragraphs
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 Potential redundancies
 Placement of paragraphs in general principles vs. other sections (e.g.,
Duties to the patient.)
 Medical emergencies – do we need to distinguish between “local” and
“global” medical emergencies?
12 – 1p.m. Lunch buffet in Ashlawn North
Session 2
Chair: Dr. Marit Hermansen, Chair of Medical Ethics Committee, WMA, Norway
Co-chair: Peter A. Schwartz, MD, Chair, AMA Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs (CEJA)
1 – 2 p.m. Recap of Jakarta meeting (10 minutes)
Presentation of new conscientious objection wording / discussion
Commentator: Dr. Patrice Harris, Past President, American Medical Association
(AMA)
2– 3 p.m. Duties to the patient (17 paragraphs)
Commentator: Dr. Daniel Sulmasy, Director, Kennedy Institute of Ethics, USA
Focus on:
 Order of paragraphs
 Potential conflicts or redundancies with General Principles
 “Do no harm” clause (paragraph 15)
 Informed consent / decision making comprehensive enough?
(paragraphs 16-19)
 Revisit paragraph on marketing and advertising and whether the
following controversial sentence should be added: “The physician may
not participate in advertising or marketing of products related to the
physician’s professional activity” (paragraph 25)
 Remote treatment – comprehensive enough (paragraph 27)
3 – 3:15 p.m. Coffee break
3:15 – 4 p.m. Duties to other physicians and health professionals (4 paragraphs)
Commentator: Prof. Alex John London, Clara L. West Professor of Ethics and
Philosophy and Director of the Center for Ethics and Policy at Carnegie Mellon
University (confirmed)
Focus on:
 Order of paragraphs
 Potential redundancies / conflicts with other paragraphs?
 Comprehensive enough?
 Is paragraph on mutual respect between teachers and students of
medicine and other health professionals clear enough?
4 – 4:45 p.m. Duties to society and as a member of organized medicine
Commentator: Dr. Susan Bailey, Past-President, American Medical Association
Focus on:
 Order of paragraphs
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 Potential redundancies / conflicts with other paragraphs?
 Comprehensive enough?
4:45– 4:55 p.m. Wrap-up and final discussion
4:55 – 5 p.m. Closing remarks
TBD Dinner (optional)
August 12th
7 a.m. Registration in National Ballroom Foyer
7:30 a.m. Breakfast available in Ashlawn North
9 – 10:30 a.m. Workgroup meeting begins (observers are welcome)
10:30 – 10:45
a.m.
Coffee break in National Ballroom Foyer
10:45 – 12 p.m. Workgroup meeting continued
12:00 –
1:00 p.m.
Lunch buffet in Ashlawn North