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Crisis Standards of Care During COVID-19

Webinar //

Date:

Apr 15 2020, 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM EST

Description

COVID-19 Conversations A Webinar Series

Responding to COVID-19: A Science-Based Approach

 

Brought to you by the American Public Health Association and the National Academy of Medicine, the COVID-19 Conversations webinar series is exploring the state of the science surrounding the current outbreak of COVID-19 in the United States and globally, with a focus on the emerging evidence on how to best mitigate its impact. Hear from trusted experts in such fields as public health, infectious disease, risk communication, and crisis standards of care.

In our fourth COVID-19 Conversations webinar, our lineup of public health, medical and emergency experts will share the science on crisis standards of care, including practical considerations for state health departments and hospital systems, ethical considerations and decisionmaking and challenges for adapting such care standards to rapidly evolving clinical care guidelines.

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The webinar's panel of expert speakers:

  • Larry Gostin, MD (Moderator) — Director, O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health and Law, Georgetown University
  • John Hick, MD — Profesor of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota and faculty emergency physician, Hennepin Healthcare
  • Rebekah E. Gee, MD — Head, LSU Health Care Services Division
  • Jeffrey Kahn, PhD, MPH — Andreas C. Dracopoulos Director and Robert Henry Levi and Ryda Hecht Levi Professor of Bioethics and Public Policy, Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics

Speaker presentations will be followed by a Q&A session with the webinar audience.

Questions? Contact us.