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Watch the video below to hear the sessions Hassan Shehata is looking forward to tomorrow.
As we look forward to tomorrow's programme, highlights include:
- Overview of women's healthcare during the War. Ukraine 2022
Professor Oleksandr Protsepko
- Cyber Crime – The Impact on Women’s Health
Mrs Neelam Sarkaria
- The challenges of maternity care – Global perspective
Dr Uma Ram, Professor Hassan Sallam, Dr Anne Kihara and Mrs Donna Ockenden
We’ve had an incredible first day at #RCOG2022 and we’re excited to welcome everyone back for another day of learning and networking tomorrow! We are delighted to see our in-person delegates enjoying the RCOG HQ, and we've loved seeing photos from delegates joining virtually.
Professor Yacoub Khalef spoke on the opportunities and challenges presenting in genomics in reproductive medicine and assisted conception.
The term genomics was first coined in 1986 by Tom Broderick, a geneticist at the Jackson Laboratory in Maine. Genomics is an area of genetics that concerns the sequencing and analysis of a genome (DNA). It involves the study of all genes at the DNA mRNA and proteome level, as well as the cellular or tissue level.
Professor Dacre outlined seven key things we need to do, including:
1. Make senior jobs accessible and attractive to women
2. Address system barriers to the progression of women
3. Increased transparency
4. Mandatory changes
5. Behaviour and cultural change
6. Clinical excellence awards
7. Address other areas of concern
We were delighted to hear Professor Fame Jane Dacre speak about the gender pay gap. Professor Dacre was the lead for the Department of Health and Social Care review of the Gender Pay Gap in Medicine, with Professor Carol Woodhams from Surrey University Business School. She now chairs the gender pay gap implementation advisory group.
Three elements of burnout from Tom Bourne's talk
Emotional exhaustion
Depersonalisation
Reduced personal accomplishment
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Welcome back to the afternoon sessions on day one of #RCOG2022. We are pleased to see Union Street so busy, as well as 2,000+ virtual delegates attending from around the globe.
RCOG members and trainees now have access to a brand new hub of clinical content, containing bite-sized videos and infographics of our most popular Green-top Guidelines and Scientific Impact Papers. Not an RCOG member? You can access individual resources for just £20.
In the near future, the RCOG Clinical Quality team will focus on translating patient information leaflets. At present, all leaflets are only available in English. With over 90 leaflets available, the team used data to decide which topics and which languages to tackle first.
RCOG COVID-19 guidance became the RCOG's first 'living' guidance.
Ms Louise Thomas just delivered a talk on innovation in content and delivery of guidance. During the talk, Louise spoke about the concept of a living guideline, which is defined as a guideline that is updated as soon as new evidence is available.
Dr Mick van Trotsenburg discussed the lack of data about aging trans persons, especially with regard to hormone treatment.
Innovation in the NMPA includes rapid quarterly reporting, which presents timely data on care practices and maternity outcomes in NHS hospitals in England. It is designed to support service improvement; to provide information to women and families on results in their local NHS hospital; and to allow evaluation of national trends. (Covering still birth, preterm birth, assisted vaginal birth, unassisted vaginal birth, tears, induction of labour, small for age).
The National Maternity and Perinatal Audit (NMPA) is a large scale audit of the NHS maternity services across England, Scotland and Wales.
For those attending #RCOG2022 in person, visit the RCOG stand at lunch today to hear more from Basky.
The Tommy's centre team are split into four co-dependent streams. All are underpinned with patient and public involvement: innovation, implementation, improvement science and impact.
The Tommy's National Centre for Maternity Improvement was established to reduce the number of premature and stillbirths.
As we move forward, the field of O&G needs to consider:
- Rethinking access to care. We need to make sure all women have adequate access to obstetric and gynaecology care
- Increasing trusted sources of information. We need to get more information out there to everyone, but especially young men and boys
- Health in the workplace. Women need to have provisions in place at work for mental and physical health during pregnancy
- Addressing gaps in research. Diversity is extremely important
- Improving understanding of medicine in pregnancy through the adoption of evidence-based care
During her talk, Professor Chappell noted that the RCOG has led on calls for a life course approach to women's health for years, and highlights how the upcoming Department of Health and Social Care women's health strategy will be shaped around our Better for Women report.
Joining us from our Union Street headquarters, Professor Lucy Chappell is kicking #RCOG2022 off with a plenary discussion on the future directions of women's health.
Key learnings from Mr Edward Morris's welcome talk
There are now well over half a million women on gynae waiting lists across the UK. The recently published RCOG report Left for too long lays bare the impact this has on women and the difficulties we as doctors face trying to support them.
We are continuing the fight for safe high quality abortion care. At the beginning of the pandemic the RCOG and our partners successfully lobbied the Department of Health and Social Care to allow both pills for an early medical abortion to be taken in the comfort of a woman's home.
It's an unsettling fact that in the UK women from specific racial backgrounds currently experience poorer outcomes in relation to their health. The RCOG is committed to making change, not just in words but meaningful deeds and actions. In June 2020, Mr Morris set up the RCOG Race Equality Taskforce to bring together experts to address vital issues, and to look at race and inequality in the RCOG and the O&G profession as a whole.
At the RCOG, our ultimate ambition is to improve women’s health and healthcare worldwide, through our global education, clinical quality and influencing abilities. #RCOG2022 is one great example of how we want to achieve this goal! Learn more about our strategy here.
RCOG President, Mr Edward Morris is opening RCOG World Congress with his welcome address. Following a hugely successful virtual Congress in 2021, today marks the first hybrid Congress with Mr Morris as RCOG President.
RCOG World Congress 2022 is finally here! We’re delighted to welcome O&G experts from 85+ countries as our flagship event begins.
We are delighted to be hosting our very first hybrid RCOG World Congress. Over the next three days you can expect to hear the latest innovations in women's healthcare.
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