WAML FREE WEBINAR "The Legal Status and Use of Clinical Guidelines in Medical Practice and Litigation: Countries’ Perspective"

WAML Professional Practice Committee

The Legal Status and Use of Clinical Guidelines

in Medical Practice and Litigation: Countries’ Perspective

Practical Webinar

16 December, 2025

Reference Time: 10:00 PM (22:00), Eastern European Time - EET/UTC

Major aim: to discuss legal issues arising in the course of development and use of clinical guidelines in medical practice and litigation and the approaches to solving such issues in different countries.

Audience: medical practitioners, lawyers, forensic experts, healthcare managers, policymakers, representatives of patients’ associations and business circles.

Duration: 1,5 hours.

Registration: FREE. Please fill in the form https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_y-VXl5yZSICd3pfrEdDnZQ toget registered and receive the link for the webinar.

Language: English

Tentative Program:

Opening remarks.

Prof. Thierry Vansweevelt. Adv. (Belgium), President of the WAML

Introduction

Prof. Radmyla Hrevtsova, Adv. (Ukraine), Head of the WAML Professional Practice Committee (webinar moderator)

Presentations and discussion:
Clinical practice guidelines – A legal imperative or a road map for amateurs?

Prof. Roy Beran, MD (Australia)

Clinical practice guidelines and the development of medical malpractice litigation.
Bill Hinnant, MD, JD, Adv. (USA) \

Prof. Eduardo Dantas, Adv. (Brazil)

On the crossroads between clinical guidelines and public financing.

Natalia Lojko, Adv. (Poland)

Discussing further actions. Closing remarks.
Presentations -15 minutes, remarks – 15 minutes, discussion - 30 minutes