Course description

Course type

Advanced

Course description

This Campus course aims to provide updated information and balanced discussion on the new challenges in third-party reproduction and their implications for clinical practice and counselling. The course will address: i) information provision to donors and recipients in the face of current technologies and regulation, including known and open donation; ii) current and possible future scenarios of family configurations with ART; iii) psychosocial adjustment and ethical dillemas for donor-conceived families and offspring.

 

Target audience

All clinicians, counsellors, scientists, IVF laboratory technicians and paramedicals interested in infertility treatment.

 

Expected educational outcomes

This course should provide participants with good practice and updated understanding regarding: a) information needs of donors and recipients in light of recent technology; b) suitability for gamete donation; c) patient communication about the implications of third-party reproduction, including open and intra-familial cases; d) the meaning of (biological and social) parenting and new family configurations; e) current ethical dilemmas related to donor conceived children and adults and evidence on psychosocial adjustment

Educational methods

• Lectures
• Discussions
• Case presentations
  
  
  

Language

The official language of the course is English. 

Certificate of attendance

Participants can obtain a certificate of attendance after completing the workshop evaluation on the App. After the course, ESHRE will send an e-mail with the link and more information.