Introduction to Gynaecological & Obstetric Ultrasound for Trainees
Health Education England (HEE) has approved the EIOG trainee programme as ‘optional, recommended’. Trainees can therefore claim the full registration fee back from their Trust using the following HEE code: OBSG0003. The process is as follows:
- Book a place now via the register button and pay upfront
- GRT will issue a payment receipt with your booking confirmation
- GRT will issue a certificate of attendance one week following the meeting
- Submit a registration fee expenses claim to your Trust quoting HEE reference OBSG0003, attaching your payment receipt and certificate of attendance
- Your trust will reimburse your registration fee
Book now to take advantage of the Early Bird registration fee and secure your study leave.
The EIOG trainee course is a bold new innovation. Offering trainees the opportunity to hear from expert UK and European speakers in early pregnancy, gynaecological and obstetric ultrasound with keynote lectures, case studies, interactive sessions and round tables. Trainees will get a grounding in the basics of contemporary ultrasonography, how to manage what they find on scan, and controversies in a unique format with clear learning objectives, pre and post course materials.
Thursday 21st & Friday 22nd March 2024, QEII Conference Centre, Westminster, London. Chaired byProfessor Tom Bourne, Professor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Imperial College London & Professor Christoph Lees, Professor of Obstetrics, Imperial College London.
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Programmes
Thursday 21st March 2024: Download Programme Here
Friday 22nd March 2024: Download Programme Here
*All programmes are subject to change, a final programme with be available shortly
Thursday 21st March 2024 - Introduction to Gynaecological Ultrasound for Trainees
08:50
Welcome and introduction
Prof Tom Bourne, Professor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology Imperial College London, UK
The normal pelvis and ovarian pathology
Chair: Mr Srdjan Saso, Consultant Gynaecological Oncologist, Imperial College London
09:00
Transvaginal scanning of the pelvis and the adnexa – video session demonstrating the anatomy ofa normal scan (2D)
Dr Jen Barcroft (Ph.D. Fellow, Imperial College, London)
09:20
Describing ovarian masses - terms and definitions – standardisation of terminology
Ms Chiara Landolfo, Consultant Gynaecologist, Imperial College London NHS Trust, UK
09:40
How to classify ovarian masses: Simple descriptors, IOTA ADNEX, and two step approach
Mr Srdjan Saso, Consultant Gynaecological Oncologist, Imperial College London, UK
10:00
Ovarian cysts and other adnexal masses – interactive case discussion and images
Dr Nina Cooper, Ph.D. Fellow, Imperial College London, UK. Ms Chiara Landolfo, Consultant Gynaecologist, Imperial College London NHS Trust, UK
10:30
Coffee break
Acute pain, the uterus: endometrial and myometrial pathology
Chair: Dr Chiara Landolfo, Consultant Gynaecologist, Imperial College London NHS Trust, UK
11:00
Endometrial pathology – evaluating PMB and polyps – using the IETA approach
Prof Thierry Van den Bosch, Asst Professor, Consultant Gynaecologist, KU Leuven, Belgium
11:30
Looking at the myometrium: fibroids and adenomyosis
Prof Wouter Froyman, Consultant Gynaecologist, KU Leuven, Belgium
11:50
Diagnosing PCOS and what you need to know about scanning fertility patients
Mr Sotirios Saravelos, Consultant Gynaecologist and Subspecialist in Reproductive Medicine, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, UK
12:10
Acute pain and uterine pathology – interactive case discussion and images
Prof Wouter Froyman Consultant Gynaecologist, KU Leuven, Belgium. Dr Jen Barcroft, Senior Clinical Research Fellow Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
12:30
Lunch
13:30
Samsung Sponsored Symposium
Fetal echocardiography: from structural functional assessment, novel applications of fetalechocardiography regarding the model
Prof Francesco D’ Antonio, Aassociate Professor and Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Chieti, Italy
Early pregnancy assessment
Chairs: Miss Maya Al-Memar, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Imperial College NHS Trust, UK and Miss Sharmistha Guha, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, UK
14:00
Examining women with chronic pelvic pain – ultrasound as a primary diagnostic test for endometriosis
Prof Thierry Van den Bosch, Asst Professor, Consultant Gynaecologist, KU Leuven, Belgium
14:30
The normal early pregnancy scan – recognising normal embryonic structures and how theychange with gestation
Dr Harsha Shah, Obstetrics and Gynaecology Specialist Trainee, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
14:40
Diagnosing miscarriage safely: when to repeat scans and diagnostic criteria
Ms Nina Parker (Imperial College London)
15:00
Coffee break
15:30
Speaking to patients: what language to use and what to avoid
Ms Katy Lindemann, Writer and Patient Advocate, UK
Early pregnancy assessment (cont.)
Chairs: Miss Maya Al-Memar, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Imperial College NHS Trust, UK and Miss Sharmistha Guha, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, UK
16:00
Speaking to patients: what language to use and what to avoid
Ms Katy Lindemann, Writer and Patient Advocate, UK
16:30
What if you cannot see a pregnancy inside or outside the uterus? Managing pregnancy ofunknown location (PUL): interpreting serum hCG and progesterone values
Dr Chris Kyriacou, Obstetrics and Gynaecology Specialist Registrar and Ph.D. fellow, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
17:00
Early pregnancy case examples and discussion
Miss Maya Al-Memar, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Imperial College NHS Trust, UK. Dr Alex Novak, Snr Clinical Research Fellow in Gynaecology, Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, UK
17:30
Close of Meeting
Friday 22nd March 2024 - Introduction to Obstetric Ultrasound for Trainees
09:00
Introduction & learning objectives
Prof Christoph Lees
First and second trimester obstetric imaging
Chairs: Dr Anna Clark, Clinical Research Fellow, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea Hospital, Imperial College London and Dr Jasmine Tay, Consultant Obstetrician and Subspecialist in Maternal Fetal Medicine at Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital, London, UK
09:05
The first trimester scan - understanding/recognition of common images
Ms Katherine Papanikolaou, Specialist Doctor in Fetal Medicine, Imperial College London,
UK
09:20
Imaging common fetal anomalies
Ms Katherine Papanikolaou, Specialist Doctor in Fetal Medicine, Imperial College London,
Uk
09:40
Imaging the fetal heart: tips and tricks
Dr Laura Vazquez-Garcia, Consultant Fetal & Paediatric Cardiologist, Royal Brompton
Hospital, London, UK
10:00
Ultrasound pictures - interactive quiz
Dr Sofia Cerdeira, Sub-Specialty Trainee Maternal Fetal Medicine, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; Academic Clinical Lecturer, University of Oxford, UK
10:30
Coffee break
Late pregnancy ultrasound
Chairs: Dr Mariya Kovalenko and Dr Bronacha Mylrea-Foley, Clinical Research Fellows, Imperial College London
11:00
Cases: management of fetal growth restriction in singleton and multiples
Prof Tamara Stampalija, Professor of Obstetrics, University of Trieste, Italy
11:30
Fetal Dopplers: when and how
Prof Kurt Hecher, Professor in Obstetrics and Fetal Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
12:00
How to manage growth in DAU using bedside scans and ccTG?
Miss Sana Usman, Consultant Obstetrician and Subspecialist in Maternal Fetal Medicine, Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
12:30
Lunch
13:30
Fetal echo ultrasound: techniques and technologies to optimise ultrasound imaging
Prof Christoph Lees, Professor of Obstetrics, Imperial College London, UK and Dr Laura Vazquez-Garcia, Consultant Fetal & Paediatric Cardiologist, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
Genetics and genomics
Chairs: Dr Sohini Patel, Clinical Research Fellow and Dr Nada Mufti, Subspecialty Trainee in Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Imperial College London
14:00
NIPT 10 years on-where are we with it?
Prof Mark Kilby, Professor of Fetal Medicine, University of Birmingham; Honorary Consultant of Fetal Medicine, Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, UK
14:20
Fetal DNA sequencing
Dr Jan Cobben, Lead Clinical Geneticist, North West Thames Regional Genetics Service, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, UK
14:40
Stillbirth and termination
Miss Byrony Jones, Consultant Obstetrician and Subspecialist in Maternal Fetal Medicine,
Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
15:00
Ultrasound in labour
Dr Mariya Kovalenko, Clinical Research Fellow, Registrar in Obstetrics and Gynaecology Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London
15:30
Coffee break
Intrapartum care
Chairs: Miss Sana Usman, Dr Natasha Hezelgrave, Subspeciality Trainee in Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Imperial College, London
16:00
Extreme preterm birth-obstetric counselling
Dr Lynne Sykes, The Parasol Foundation Clinical Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant, Imperial College and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, UK
16:10
Talking with parents delivering preterm, growth restricted or complex babies – aneonatologist’s perspective
Dr Jay Banerjee, Neonatal Consultant and RCPCH Clinical Tutor, Department of Neonatology, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; Hon Clinical Senior Lecturer, IRDB, Imperial College London, UK
16:30
Close of Meeting
(opportunity attend final Fetal Medicine stream lecture)