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
Dr Chiara Landolfo (Consultant Gynaecologist, Imperial College London NHS Trust)
09:40
How to classify ovarian masses: Simple descriptors, IOTA ADNEX, and two step approach
Mr Srdjan Saso (Consultant Gynaecological Oncologist, Imperial College London)
10:00
Ovarian cysts and other adnexal masses – interactive case discussion and images
Dr Nina Cooper (Ph.D. Fellow, Imperial College London) and Dr 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)
11:00
Acute pelvic pain: Ovarian cyst accidents, torsion and tubo-ovarian abscess
Ms Catriona Stalder, (Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust)
11:30
Endometrial pathology – evaluating PMB and polyps – using the IETA approach
Prof Thierry Van den Bosch, (Consultant Gynaecologist, KU Leuven, Belgium)
11:50
Looking at the myometrium: fibroids and adenomyosis
Prof Wouter Froyman (Consultant Gynaecologist, KU Leuven, Belgium)
12:10
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)
12:30
Acute pain and uterine pathology – interactive case discussion and images
Prof Wouter Froyman (KU Leuven) and Dr Jen Barcroft (Imperial College London)
13:00
Lunch
Early pregnancy assessment
Chairs: Ms Maya Al Memar and Ms Sharmistha Guha
14:00
Examining women with chronic pelvic pain – ultrasound as a primary diagnostic test forendometriosis
Prof Thierry Van den Bosch (Consultant Gynaecologist, KU Leuven, Belgium)
14:20
The normal early pregnancy scan – recognising normal embryonic structures and how theychange with gestation
Ms Harsha Shah (Imperial College London)
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
16:00
What if you cannot see a pregnancy inside or outside the uterus? Managing pregnancy of unknown location interpreting serum hCG and progesterone values (PUL)
Dr Chris Kyriacou (Ph.D. fellow, Imperial College London NHS Trust, UK)
16:30
The ultrasound features and selecting patients for expectant, medical and surgical management of ectopic pregnancy
Dr Shabnam Bobdiwala (Southampton, UK)
17:00
Early pregnancy case examples and discussion
Dr Chris Kyriacou and Ms Maya Al-Memar (Imperial College NHS Trust, UK)
17:30
Close of Meeting
Friday 22nd March 2024 - Introduction to Obstetric Ultrasound for Trainees
First and second trimester obstetric imaging
09:00
The first trimester scan - understanding/recognition of commonimages
09:20
Imaging common fetal anomalies
09:40
Imaging the fetal heart: tips and tricks
10:00
Ultrasound pictures - interactive quiz
10:30
Coffee break
Late pregnancy ultrasound
11:00
Cases: management of fetal growth restriction
11:30
Fetal Dopplers: when and how
11:50
Twins growth management
12:10
How to manage growth in DAU using bedside scans and ccTG?
12:30
Lunch
Intrapartum care
13:50
Ultrasound in labour
14:10
Extreme preterm birth-obstetric counselling
14:30
Neonatal perspective and discussions
14:50
Stillbirth and termination (1 case of each)
15:10
Opportunity to question the faculty (Whole team)
15:30
Coffee break
Genetics and genomics
16:00
NIPT ten years on
16:20
What will whole genome sequencing tell us?
16:40
Role play in counselling: NIPT and whole genome
17:00