DAY ONE
8.30am REGISTRATION
8.45am Faculty briefing
All facilitators
9.00am Welcome and introduction
Course lead
9.05am Handling instruments and knot tying (video, demonstration and practical)
All facilitators
10.35am REFRESHMENTS
10.50am Suturing techniques (video and practical), interrupted and modified interrupted (including mattress and figure of eight) sutures, continuous and subcuticular suturing
All facilitators
12.20pm Abdominal entry (practical)
All facilitators
1.00pm LUNCH (2 course standing fork lunch)
1.45pm Principles of safe hysteroscopy (lecture)
Facilitator
2.05pm Principles of safe laparoscopy (lecture)
Facilitator
2.35pm Planning and giving instructions for the practical stations
| Station 1
Hysteroscopy |
Station 2
Laparoscopy |
Station 3 Gynae examination/ pelvic swabs/ smear
taking/ IUD/ ring pessary |
Station 4 D&C/ uterine evacuation/ endometrial biopsy | Station 5
Basic gynaecology instruments/ laparotomy instrument tray |
|
| 2.40pm | Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D | Group E |
| 3.05pm | Group E | Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
| 3.30pm | REFRESHMENTS | ||||
| 3.45pm | Group D | Group E | Group A | Group B | Group C |
| 4.15pm | Group C | Group D | Group E | Group A | Group B |
| 4.35pm | Group B | Group C | Group D | Group E | Group A |
| 5.00pm | CLOSE of DAY ONE and Faculty brainstorm of day one | ||||
DAY TWO
8.30am REFRESHMENTS
9.00am Recognition of deteriorating obstetric patient (lecture)
Facilitator
9.20am Pelvic anatomy (recorded lecture and video))
Facilitator
10.00am Caesarean section (video)
10.15am Breech delivery (presentation followed by video)
Facilitator
10.30am REFRESHMENTS
10.45am Human factors (recorded lecture)
| Station 1 Postpartum haemorrhage and MRP | Station 2 Shoulder dystocia | Station 3 Instrumental deliveries (forceps/ ventouse) | Station 4
CTG interpretation fetal blood sampling |
Station 5 Episiotomy and perineal repair | |
| 11.30am | Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D | Group E |
| 12.10pm | Group E | Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
| 12.50pm | LUNCH (2 course standing fork lunch) | ||||
| 1.40pm | Group D | Group E | Group A | Group B | Group C |
| 2.20pm | Group C | Group D | Group E | Group A | Group B |
| 3.00pm | Group B | Group C | Group D | Group E | Group A |
3.40pm Discussion
3.55pm Faculty debrief
4.00pm CLOSE