Obstetric Ultrasound Foundation Course
10th Dec 2020
This is a comprehensive foundation course for O&G trainees and specialist midwife sonographers. It is ideal for anyone who is starting out on their scanning career and working towards their RCOG qualification. It will cover the theoretical elements of the two compulsory RCOG Basic Ultrasound Modules via a series of lectures from the experienced and highly qualified obstetrics team at QCCH and St Mary’s Hospital, London. It will also give a useful introduction to the intermediate modules.
Theory day – Thursday 10th December 2020, only: £125
Practical day (Ultrasound simulation training) (NOW FULLY BOOKED) please email sympreg@imperial.ac.uk to be added to the waiting list.
Registration fees: Theory Day only – £125, Theory & Practical Day – £350 (Fully Booked)
(Trainees based at either QCCH or St Mary’s, London may register at internal rates of £100/£325)
Thursday 10 December 2020 – Theory Day
Session I – Chair: Miss Bryony Jones
09:30 Introduction: What you are going to learn and why? Prof. Christoph Lees
09:35 What the RCOG modules require, Miss Bryony Jones
09:45 How ultrasound works and safety, Dr Colin Deane
10:15 Databases, documentation and communication, Miss Bryony Jones
10:45 Setting up the machine for scanning: TV and TA ultrasound; knobs, functions and probes, Dr Suzanne Beattie-Jones
11:15 Break
Session II – Chair: Prof. Tom Bourne
11:45 Scanning the normal early intra-uterine pregnancy up to 12 weeks, measuring embryonic structures and CRL, Dr Harsha Shah
12:15 Diagnosing miscarriage, Dr Karen Grewal
12:40 Presentation of Case Studies, Dr Chris Kyriacou
13:00 Lunch Break
Session III– Chair: Prof. Christoph Lees
13:45 Biometry, amniotic fluid and the placenta, Gowrishankar Paramasivam
14:15 The Anomaly Scan: FASP criteria, Dr Jonathan Lai
14:45 Multiple pregnancies: what to look out for, Miss Chrissie Yu
15:15 Break
Session IV– Chair: Prof. Christoph Lees
15:30 Fetal growth and assessment in the 3rd trimester, Prof Christoph Lee
16:00 Post course test and picture quiz
16:30 End of Day