Course Overview
This is a certificate course designed for doctors who wish to acquire specialist skills in the theory and practice of fertility and assisted reproduction. It is a part-time course of 9 months duration. Courses are delivered online with structured practical sessions. The course is designed to be done alongside your regular jobs. Successful completion is assessed through regular assignments, keeping a log book of practical procedures, a short dissertation on a relevant topic and a final assessment test.
Who should Enroll in this course?
– Post-fellowship gynecologists
– Experienced doctors with practical skills in obstetrics and gynecology who harbor a passion to acquire – Skills in fertility and assisted reproductive technology
What you’ll learn
– In-depth knowledge of human reproductive physiology and pathophysiology
– Endocrinology and the menstrual cycle
– Epidemiology of Infertility: Causes, prevalence, strategies for prevention, definitions
– Fertility investigations: male and female
– Transvaginal ultrasound scanning
– Hysteroscopy in Assisted Conception
– Theory and practice IVF/ICSI and other assisted reproductive treatments: indications, treatment planning, ovarian stimulation, egg collection and embryo transfer
– Information counseling and basic support counseling
– Quality Management system in Assisted Conception
– Quality Assurance in Fertility and Assisted Reproduction
– How to set up a fertility and IVF clinic de novo
– The role of regulation and quality improvement is fertility and assisted conception