Tuesday 24 September

8.30am REGISTRATION and COFFEE
Chair: Mr Sanjay K Vyas, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Southmead Hospital, Bristol


9.00am Special skills training in gynaecological ultrasound:
Objectives and structure
Mr Sanjay K Vyas

9.20am How to teach gynaecological ultrasound?
Mr Nazar Amso, Senior Lecturer, Department of Obstetrics and
Gynaecology, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff

9.50am Physics, instrumentation and safety
Dr J A Evans, Senior Lecturer in Medical Physics,
Department of Medical Physics, Leeds General Infirmary

10.20 Discussion

10.30am COFFEE
Chair: Dr Lil Valentin, Senior Lecturer, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Lund, Sweden

11.00am Normal pelvic anatomy and examination technique
Mr Nazar Amso

11.30am Congenital uterine anomalies
Dr Rehan Salim, Research Fellow, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, King’s College Hospital Medical School, London

12.00noon Fibroids, polyps and adenomyosis
Mr Sanjay K Vyas, Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist, Southmead Hospital, Bristol

12.30 pm Hydrosonography and hysteroscopy in the diagnosis of
Endometrial abnormalities
Dr Dirk Timmerman, University of Leuven, Belgium

1.00pm Discussion

1.10pm LUNCH

Chair: Mr Davor Jurkovic,
Consultant Obstetrician and Gynecologist, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,
King’s College Hospital Medical School, London


2.00pm Ultrasound assessment of women with postmenopausal bleeding
Dr Lil Valentin

2.30pm Abnormal bleeding on HRT
Mr Tim Hillard, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Poole General Hospital

3.00pm Assessment of women on tamoxifen and other oestrogen receptor modulators
Dr Dirk Timmerman

3.30pm Discussion

3.45pm TEA

4.15pm Video session – uterine abnormalities

5.00pm DRINKS RECEPTION

6.00pm CLOSE


Wednesday 25 September

Chair: Mr Sanjay Vyas

9.00am Ultrasound assessment of adnexal masses
Dr Lil Valentin

9.45am The value of diagnostic models for diagnosis of ovarian cancer
Dr. Dirk Timmerman

10.15am Screening for ovarian cancer
Dr Usha Menon, Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and
Gynaecological Oncology, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London

11.00 Discussion

11.15am COFFEE

Chair: Dr Dirk Timmerman

11.45am Incidental findings of ovarian cysts in post-menopausal women
Dr Lil Valentin

12.15pm Diagnosis and management of ovarian cysts in pregnancy
Mr Davor Jurkovic, Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist, King’s College Hospital, London

12.45 Discussion

1.00pm LUNCH

Chair: Mr Davor Jurkovic

2.00pm Ultrasound assessment of women with pelvic pain
Professor Lil Valentin

2.30pm Medical treatment of endometriosis
Mr Stephen H Kennedy, Senior Lecturer,
Department of Reproductive Medicine and Niffield Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Oxford

3.00 pm Laparoscopic surgery for ovarian tumours and endometriosis
Mr Alfred S Cutner, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist,
University College Hospitals NHS Trust, London

3.30pm Discussion

3.45pm TEA

4.15pm VIDEO: Ovarian tumours, endometriosis and PID

5.00pm CLOSE


Thursday 26 September

Chair: Mr Sanjay Vyas

9.00am Factors involved in Endimetrial thickness
Professor S. Smith, The Rosie Hospital, Cambridge

9.30am Diagnosis and management of polycystic ovaries
Mr Peter G Wardle, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist Southmead Hospital, Bristol

10.00am Ultrasound in prolapse and urinary incontinence
Mr Vikram Khullar, Senior Lecturer/Consultant,
Academic Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,
Imperial College School of Medicine, St Mary’s Hospital, London

10.30am Diagnosis of anal sphincter damage
Mr Abdul H Sultan, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Mayday University Hospital, Croydon

11.00am Discussion

11.15 COFFEE

Chair: Mr Davor Jurkovic

11.45am Ultrasound diagnosis of acute appendicitis and other non-Gynaecological pelvic abnormalities (speaker to be announced)

12.15pm The role of MRI and CT in the diagnosis of pelvic pathology
Dr Niall Moore, Consultant Radiologist, John Radcliffe Hospital,
Cambridge

12.45pm Discussion

1.00pm LUNCH

Chair: Mr Davor Jurkovic

2.00pm Normal pregnancy from four to nine weeks
Mr Martin S Mills, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist,
St Michael’s Hospital, Bristol

2.30pm Ultrasound diagnosis of miscarriage
Miss Janine Elson, Research Fellow, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,
King’s College Hospital Medical School, London

3.00pm Expectant, medical and surgical treatment of miscarriage
Dr Jo Trinder, Specialist Registrar, St Michael’s Hospital, Bristol

3.30 Discussion

3.45pm TEA

4.15pm VIDEO – Early pregnancy abnormalities

5.00pm CLOSE and BUFFET DINNER

Friday 27 September

Chair: Mr Nazar Amso

9.00am Management of recurrent miscarriage
Professor Lesley Regan, Academic Department of Obstetrics and
Gynaecology,
Imperial College School of Medicine, St Mary’s Hospital, London

9.30am Trophoblastic disease
Dr Eric Jauniaux, Reader, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,
University College Hospital, London

10.00am Ultrasound diagnosis of tubal ectopic
Dr Illan Timor-Tritsch

10.30am Management of pregnancies of unknown location
Mr Davor Jurkovic

11.00am Discussion

11.15 COFFEE

Chair: Mr Sanjay Vyas

11.45am Expectant, medical and surgical treatment of tubal ectopics
Dr Illan Timor-Tritsch

12.15pm Diagnosis and management of non-tubal ectopic pregnancies
Mr Davor Jurkovic

12.45pm Discussion

1.00pm LUNCH

Chair: Mr Sanjay Vyas

2.00pm Invasive procedures in gynaecology
Dr Illan Timor-Tritsch

2.45pm Video – Ectopics

3.30pm TEA

Chair: Mr Davor Jurkovic

4.00pm Course evaluation and discussion

5.00pm CLOSE