Local postgraduate teaching sessions are delivered in each region for Obstetrics and Gynaecology trainees throughout Scotland. 

Regional & National Training Days 2023-2024

August

10^th & 11^th           Larbert, Forth Valley                                       ST1 Bootcamp  

29^th                        Chalmers             ST1-7                    

• Abortion Care
• Bleeding with HRT
• Care of transmen
• Sexual history taking
• Sexual pain
• Intrauterine contraception update

September

6^th Dundee          ST1-5

• Psychiatric disorders in Pregnancy (Knowledge Area 6 Maternal Medicine, Cip 12)
• Understanding investigations for male & female subfertility (Knowledge Area 11 Subfertility, Cip 1 & 11)
• Screening in pregnancy (Cip 1 & 14)
• Scientific Impact Paper Review – No 67 Relationship Between Social Determinants of Health & Maternal Mortality (Cip 13 & 14)
• Hands on: Lap sim

8th                         RIE                          All trainees                         Welcome & Year Ahead – PM only

 

20^th        National Teaching (East)

• Obs: Fetal – Neurological & NTD with fetal surgery
• Obs: Liver Function in Pregnancy
• Gyn: Gyn Onc – Ovarian & Endometrial Ca

 

October

11^th Oct                 St Johns               ST1-5    

• Maternal medicine: Respiratory & Haem
• Guideline Discussion: Cervical Cerclage (Greentop No75)
• Hands on Lap sim
• Communication stations

 

***VHK ST5-7                                     WILL REARRANGE LATER IN THE YEAR***

• All things Anaesthetics & Analgesia (Knowledge Area 8, Cip 1 & 10)
• Consent & Ethics including Post Mortem Exams (Knowledge Area 3, Cip 1 & 2)
• Gynae operating complication management
• Scientific Impact Paper: Management of impacted fetal head & caesarean birth
• Hands on: Cervical suture, impacted head (Cip 10)

 

November

24^th                        AMOnGST           Hosted by South East

January

10^th Jan                 National Teaching (North)

• Obs: Mental Health
• Gyn: Reproductive Endocrine
• Research

31^st Jan                 Dundee: ST5-7  

• Consultant application
• Consultant interview
• What I wish I knew
• Submitting a proposal
• Lap Sim – Cystectomies and advanced skills

February

 

29^th February     RIE: ST1-7

                                Research Showcase Day

• Presentations for OOP/Subspec research
• How to apply for OOP and available opportunities
• Research CiP

March

13^th March          National Teaching (West)

• Obs: Multiple Pregnancy
• Gyn: Urogyn
• ARCP Updates with Kirstyn Brogan

BGH: ST1 – 5 (had said 13^th however needs to be different due to National teaching)

• Abnormal Uterine bleeding (Knowledge Area 10, Cip 11)
• Antepartum Haemorrhage (Knowledge Area 10, Cip 9 & 10)
• Communication stations
• Greentop: Recurrent Miscarriage
• Hands on: forceps and rotational forceps

 

April

18^th April              VHK: ST1-5

• Urogyn – pessaries etc
• Ultrasound findings at booking & FAS
• Guideline update:
• Communication stations
• Hands on: twins & impacted head

May

RIE: St1-5

• Gynae Onc – cervical & vulval
• Infertility
• Invasive Placenta
• Endometriosis
• Communication stations
• Hands on: Lap sim

June

14^th June              National Teaching (East)

• Maternal Medicine: Respiratory, Renal, GI
• Gyn : Fibroids, Menstrual Disorders

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