Fagkurs

Course in Advanced Operative Obstetrics

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Obstetric course in Bergen

 

Welcome to the 9th hands-on course in obstetrics which has been organized annually since 2015.

This is the place for you to go if you wish to fresh up your skills in manual obstetrics and meet an international audience for fruitful discussions which may challenge your own practice.

The course is acknowledged by the Norwegian Medical Association.

 

We primarily invite consultants or residents who are about to finalize their training in Ob/Gyn.

Leger i spesialisering i Norge: Vi anbefaler deltakelse i kurset “Praktiske ferdigheter I vaginal forløsning“ FØR du vurderer å delta i kurset her.

 

Date: 7-9 May 2025

Place: Haukeland University Hospital Bergen, Glasblokkene


Registration: Course in Advanced Operative Obstetrics | Helse Bergen HF

Course fee: Choose between alternatives

7000 NOK – includes participation in the course, lunch, refreshments

7700 NOK – includes participation in the course, lunch, refreshments + Dinner May 8

You are warmly invited to join us for dinner in the evening 8 May. If you want to join for dinner, please choose alternative “Course fee + Dinner” when you register.

Accommodation must be organized individually.


Course faculty:

Sindre Grindheim (Bergen, Norway)
Kim Hinshaw (Sunderland, UK)
Johanne Kolvik Iversen (Oslo, Norway)
Jörg Kessler (Bergen, Norway)
Ferenc Macsali (Bergen, Norway)
Benedicte Nygaard (Kristianssand, Norway)
Anke Reitter (Zollikerberg, Switzerland)
Janne Rossen (Kristiansand, Norway)
Ragnhild Skagseth (Bergen, Norway)
 

Contact: Jørg Kessler, Mobile ++4797709603, jorg.kessler@uib.no


Preliminary program: 

Module 1 - 7th May:

Complicated cephalic birth – biomechanics, forceps, shoulder dystocia

 

 

Dag 1

09:00-09:10       Welcome, presentation of the department               

09:10-10.00     The biomechanical fundament of normal    delivery and irregular cephalic presentations

10:00-10:15       Pudendal block                                                        

10:15-10:30  Coffee break                                                                 

10:30-11:00       Shoulder dystocia                                                    

11:00-12:15   Hands-on-training: Structured clinical                     

 

examination, pudendal block, shoulder dystocia 

Group 1-7 

 

12:15-13:15 

Lunch                                                                       

 

13:15-14:05

Forceps and vacuum – indications, mechanics              and technique 

14:05-14:45

The choice of instruments – vacuum vs forceps  

14:45-15:05

Coffee break                                                             

15:05-16:20

Hands-on training, forceps                                       

Group 1-7 

 

16.20-17.00

Rotational forceps                                                    

 

 

             

 

 

Module 2- 8th May

Breech birth – epidemiology, biomechanics, forceps, upright birth position 

Obstetric anal sphincter injury

Dag 2

08:30-09:00

Vaginal breech delivery in Norway epidemiology     and results 

09:00-09:50 

Vaginal breech delivery and forceps on the after-     coming head - labor mechanics and technique  

09:50-10:10

Coffee break                                                                

10:10-10:55 

Alternative birth positions in breech delivery             

11:00-12:00

Hands-on-training: Breech and forceps on the        after-coming head 

Group 1-4 

Hands-on training: Upright breech

Group 4-6 

 

12:00-13:00

Lunch                                                                           

13:00-14:00

Hands-on training: Upright breech                           

Group 1-3

Hands-on-training: Breech and forceps on the after-coming head 

Group 4-6 

 

14:00-14:45

Anal sphincter injury - diagnosis, treatment               

14:45-15:00  Coffee break                                                                    

 

15:00-15:30     Anal sphincter injury - counseling                                

15:30-17:00     Parallel session, half of participants at each            session, change after 45 min

                          Hands on training: Anal sphincter repair                  

                          Clinical cases                                                                

 

Dinner for participants and faculty 

          

Module 3: 

Twin birth – epidemiology, breech extraction, combined podalic version

Obstetric hemorrhage – treatment strategies

9th May

Dag 3

08:30-09:15

Twin delivery - on the outlook for trouble                  

09:15-10:30

Hands-on training: 2nd twin - combined version,            extraction Group 1-6 

 

10:30-10:50

Coffee break                                                                 

10:50-12:00

Postpartum hemorrhage – practical approach.           Aortic tamponade, vessel ligation, postpartum hysterectomy

12:00-13:00  Lunch                                                                               

13:00-14:45     Parallel session, half of participants at each            session, change after 45 min

Training: Compression sutures on models

Autopsy room: Ligation of pelvic vessels (uterine, internal iliac artery) 

Oppsummering

 

 

14:45-15:00

Summary and evaluation                                             

15:00

End of the course