RCOG World Congress 2025 workshops

• Workshop lead: Professor Abdul Sultan, UK and Professor Ranee Thakar, UK 
• Format: Full day, lectures and hands on training (08:30-16:30)
• Location: RCOG, Union Street
• Capacity: 50
• Price: £210 (included in price: full day workshop, refreshments and lunch)

Overview

It is now known that a number of 3rd and 4th degree tears, collectively known as Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injuries (OASIs) are being missed by doctors and midwives or inadequately repaired resulting in anal incontinence.

The attendees of this workshop will become familiar with the new classification of OASIs and develop clinical skills in the techniques of accurate diagnosis. Using the anal sphincter animal model, techniques in repair of the internal and external sphincter will be taught hands-on. Prevention and management of subsequent pregnancy will also be discussed.

The interactive lectures and audiovisual material will provide tips and tricks to recognise and repair OASIs, and the hands-on workshop using cow anal sphincters will prepare the delegates for real-time in the delivery room.

Objectives

• Understand anatomy and physiology of anal sphincters
• Understand perineal tears and episiotomy
• Learn tips and tricks to identify obstetric anal sphincter injuries (OASIs)
• Learn how to repair OASIs
• Understand the technique and interpretation of endoanal ultrasound
• Learn about complications, prevention and management of subsequent pregnancies

Who should attend?

Obstetricians, midwives, colorectal surgeons

• Workshop lead: Professor Asma Khalil, UK
• Format: Full day, lectures and hands-on training (09:00-17:00)
• Location: RCOG, Union Street
• Capacity: 50
• Price: £210 (included in price: full day workshop, refreshments and lunch)

Overview

This hands-on course provides practical training on obstetric ultrasound and fetal intervention procedures. Participants will gain knowledge and experience of correct techniques, available diagnostic tools and treatment modalities, to support parental counselling and clinical decision-making. Through practical ultrasound training and hands-on practice, this course aims to enhance participants’ confidence in performing ultrasound scans and fetal interventions.     

Objectives

• Utilise ultrasound techniques to assess fetal health, diagnose conditions and guide interventions.
• Understand the principles and mechanisms of available diagnostic tools, including obstetric ultrasound and POCUS
• Gain hands-on experience in performing ultrasound scans, use of POCUS and key fetal procedures
• Identify the key indications and necessary conditions for fetal intervention procedures
• Optimise maternal and fetal conditions to improve the success of interventions
• Evaluate different treatment options and their potential benefits and risks
• Develop effective counselling strategies to support parents in decision making

Who should attend?

This course is designed for healthcare professionals involved in routine ultrasound scans, POCUS, fetal medicine and high-risk pregnancy management, including:

• Maternal fetal medicine consultants
• O&G consultants
• Fetal medicine fellows and trainees
• Radiologists specialising in fetal imaging
• Midwives involved in high risk pregnancies
• SAS and LE doctors
• Sonographers with an interest in fetal interventions

• Workshop lead: Miss Lizzie Beans, UK and Mr Tom Holland, UK
• Format: Full day, lectures and hands-on training (09:30-17:00)
• Location: UCL Education Centre 
• Capacity: 48
• Price: £210 (included in price: full day workshop, refreshments and lunch)

Overview

The workshop will provide lectures and case studies applicable to all major diseases encountered in everyday practice including early pregnancy, acute and chronic gynaecology.

We will focus on early pregnancy complications, adnexal pathology, uterine pathology, 3D ultrasound and non-invasive diagnosis of pelvic endometriosis, including assessment of the bowel and urinary tract.

Lectures will be given by gynaecologists who are leaders in their field who all have a extensive experience in the use of ultrasound to improve the diagnosis and management of common and rare conditions for their patients.

Objectives

• To understand how advanced ultrasound techniques can transform the patient pathway and optimise management.
• To develop an understanding of recent progress in advanced ultrasound techniques as applied to common disease
• To gain an understanding of the research evidence base for the use of ultrasound in gynaecology

Who should attend?

The workshop is aimed at nurses, radiographers, radiologists, resident doctors and consultants practicing gynaecological ultrasound who want to develop their clinical practice.

• Workshop lead: Sabrina Butt, UK and Mr Hemant Vakharia, UK
• Format: Full day, lectures and hands on training (08:30-16:30)
• Location: UCL Education Centre 
• Capacity: 24
• Price: £210 (included in price: full day workshop, refreshments and lunch)

Overview

This intensive practical simulation course aims to cover key operative laparoscopic requirements within the RCOG curriculum. These include laparoscopic salpingectomy, ovarian cystectomy, oophorectomy and retrieval of specimens.

Objectives

Details to follow

Who should attend?

Details to follow

• Workshop lead: Professor Mohamed Mabrouk, UK
• Format: Full day, lectures and live-stream cadaveric dissection (09:00-17:30)
• Location: Fetal Medical Research Institute 
• Capacity: 100
• Price: £150 (included in price: full day, lectures, live stream lecture, refreshments and lunch)

Overview

This one-day intensive workshop offers a blend of theoretical lectures and a live-streamed cadaveric dissection. Focused on practical surgical anatomy, it provides essential tips and tricks for safe abdominopelvic surgery in gynaecology and obstetrics.

Objectives

Details to follow

Who should attend?

Gynaecologists, obstetricians and trainees in O&G