19.04.2023, Wednesday

First and Second Trimester of Pregnancy

10.00-11.00 First trimester screening for chromosomal abnormalities – biochemistry, ultrasound markers or noninvasive prenatal testing. Which test to start with?

11.00-12.00 Ultrasound technique for genetic screening, modified Fetal Medicine Foundation protocol based on expert experience.

12.30-13.00 Coffee break

13.00-13.30 Live scan

13.30-14.30 Lunch break 

14.30-15.30 Early anomaly evaluation –  the priority of late first trimester scan.

15.30-17.00 Early fetal cardiac scan at the time of first trimester screening – pattern recognition concept, application of B-mode, color mapping, PW Doppler, transabdominal or transvaginal approaches, counseling, limitations, and rescan protocol. Cases with discussion.

17.00-17.30 Live scan

19:00 Dinner

20.04.2023, Thursday

9.00-10.00 Second trimester ultrasound – how to optimize images, how to optimize the scan? Technique of ultrasound examination and practical advice.

10.00–11.00 Whether there is a difference in conducting an ultrasound examination when the fetal anomaly is suspected?

11.00-11.30 Coffee break

11.30- 12.30  Fetal central nervous system evaluation  – planes: transverse, coronal and sagittal – how to obtain, how to read, ventricular system, midsagittal structures, sulci and fissure.

12.30-13.00 Live scan

13.00-14.00 Lunch Break 

14.00-15.00 Dysraphism – types of defects, diagnosis, application of 3D technique, presentation of cases.

15.00- 16.00 Fetal craniofacial malformations – craniofacial syndromes, clefts of the lip and palate,

medial syndromes and frontonasal dysplasia, craniosynostosis.

16.00-17.00 Congenital anomalies of kidney and urinary tract.

17.00-18.00 Fetal heart evaluation during second technique and practical aspects.

19.00 Dinner

21.04.2023, Friday

HANDS ON – WORK IN GROUPS

09:00-9:15 Preliminary testing

09:15–11:00 Hands on in groups
11:00-11:30 Coffee break
11:00-13:00 Hands on in groups
13:00-14:00 Lunch break
14:00-16:30 Hands on in groups

19:00 Dinner

22.04.2023, Saturday

HANDS ON – WORK IN GROUPS

09:00–11:00 Hands on in groups
11:00-11:30 Coffee break
11:00-13:00 Hands on in groups
13:00-14:00 Lunch break
14:00-16:00 Hands on in groups
16:00-16:30 Final testing