Fetal interventions are becoming increasingly less invasive, and require training and experience for optimal results. Simulation provides an excellent opportunity to explore these techniques in detail, to gain practical “hands on” experience with the instruments and procedures and to receive feedback on one’s performance and the avoidance of complications. Our faculty are all experienced fetal medicine practitioners from some of the world's leading fetal medicine centres. Procedures will be performed using lifelike maternal and fetal simulation models. This course is suitable for all maternal fetal medicine physicians and practitioners performing fetal interventions. Participants will also be provided with the means for sharing and discussion of challenging cases in the future.

Due to our intensive interactive, hands-on teaching method, registration is restricted to 18 participants.

After registration you will get acces to our website where you can find different articles to prepare yourself theoretically for the course.

With registering to one of our courses you will also gain unlimited acces to our community where course attendants and instructors can interact and discuss difficult cases or technical aspects.

A certificate will be awarded to all the participants who have completed the course

Program: (provisional, final program might differ slightly)

Day 1

15:00 - 15:15 Welcome & Introduction. Meet the trainers and participants.
15:15 -16:45 Lectures
17:00 - 19:00 Social activity
19:00 - 22:00 Course dinner (Note: the dinner is an integral part of the course)

Day 2

8.30 – 9.00 Welcome with coffee and tea
9.00 – 9.30 Outline of course, group assignment, brief theoretical session
9.30 – 10.45 Workshop round 1
10.45 – 11.15 Coffee break
11.15 – 12.30 Workshop round 2
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch including tour and Group picture
13.30 – 14.45 Workshop round 3
14.45 – 16.00 Workshop round 4
16.00 – 16.30 Coffee break with soda and snacks
16.30 – 17.30 International collaboration, specific questions and time to difficult cases
17.30 – 18.30 Course evaluation, drinks

Tips for accommodation

Hotel Martins Klooster

Novotel Leuven Centrum

Budget

Ibis Hotel Leuven Centre