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DART group focus on difficult IVF cases
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The Doctors in Assisted Reproductive Technology (DART) professional group has finalised a compelling program for its Sydney workshop on Saturday 30 July.
Topics to be addressed include:
• Reproductive carrier screening – choosing a test and
common pitfalls with speaker Dr Eric Lee;
• The ethics of egg freezing, Dr Juliette Koch;
• Androgen misuse and abuse, Professor David Handelsman;
and
• Progestin-primed ovarian stimulation in IVF, Dr Peter
Platteau.
DART Chair, Dr Marcela Martin, said the workshop would culminate in an expert panel discussion of difficult cases in IVF.
“A number of different scenarios, and some interesting data, will be presented for discussion with the opportunity for delegates to participate in a question and answer session,” she said.
An embryo transfer simulator will be set up at the meeting with participants encouraged during program breaks to practice putting “embryos” into a “uterus” with feedback on how the procedure may have been done better.
“It will be very exciting to return to a face-to-face format for our workshop preceding the main conference and we will finish by 5.00pm allowing people to attend the FSANZ welcome reception,” Marcela said.
DART was established to help educate and support specialist doctors who work in the field of reproductive medicine.
Marcela Martin
Membership is open to all specialists providing IVF services and includes doctors with or without CREI training and/or other sub- specialties.
The ultimate aim is to enhance the quality of care we provide for our patients.
Male factor infertility e-learning course launch
Male, formerly Andrology Australia, has produced an e-learning training program on male factor infertility for assisted reproductive technology specialists.
This course, endorsed by the Fertility Society of
Australia and New Zealand, is designed to support the implementation of the male factor infertility data reporting criteria for ANZARD and to assist in the investigation of male factors for patients, couples and off-spring.
The aim of the course is to support fertility specialists and other professionals working in the assisted reproductive technology sector to better identify and manage male factor infertility ultimately providing better health outcomes for patients.
Modules covered include:
• male reproductive anatomy and physiology;
• evaluation of the infertile male using the diagnostic criteria;
• management options in male infertility;
• reproductive and non-reproductive health considerations in male infertility; and
• data reporting.
After completing this training activity, participants will be able to:
• apply knowledge of male reproductive anatomy and physiology in the context of male factor infertility;
• outline the basic history taking, physical examination and laboratory investigations required to assess male factor infertility;
• analyse the results of physical examinations and male factor infertility investigations;
• apply the male factor infertility diagnostic criteria from ANZARD to diagnosis and assessment;
• devise a best practice treatment plan for patients with male factor infertility considering appropriate surgical and non- surgical options as indicated;
• outline the implications of lifestyle, obesity, and epigenetics on male fertility and offspring health; and
• record male factor infertility correctly for the ANZARD data base.
The course will be available from 11 July 2022 via the
Healthy Male eLearning platform https://learn.healthymail.org.au/