Summary of VIC FRANZCOG Revision 2019

The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Djeembana, 1 Bowen Crescent, Naarm (Melbourne) Victoria 3004, Australia.

RANZCOG acknowledges and pays respect to the Traditional Custodians of the lands, waters and communities across Australia, on which our members live and work, and to their Elders, past, present and future. RANZCOG recognises the special status of Māori as tangata whenua in Aotearoa New Zealand and is committed to meeting its obligations as Te Tiriti o Waitangi partners.

Program (subject to change)

1 April

Evaluation - Day 1

Introduction - Fiona Brownfoot

Screening in pregnancy including preeclampsia prediction algorithm, carrier screening, NIPT, PAPP-A - Lisa Hui

Early pregnancy complications including miscarriage, PUL, ectopic (cornual, cervical etc), TOP, ovarian cysts in pregnancy, fibroids, IUD, medications - Liz McCarthy

Immunology in pregnancy fetal hydrops, rhesus - Hannah Skrzypek

Preterm birth – monitoring and quantitative FFN, cervical cerclage, progesterone, arabin pessary, MgSO4 for neuroprotection, including PPROM - Ali Fung

Abnormal placental location disorders including previa, accreta, vasa previa - Neil Israelsohn

2 April

Evaluation - Day 2

Medical disorders in pregnancy including cardiac disease, renal disease including transplant- Robin Thurman

Fetal anomalies discussion re ultrasound, anomalies including neural tube defects - Alice Robinson

Infections in pregnancy including screening, work up and treatment, immunization. Including CMV and Zika - Iniyaval Thevathasan

Perinatal mental health including medications and depression, anxiety, bipolar, schizophrenia, drug use – including alcohol - Jo Power

Neonatal complications – prereading - Atul Malhotra

Neonatal complications – resus, preterm stats, subgaleal haemorrhage, HIE - Atul Malhotra

IUGR – Work up, monitoring, Dopplers, when to delivery also including reduced fetal movements - Sue Walker

IUGR article 1 - Sue Walker

IUGR article 2 - Sue Walker

IUGR article 3 - Sue Walker

IUGR article 4 - Sue Walker

IUGR article 5 - Sue Walker

Medical disorders panel including multidisciplinary team - questions

3 April

Evaluation - Day 3

Benign vulval disorders - Ross Pagano

Menopause including POF, HRT Martha Hickey

The Written Examinations - Bernadette White

The Written Examinations - part 2 - Bernadette White

RANZCOG Guide to Answering SAQs

Paed adolescent gynae - Sonia Grover

Contraception - Melissa Cameron

Panel discussion - Benign gynaecological conditions - questions

Wednesday Panel Questions

4 April

Evaluation - Day 4

Urogynae - incontinence, UDS - Felicity Gould

Urogynae - POP, fistula - Kristina Cvach

Gynae onc session - 1 - HPV/dysplasia, cervix, vulva, GTD - Orla McNally

2 - borderline, ovarian (including adnexal mass in pregnancy), endometrial cancer / hyperplasia, PMB - Simon Hyde

Infertility - female, male, OHSS - Kate Stern

Panel discussion - Rupert Sherwood, Emma Readman

5 April

Evaluation - Day 5

Paed and adolescent gynae - delayed puberty, amenorrhoea, congenital uterine anomalies - Charlotte Elder

Examination approach - Kerry Fisher

Genetics - BRCA and Lynch Syndrome - David Wrede

Topic 6

VIC FRANZCOG Revision 2019