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| REFRESHER COURSE NEWS |
| STANDARD registration fees have been EXTENDED! |
Standard registration for the plenary lectures has been extended to 30 September 2019. Register today!
Our pre-conference workshops include:
INTRAPARTUM FETAL SURVEILLANCE WORKSHOP
The CTG Fetal Monitoring Workshop will be held on the 11, 13, 15, 18, 20 and 26th November 2019.
CLINICAL SKILLS UPLIFTMENT INITIATIVE
Clinical Skills Upliftment Initiative Workshops will run on Tuesday, 26 November 2019 and
Wednesday, 27th November 2019.
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| We are honoured to be welcoming back the following two international speakers! |
PROF. PHILIP STEER
 Philip Steer is Professor Emeritus at Imperial College London, having been appointed Professor in 1989. He was a consultant obstetrician for 35 years, based at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital from 1994.
He has authored 136 research papers, 103 reviews and editorials and 65 book chapters/books. 21 of his research fellows have achieved higher degrees. His interests are the pathophysiology of labour and the effects of maternal heart disease on pregnancy.
He was Editor-in-Chief of BJOG - an International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology - from 2005-2012, is now editor emeritus, and edits the 'BJOG on the case' series. He is an editor of 'High Risk Pregnancy - Management Options' with the fifth edition published by Cambridge University Press in 2018, who also in 2016, published the second edition of 'Heart Disease in Pregnancy' that he edits with Prof Michael Gatzoulis. He was President of the British Association of Perinatal Medicine from 1996 to 1999 and President of the Section of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of the Royal Society of Medicine from 2008 to 2009. He is an honorary member of the South African Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, honorary fellow of the College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologist of South Africa, and an honorary fellow of the American Gynecological & Obstetrical Society.
Prof Steer will be involved in the following:
Pre-conference workshops:
INTRAPARTUM FETAL SURVEILLANCE WORKSHOPS
11, 13, 15, 18, 20 and 26th November, 08h30 - 17h00
CAESAREAN SECTION: practical update on stopping the bleeding.
Wednesday, 27 November, 13h30 - 17h00
Prof Steer will specifically be addressing management challenges of the morbidly adherent placenta.
Plenary lectures:
Thursday, 28 November:
- Passing on the correct microbiome to ensure our children's future health
- Preventing neonatal Group B Streptococcus infection - antibiotics or vaccines?
Friday, 29 November:
- Intrapartum fetal surveillance - what the INFANT trial and the 'Each Baby Counts' studies tell us about moving beyond fetal heart rate pattern recognition
Saturday, 30 November:
- Oxytocin for the induction of labour, including an update on the Condisox trial
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DR. PETRUS STEYN
 Prof Petrus Steyn is a scientist in the Department of Reproductive Health and Research (includes UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme) of the World Health Organisation Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
He has more than 20 years experience in Family Planning/Contraception and Reproductive Health. He is currently the lead researcher in several Family Planning studies in the Human Reproduction Team and member of the guidance group for the WHO Medical Eligibility Criteria for Family Planning.
Prof Steyn will be involved in the following:
Pre-conference workshops:
CONTRACEPTION
Tuesday, 26 November, 09h00 - 12h30
He will specifically be addressing the new WHO guidelines with regards to contraception and women at high risk of HIV acquisition.
Plenary lectures:
Thursday, 28 November:
- LARCs - the latest developments
Saturday, 30 November:
- Hormonal contraception and HIV acquisition - new studies and updated guidelines
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Turners Conferences & Conventions Pty Ltd
PO Box 1935, Durban, 4000
Tel: +27 31 368 8000
Email: info@turnersconferences.co.za
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