ISUOG BT Flex: The Basic Training Approach to Imaging the Pelvis

Join us for week 3 of BT Flex, 'The Basic Training Approach to Imaging the Pelvis' from 14 to 19 November.

Thank you for participating in BT Flex, a 4-week Basic Training program you can follow from your own home. The program combines individual study of Basic Training videos with a weekly interactive webinar.

The webinar 'The Basic Training Approach to Imaging the Pelvis' on Saturday 19 November will be Chaired by Dr Shabnam Bobdiwala (UK) and Dr Chiara Landolfo (Italy) with speakers including Dr Nikolaos Vrachnis (Greece).

Weekly content

Below you can see a recommended schedule of lectures for week 3, "The Basic Training Approach to Imaging the Pelvis ". Click on each day to see the video content you should watch - please note it is not essential to follow the day-by-day schedule, as long as you are able to complete the program by the end of the week. Click here to see a full week overview.

Monday

Basic Training lectures

Lecture 25: The basics of a gynaecological ultrasound (TA & TV) walkthrough

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Tuesday

Basic Training lectures

Lecture 26: Examining the uterus: cervix and endometrium

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Lecture 27: Examining the uterus: myometrium

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Wednesday

Basic Training lectures

Lecture 28: Examining the ovaries and adnexae

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Thursday

Basic Training lectures

Lecture 29: Typical ultrasound appearances of the most common pathologies in the adnexae

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Friday

Basic Training lectures

Lecture 30: Writing the gynecological ultrasound report

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Week 3 Assessment

Week 3 live webinar

Please login to the on-demand platform to view the content from the webinar recording Wek 2 of BT Flex which occured live on Saturday 19 November 2022.

BT Flex Webinar: The Basic Training Approach to Imaging the Pelvis

Check the program and the key speakers of the third BT Flex webinar held on Saturday 19 November at 12:00 pm GMT.

Dr. Shabnam Bobdiwala (UK) Scientific Committee member, BT Sub-Committee member

Dr. Chiara Landolfo (Italy) Clinical Standards Committee member, BT-Sub-Committee member

Chiara Landolfo, Italian MD and PhD, French and English-speaking, is a consultant Gynaecological Oncologist Surgeon at Imperial College London. She completed her training at Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna (Italy), combining her education at Policlinico Sant’Orsola Malpighi (Bologna) by also working at CHU Saint-Pierre in Brussels and KU Leuven (Belgium). With a special interest in gynaecologic ultrasonography, she joined the International Ovarian Tumour Analysis group (IOTA), one of the largest multicentric diagnostic trials on ovarian tumours in the world. She worked together with Prof D. Timmerman at KU Leuven, Prof T. Bourne at Imperial College London and Prof A. Testa at Gemelli Hospital in Rome. She is active in research on gynaecologic ultrasound, translational analyses and artificial intelligence. She also contributes to the International Endometrial Tumour Analysis (IETA) and the Morphological Uterus Sonographic Assessment (MUSA) studies. She is member of ISUOG, SIEOG (Italian Society of Ultrasound in Gynaecology and Obstetrics), and ESGO (European Society of Gynaecological Oncology). Chiara is an active member of the ISUOG Clinical Standards Committee and of the ISUOG Task Force for the Basic Training in Gynaecology. She also collaborates to VISUOG project , and worked as a member of the ISUOG Next Generation group. She regularly takes part in education, scientific presentations and courses on gynaecologic ultrasound at national and international conferences.

Prof. Nikos Vrachnis (Greece) Accreditation & Certification Sub-Committee Chair

Education Committee

Prof. Nikos Vrachnis is an Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Athens Medical School, Attiko University Hospital in Athens, and Chair of the ISUOG Validation Task Force. Currently, he serves as President of the Hellenic Authority for Medically Assisted Reproduction. He is also a Visiting Reader in Obstetrics and Fetal Medicine at St George’s University Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, London.

Nikos has written or edited 15 books, has more than 150 scientific publications and has been awarded four times for his research work. He has a special interest in medical education, simulation and training, preterm labour, Down’s syndrome, fetal anomalies and 3D/4D ultrasound. Has run more than 100 practical courses in Greece and Cyprus, including Obstetric and Gynecologic Ultrasound courses, as well as courses in Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Presently serves as President of the Hellenic Society of Obstetric and Gynecologic Emergency.

Within the ISUOG he is a member of the Educational Committee, of the Basic Training Task Force and of the Patient Leaflets task force.

Notable publications
Soluble Fas and Fas-ligand levels in mid-trimester amniotic fluid and their associations with severe small for gestational age fetuses: a prospective observational study.
Vrachnis N, Dalainas I, Papoutsis D, Samoli E, Rizos D, Iliodromiti Z, Siristatidis C, Tsikouras P, Creatsas G, Botsis D. J Reprod Immunol. 2013 Jun;98(1-2):39-44

The fetus that is small for gestational age.
Vrachnis N, Botsis D, Iliodromiti Z. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2006 Dec;1092:304-9

Elevated mid-trimester amniotic fluid ADAM-8 concentrations as a potential risk factor for preterm delivery.
Vrachnis N, Malamitsi-Puchner A, Samoli E, Botsis D, Iliodromiti Z, Baka S, Hassiakos D, Creatsas G. J Soc Gynecol Investig. 2006 Apr;13(3):186-90.

Resistin in mid-trimester amniotic fluid in trisomy 21.
Vrachnis N, Gkogkas L, Iliodromiti S, Grigoriadis C, Samoli E, Iliodromiti Z, Pangalos C, Pappa KI, Drakoulis N, Creatsas G, Botsis D. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2013 Nov;26(16):1576-80

Three-dimensional ultrasound and three-dimensional power Doppler improve the preoperative evaluation of complex benign ovarian lesions.
Vrachnis N, Sifakis S, Samoli E, Kappou D, Pavlakis K, Iliodromiti Z, Botsis D. Clin Exp Obstet Gynecol. 2012;39(4):474-8.

Hospital visiting in obstetrics and gynecology: a tool for the advancement of training.
Creatsas G, Vrachnis N. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2006 Dec;95(3):298-301

Placental growth factor (PlGF): a key to optimizing fetal growth.
Vrachnis N, Kalampokas E, Sifakis S, Vitoratos N, Kalampokas T, Botsis D, Iliodromiti Z. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2013 Jul;26(10):995-1002.

Doppler assessment of the intrauterine growth-restricted fetus.
Botsis D, Vrachnis N, Christodoulakos G. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2006 Dec;1092:297-303

Country: Greece

Field: Obstetrics, Gynecology, Fetal-Maternal Medicine

Specialties: Preterm labour, Down’s syndrome, fetal anomalies, and 3D/4D ultrasound

Languages: Greek, English

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