Fetal Ultrasound Program - Onsite

The Fetal Ultrasound Program (FUP) is an intensive skill enhancing training course aimed at equipping you to perform even better fetal scans. The course is conducted by Fetal Medicine Foundation (FMF - UK) trained and accredited fetal medicine specialists who will also provide continual mentoring for the entire duration of the program. The course allows better understanding of evolution of fetal anomalies and their management. There will be video demonstrations and discussions of normal and abnormal cases which will help you to understand the development of various anomalies and management of the same. The fetal ultrasound course is aimed to improve your scanning skills and help you acquire the FMF (UK) certifications in NT (nuchal translucency) and anomaly scans. FUP is now FMF UK approved course too !!

14 modules in the course focus on normal views, common abnormalities and case discussions. The unique feature of FUP Onsite is the ability to submit fetal scan images online at regular intervals for review and obtain an objective feedback by the FGi faculty. In addition, all this is achieved with little disturbance to your routine practice, as this is one Sunday/ month class onsite. A 10 days' observership in registered Fetal Medicine Centres is optional and can be distributed over the course period. 

Application process:

Delegates can apply online for the training and submit the required documents.Applications will be reviewed and online/tele interview will be scheduled with the faculty.Delegates will be informed on enrolment status post interview.Upon approval delegates will be required to pay the course Fee and subsequently enrol for the courseCourse Fee can be paid online using net banking, credit or debit cards in currency of your choice, or through direct transfer to the account via cheque or demand draft.

The ONSITE course typically includes – 

Interactive Onsite Classes: Theory will be covered in various modules on one predefined Sunday a month. This will comprise of First Trimester Scan, Central Nervous System, GIT, Fetal Thorax, Abdominal Wall, Genito Urinary system, Cardiac, Face, Skeletal System, Multiple Pregnancy, Fetal Growth & Doppler, Preterm Delivery, Fetal infections, Genetics for all and many more. In addition to didactic lectures with practical tips on imaging, normal anatomy and a wide range of fetal anomalies specific to the system will be discussed. In addition, case discussions will illustrate the approach to day-to-day dilemmas in fetal scans. There are video demonstrations of abnormalities pertaining to particular body systems and relevant case presentations. Some classes have guest lectures from same/other fields which will be typically related to the topic. 

Image Submission: This is a unique feature of this course. Following a class on a specific fetal system, the next 8 weeks, the delegate submits images pertaining to that system. The images are ONLY for the normal views. There is an OBJECTIVE feedback on each image that is submitted. This helps the delegate understand the deficiencies, if any in the images and prepares them to capture correct images. The delegate submits a total of 20 images for each sub-module, of which 80% or more images approved/ accepted, is considered a “pass score”. If the images score less than 80%, then the delegate gets an opportunity to resubmit the images after correcting the deficiencies. In this way, the image quality improves with subsequent submissions. 

Observership: Delegates can spend 10 days in total (preferably 2 days at a time) over a period of 12 months at a certain fetal medicine unit that has FMF (Fetal Medicine Foundation) approved operators to observe and learn directly from the faculty and their mentors. This helps them to put the above in perspective and also observe how patients are counselled, learn about fetal abnormalities managed and procedures performed. This also enables them to learn some “tips and tricks” directly from the FGi faculty who are all clinical experts whilst live scanning is going on. 

Disclaimer: 
Our FUP (Fetal Ultrasound Program) courses will help you enhance your scanning skills enormously but this should not be considered as a replacement to a full time hands-on fellowship programme.