International Speakers

Topics

• Mild approaches in IVF; challenges for the near future
• How to define successful IVF
• PCOS as a developmental disorder
• Repeated Implantation failure in IVF. The new Evidence
• Factors affecting, controlling Implantation of the embryo
• Embryo Splitting with Applications in ART
• Egg freezing, pros and cons/Seminal hyper-viscosity and ART outcome
• Fertility and hypogonadism in the aging male,
• The clinical significance of the androgen receptor polymorphism in the male.
• Intrauterine devices and intrauterine systems
• Prevention of multiple pregnancies
• New developments in the treatment of endometriosis
• The role of intramural myomas on IVF outcome
• Endometriosis and IVF : Ovarian response and infertility
• Cancer and fecundity :
• Emergency IVF: for whom, when, how?
• How to manage poor responders?
• Choices of stimulation for poor responders
• Infertile women with endometriosis : Surgery or IVF?
• Shift work: The Dark Side of Light.
• Breast Cancer Prevention in Postmenopausal Women on HT
• How can we reliably predict ovarian reserve?
• Fibroids and reproductive performance - strategies for better outcomes
• Optimizing the embryonic environment: Laboratory strategies to improve ART outcome.
• Quality and risk management in the IVF laboratory.
• An update on uterus transplantation research : how far are we from a clinical introduction?
• Cryopreservation of whole ovaries: methods and future perspective?
• IVM, Embryo morphology;
• Oocyte cryopreservation
• Sperm DNA fragmentation and IVF results.
• PGS, prediction models in reproductive medicine
• Laparoscopic myomectomy :
• Endometriosis : laparoscopic approach using a new laser and new technologies.
• The role of diagnostic hysteroscopy in ART procedures
• How to choose the right male gamete for ICSI
• One-Step Fertility Assessment - The role of advanced ultrasound technology
• Natural & Mild IVF - Patient-centred & Science-based Approach
• Human embryonic stem cell line derivation from single blastomere of an arrested four cell stage embryo,
• Ectopic pregnancy : advantages of postoperative methotrexate.
• Superovulated cycles: How much LH?
• Novel aspects in the ovarian control of the LH surge
• Automatic measurement of ovarian follicles
• How can deliver low cost IVF be delivered?

EBM Course

Faculty
Qualified instructors from the Middle East and all over the world will share with you their experience in teaching EBM Foundation Course and Search Strategies.

Aim The development of EBM Basic course is an essential step and a cornerstone for the implementation and distribution of Evidence Based Practice in the health care field in the Middle East and the World.

Duration of the course: A pre-congress, one complete day workshop consists of 2 sessions with a lunch break in between.

Number of Participants
As the Foundation Course is very intensive and for the benefit of all attendee, we have limited the number of participants to be 20 persons only.

Certificate
At the end of the course, all participants will have a certificate of completion of the EB Foundation Course conducted within the Middle East Fertility Society (MEFS) 2008.

Teaching Materials and References
A Scientific Committee will be formed and will be responsible for the selection of high standard teaching materials as well as updating them on regular basis. Currently we are pleased to function with cooperation with NGCEBM (National & Gulf Center for Evidence Based Medicine) lead by Dr. Haya Al Fozan.
The educational materials will be ready for collection by the participants at the time of the course.

Registration Fee
The course fee is 125 , which is a round 70% of the regular fee for such course. Attendees will pay the fee to cover the cost of this non-profit course. The course fees include educational materials and catering (Refreshments and meal).

What are the advantages to attend the Foundation Course?
By the end of the EBM foundation course you will be able to :

(1) Translate the uncertainty into an answerable question
(2) Develop a strategy and perform efficient literature searches on a variety of available researches and databases
(3) Apply the appraised evidence to practice
(4) Evaluation of the performance

You will also
(1) Appreciate the advantage of practicing EBM
(2) Find the EBM curriculum to be a valuable educational experience.
(1) Increase your use of evidence from clinical research to help to solve the problems you may encounter
(2) Continue to practice and teach EBM throughout your clinical career.
(1) Have the skill to update your knowledge, as it progresses, over the time span of your practical life.