Programme
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Webinar 1: Lab add-ons: Best practice guide
Date: Thursday 22 February 2024 | 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker: Ioannis Sfontouris
Moderator: Amy Barrie
Course description
One of the daily challenges of an embryologist is dealing with many available techniques in IVF choosing the most efficient way to reduce the time to live birth. In this webinar will be briefly discuss some of the Add-Ons that available for the IVF laboratory and their eventual applicability.
Target audience
Embryologists, andrologists, clinicians, nurses, ART technicians, researchers and other personnel involved in reproductive medicine and ART
Expected educational outcomes
At the end of this webinar it is expected that the participants will be able make better make informed decisions about the add-on techniques available for the IVF laboratory.
Needs assessment
Add-Ons are probably one of the main controversial points that embryologists are facing every day. It is imperative to have the information regarding to decide when and why these techniques are indicated or not.
Registered participants can (re-)watch the webinar here >
Webinar 2: An update on vitrification
Date: Tuesday 9 April 2024 | 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker: Sofia Makieva
Moderator: Mónica Marques
Course description
In the recent years, the introduction of gamete and embryo vitrification field has been developing allowing the optimization of cycles in ART. An update on vitrification technique is essential to keep embryologists updated and to enable continuous improvement of their work.
Target audience
Embryologists, clinicians, ART technicians, researchers and other personnel involved in reproductive medicine and ART
Expected educational outcomes
At the end of this webinar it is expected that the participants will achieve the knowledge of the state of the art of gamete and embryo vitrification.
Needs assessment
Vitrification is probably one of the most consensual techniques used in the laboratory, but it is important to be updated in terms of the recent techniques developed as well as its applications and outcomes expected.
Registered participants can (re-)watch the webinar here >
Webinar 3: Conception unveiled: Guiding from fertilization to the early embryo
Date: Tuesday, 1 October 2024 | 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker: Giovanni Coticchio
Moderator: Gemma Arroyo
Course description
The first steps of embryo development are crucial for the outcome of an ART cycle. In order to perform the best embryo culture, is it essential for embryologist to acquire and update their knowledge in these particular stages. In this webinar and de first events of fertilization and embryo development will be clearly and deeply discussed.
Target audience
Embryologists, clinicians, researchers and other personnel involved in reproductive medicine and ART
Expected educational outcomes
At the end of this webinar it is expected that the participants will understand the complexity of fertilization and early embryo development events.
Needs assessment
There is still a lot to discover about the development of the early embryo, but over the years and with the help of new technologies, scientists have been able to reveal some crucial events It is imperative provide embryologist this knowledge to have one more of the necessary tools they need to improve their day-to-day work.
Webinar 4: Challenging conceptions: The controversies of rescue in vitro maturation and rescue ICSI
Date: Tuesday 3 December 2024 | 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker: Carlos Plancha
Moderator: Sofia Makieva
Course description
Fertilization is the first objective that embryologist have along embryo development. In order to optimize and IVF cycle, it may be suggested to the embryologist to inseminate oocytes that were matured in vitro after a controlled ovarian stimulation or oocytes that failed to fertilize after a conventional. It is essential to understand whether these techniques can still be useful and if so, in which particular cases they can be recommended, as well as the results that embryologists can expect.
Target audience
Embryologists, clinicians, ART technicians, researchers and other personnel involved in reproductive medicine and ART
Expected educational outcomes
At the end of this webinar it is expected that the participants will understand the potential and limitations that Rescue In vitro Matured Oocytes and Rescue ICSI practices have.
Needs assessment
It is necessary to have the information to evaluate and decide when rescue oocytes matured In vitro and performing ICSI after previous fertilization failure is useful and its limitations.