7th COURSE ON CLINICAL CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY AND FETAL MONITORING / 2nd COURSE IN OPTIMAL LABOR MANAGEMENT

10-11 October 2025, "Aretaieion" University Hospital, Athens, Greece

FINAL PROGRAM

Friday 10th October 2025 / 2nd Course in “Optimal Labor Management”

14:30-15:00 Registrations

15:00-15.15 Opening A. Herbst, E. Deligeoroglou, M. Eleftheriades

15:15-16:15 Comment: L. Aravantinos

15:15-15:45 Optimal antenatal care G. Daskalakis

15:45-16:00 CTG & Fetal monitoring in Sweden – The “CTG & Fosterövervakning” program A. Herbst

16:00-16:15 Countries with optimal perinatal outcome. What can we learn from them? G. Karampas

16:15-17:30 Comment: Th. Kalampokas

16:15-16:45 Labor ward: Optimal setting and facilities G. Karampas / Z. Iliodromiti

16:45-17:15 Pregnancy risk assessment. Interactive education on real clinical cases F. Ekengård / M. Emmanouilidou

17:15-17:30 Coffee break

17:30-18:30 Comment: O. Triantafyllidou

17:30-18:00 Methods of labour induction. Who, when and how? F. Ekengård

18:00-18:30 Methods of labor analgesia X. Theodosopoulou , M. Emmanouilidou

18:30-19:00 Comment: Emm. Kalampokas

18:30-19:00 Emergency in obstetrics. The ALSO^® program in Greece. N. Vrahnis

19:00-20:00 Comment: Th. Panoskaltsis

19:00-19:30 Trial of Labour after C-section (TOLAC) – The Swedish method F. Ekengård

19:30-20:00 Assisted (operative) vaginal birth P. Vakas

20:00-21:00 Comment: P. Christopoulos

20:00-20:30 How to prevent perineal tears. The Finnish intervention M. Emmanouilidou

20:30-21:00 The use of ultrasound in the labor ward M. Eleftheriades

Saturday 11^th October 2025 / 7^th Course on clinical cardiotocography and fetal monitoring

08:00-08:30 Midwifery practice in Sweden

08:30-09:30 Pathophysiology of CTG alterations and pathological patterns

09:30-10:00 The Swedish classification of antenatal cardiotocography and clinical management / Computerized CTG

10:00-11:00 The Swedish classification of intrapartum cardiotocography and clinical management

11:00-11:30 Coffee break

11:30-12:00 Fetal blood sampling. Lactate or pH?

12:00-12:30 Workstation: Amnioscopy and fetal blood sampling

12:30-13:00 External version in breech presentation / Vaginal delivery of twin pregnancies G. Karampas / F. Ekengård

13:00-14:00 Workstation: Internal cardiotocography – Amnioinfusion - Transcervical balloon for induction of labour

14:00-15:00 Lunch

15:00-16:00 Presentation – Discussion of rare cases

16:00-17:00 Interactive education on real clinical cases - Certification test simulation

17:00-18:00 Online certification test

18:00-18:30 Results - First prize - Conclusions - Questions – Feedback

Το εκπαιδευτικό υλικό του Σεμιναρίου (ομιλίες, αλγόριθμοι workstations) θα διατεθεί στους συμμετέχοντες σε έντυπη μορφή (handbook) στα ελληνικά.

Επιστημονικοί Υπεύθυνοι (Course Directors)

Andreas Herbst MD, PhD, SFOG

Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology

Skåne University Hospital, Malmö – Lund Sweden

Former President of the “Swedish Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology” (Svensk förening för Obstetrik och Gynekologi - SFOG)

Malin Victoria Holzmann MD, PhD, SFOG

Associate Professor, Pregnancy and Delivery Care, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm

Study Director, Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet

Grigorios Karampas MD, MSc, PhD, MIGS, SFOG

Academic Fellow / Consultant Obstetrician and Gynecologist, "Aretaieio" University Hospital, Athens, Greece

Postdoctoral Head Researcher, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö – Lund Sweden

Member of the “Swedish Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology” (Svensk förening för Obstetrik och Gynekologi - SFOG)

Opening

Makarios Eleftheriades

Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2^nd Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology Medical School, “Aretaieio” University Hospital,

National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Andreas Herbst

Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö – Lund Sweden

Former President of the “Swedish Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology” (Svensk förening för Obstetrik och Gynekologi - SFOG)

Efthymios Deligeoroglou

Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Trainers

 Frida Ekengård MD, PhD, SFOG

Senior Consultant Obstetrician and Gynecologist, Labour Department, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö – Lund, Sweden

Monica Emmanouilidou RM

Senior Midwife, Labour Department, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö – Lund Sweden

Invited Speakers

Panagiotis Vakas Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2^nd Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology Medical School, “Aretaieio” University Hospital, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Georgios Daskalakis Chairman/Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 1^st Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology Medical School, “Alexandra” General Hospital, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Frida Ekengård Senior Consultant Obstetrician and Gynecologist, Labour Department, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö – Lund, Sweden

Zoi Iliodromiti Associate Professor, Department of Neonatology, Medical School, “Aretaieio” University Hospital, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Nikolaos Vrahnis Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 3^rd Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology Medical School, “Attiko” University Hospital, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Xenia Theodosopoulou Consultant, 1^st Department of Anesthesiology Medical School, “Aretaieio” University Hospital, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Comment

Leon Aravantinos Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2^nd Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology Medical School, “Aretaieio” University Hospital, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Panagiotis Christopoulos Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2^nd Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology Medical School, “Aretaieio” University Hospital, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Emmanouil Kalampokas Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2^nd Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology Medical School, “Aretaieio” University Hospital, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Theodoros Kalampokas Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2^nd Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology Medical School, “Aretaieio” University Hospital, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Theodoros Panoskaltsis Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2^nd Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology Medical School, “Aretaieio” University Hospital, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Olga Triantafyllidou Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2^nd Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology Medical School, “Aretaieio” University Hospital, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Μοριοδότηση

Η Ελληνική Μαιευτική και Γυναικολογική Εταιρεία θα χορηγήσει 10 μόρια Συνεχιζόμενης Ιατρικής Εκπαίδευσης στους ιατρούς που θα παρακολουθήσουν το Σεμινάριο.

Πιστοποιητικό Παρακολούθησης

Τα πιστοποιητικά παρακολούθησης θα διανεμηθούν από τη Γραμματεία την τελευταία ημέρα του Σεμιναρίου.

Πιστοποίηση (ΠΡΟΑΙΡΕΤΙΚΗ)

Η τελική πιστοποίηση θα αποσταλλεί μέσω ηλεκτρονικού ταχυδρομείου στον προσωπικό σας λογαριασμό.

Επίσημες γλώσσες Σεμιναρίου

Επίσημες γλώσσες είναι η Ελληνική και η Αγγλική. Οι διαλέξεις του Σεμιναρίου θα είναι μεταφρασμένες και διαθέσιμες στα Ελληνικά.

Απαραίτητος εξοπλισμός

Κατά τη διάρκεια των τελικών εξετάσεων πιστοποίησης, αμέσως μετά το πέρας του Σεμιναρίου, θα πρέπει να έχετε μαζί σας τον φορητό σας υπολογιστή

(laptop).