Day 1 - Skills in Obstetrics  
     
  2nd October, 2010    
 
   
Time Program Speaker
08.00 am Registration  
09.00 - 09.10 am Welcome and theme  
 
Skills in the labour room
09.15 - 09.35 am Cervical ripening and induction of labour Dr. Uma Ram
09.40 - 10.00 am Episiotomy and repair: a primer Dr. Lakshmi Seshadri
10.00 - 10.15 am Audience interaction  
10.15 - 10.30 am COFFEE  
10.30 - 10.50 am Tears and hematomas: when things go wrong during delivery Dr. Mirudhubashini Govindarajan
10.50 - 11.10 am Complete perineal tear and episiotomy breakdown Dr. Pranathi Reddy
11.10 - 11.25 am Audience interaction  
 
Caught by surprise in the labour room
11.25 - 11.45 am Postpartum hemorrhage: a stepwise approach Dr. Gita Arjun
11.50 am - 12.10 pm Shoulder dystocia: fire drill Dr. Muralidhar Pai
12.10 - 12.25 pm Audience interaction  
12.25 - 01.25 pm LUNCH  
01.25 - 01.55 pm Keynote address: Hypertension in pregnancy Dr. Nozer Sheriar
 
Procedures in obstetrics
02.00 - 02.20 pm Forceps delivery and vacuum assisted birth: making the right choice Dr. Nozer Sheriar
02.25 - 02.45 pm Delivering twins: perils and pitfalls Dr. Muralidhar Pai
02.50 - 03.10 pm Cesarean section: what does the evidence show? Dr. Gita Arjun
03.10 - 03.25 pm Audience interaction  
 
Recurrent pregnancy loss
03.25 - 03.45 pm Investigating and managing recurrent pregnancy loss Dr. Uma Ram
03.50 - 04.10 pm Surgically correctable causes of recurrent pregnancy loss Dr. Gita Arjun
04.10 - 04.25 pm Audience interaction  
04.25 - 04.55 pm Keynote address: Diabetes in pregnancy Dr. Usha Sriram
05.00 pm TEA