Course At A Glance

Course: PCOS and Infertility etional radiology
Total Duration: 1Hour 21 Mins
Medium of instruction: English
Fee is Rs 575/- ( For Indian Drs )
Fee is US $ 9 ( For International Drs )

About the Course

PCOS is a recognised entity causing much morbidity in the female population, yet still remains an enigma for the practising clinician. In this short course, a leading awarded practitioner presents all the known and understood aspects of PCOS, including metabolic basis and pathogenesis. The expert faculty also clarifies subtler aspects of the condition and updates the learner on the latest approaches to patient investigation and management. Several Case discussions are used to illustrate the presentation and varieties of this disease in a clinical practice set-up.

Course Syllabus

Introduction to the condition in the public morbidity. Ovarian anatomy histolgy, development, and functions.

Ovarian hormones: estrogen, synthesis, secretion transport, excretion; progesterone and its functions. Causes of PCOS and its pathophysiology.

Clinical presentation of PCOS- symptoms including the typical acne, obesity with its parameters, GTT abnormalities etc. plus Stein-Leventhal syndrome components.

Detailed pathophysiology described with control loops of the hypothalamo-hypopituitary-ovarian axis. Diagnosis:laboratory tests, imaging. Basis and approach of treatment/management and up to date protocols and options.

Complications of PCOs and its Rx. Infertility overview and its common causal factors -ovarian, tubal, uterine, cervical. Fertilization sequence. PCOs implication in infertility and co-relation with management approach. Role of Laparoscopy. Case scenarios, described against the pathophysiology background. Postpartum PCOS- C/F, monitoring, and management goals, public health importance. Target approach for interventions. Case of metabolic syndrome for discussion as differential diagnosis.

Course Delivery Format

Taking leaf from Winston Churchill’s philosophy of “always ready to learn although … not always like being taught”, IMA eVarsity is transforming medical education by garnering learning empowered by the interactive platform of digital technology. IMA eVarsity model of blended education integrates best practices of ‘chalk and board’ with emerging technologies, purporting to make mockery of fragmented medical care, that is the bane of the rising costs of health care today!

The IMAevarsity offers best of the models of blended education through online lectures, with the convenience of self-study at one’s own pace, time and place, complemented by online faculty interactions and clinical exposure through hospital rotations.

A rich learning environment is provided through a Learning Platform with access to:

Online lectures delivered by experts in respective fields. The students can view the lecture any number of times using tools to conveniently play/pause, forward/rewind, skip/review, bookmark
Included in these lectures are hundreds of text slides, illustrations and appropriate 2D and 3D animations, audios and videos to make concepts easy to understand
Facility for the student to bookmark specific segments of a running lecture and ability to add your own notes for later review.