MODULE 1
IVF LAB ESSENTIALS
- Setting up an IVF lab - do's and don'ts
- How to select the right lab equipment - cost -benefit analysis
- Labware: consumables and disposables
- ET catheters & loading technique
- Gamete Handling - Preparation of semen and oocyte before IVF and ICSI
- OOCYTE QUALITY
- Dish preparation
- Embryo Culture systems: an overview
- Embryo grading & selection
- Day 3 vs Day 5 transfers
- Overview of QA/QC
- IVF lab maintainence
Fees: Rs. 8000
MODULE 2
ANDROLOGY
How to set up an IUI lab
Introduction to male fertility
Evaluation of infertile male
- Semen Analysis: Its relevance to normal conception, IUI, IVF & ICSI
- Structure of Sperm
- Sperm Morphology and Pathology
- Sperm Function Tests
- Sperm DNA Fragmentation
- DNA damage and Pregnancy outcome
- Semen freezing
- Semen preparation
- Advanced Sperm Preparation Techniques
- Reactive oxygen species in Andrology
- Sperm Retrieval Techniques
Fees: Rs. 6000
MODULE 3
QUALITY CONTROL
Quality control/quality assessment
Total quality management
Management of embryo culture system
- Incubators
- Consumables
- Media
- pH
- Temperature
- Osmolality
- Light
- Gases
- Air quality
- Volatile Organic Compounds
- Key Performance Indicators (VIENNA CONSENSUS)
- STANDARDISATION OF IVF LAB
- Problem Solving & Troubleshooting
Fees: Rs. 7000
MODULE 4
CLINICAL EMBRYOLOGY
- ART lab procedures: an overview
- Basics of Embryo Culture System
- Oocyte Grading
- Zygote Scoring
- Embryo Selection
- Embryo Culture systems: details
- Fertilization Failure - what next?
- Single vs Sequential Media - Which is better?
- Overview of QA/QC
Fees: Rs. 7000
Module 2 + 4 (Both the courses: Rs. 12000)