Postgraduate Training in Reproductive Health Research
Faculty of Medicine, University of Yaoundé
12 November – 13 December 2007
organised by
The Specialization Cycle in Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, FMBS, UY I
The Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research (GFMER)
The UNDP/UNFPA/WHO/World Bank Special Programme for Research in Human Reproduction, Department of Reproductive Health and Research, Family and Community Health Cluster World Health Organization (WHO/RHR)
The International Association of Maternal and Neonatal Health (IAMANEH)
The Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research (GFMER) in collaboration with World Health Organization (WHO) has been conducting Postgraduate Research Training in Reproductive Health for doctors from all over the world since 1991. In order to disseminate the course to participants in different countries, GFMER is collaborating with Universities/Institutions
It is planned to conduct Postgraduate Training in Reproductive Health Research at the Faculty of Medicine of University of Yaounde I in collaboration with GFMER and WHO from 12 November to 13 December 2007.
Objectives
General Objectives:
After completing the training, the participants will be able to write a dissertation (in English or in French) based on the research studies conducted.
Specific Objectives:
After completing the training, the participant will:
- Acquire the knowledge and skill of research methodology.
- be acquainted with new developments in reproductive medicine and reproductive biology
- be competent to use internet, Medline, Cochrane & WHO Reproductive Library and to communicate with others
- be competent in conducting/writing systematic literature review
- be competent in writing research proposals
- be conducting the above-mentioned research-studies
- publish the results of the studies in International Journals
- write a dissertation based on the above-mentioned published articles
Language
The training will be conducted both in English and/or in French. Cameroon is a bilingual country; both French and English are official languages.
Organization
The training is organized by The Coordinator of Specialization Cycle in Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaounde I (FMSB - UY I); The Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research (GFMER), The UNDP/UNFPA/WHO/World Bank Special Programme for Research in Human Reproduction, Department of Reproductive Health and Research, Family and Community Health Cluster World Health Organization (WHO/RHR); The International Association of Maternal and Neonatal Health (IAMANEH).
Funding
The training course is organized thanks to the financial support of the Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research and of the "Service de la Solidarité Internationale" of the Canton of Geneva.
Local Organizing Committee
- Chairman: A.S. Doh
- Advisers:
- R.J.I. Leke
- E. Tetanye
- Secretary: S. Fokoua
- Members:
- R. Dongmo
- J.S. Dohbit
- N. Kemfang
- G. Halle
- E. Mboudou
- P. Nana
- N. Nkele
- P.M. Tebeu
- J. Tsingaing
- A. Wonkam
Lecture Plan
| Topic | Speaker | |
| Monday, 12 November 2007 | ||
| 09.00 | Organizational matters, registration | |
| 10.30 | Introduction to the course | A.S. Doh |
| 11.30 | Strategies for data analysis: cohort studies | C. Tiyou |
| 13.30 | Presentation of RHL videos on cesarean section | S. Fokoua |
| 14.30 | Research synthesis | P. Ngassa |
| Tuesday, 13 November 2007 | ||
| 09.00 | Gender and rights in medicine | M. Bengoa |
| 10.30 | Strategies for data analysis: case-control studies | C. Tiyou |
| 13.30 | Strategies for data analysis: randomised controlled trials in community interventions | S. Ako |
| Wednesday, 14 November 2007 | ||
| 09.00 | Meta-analysis of observational data | C. Tiyou |
| 10.30 | Discussions on treatment of malaria using quinine | S. Fokoua |
| 11.30 | Community interventions and equivalence trials | R.J.I. Leke |
| 13.30 | Menstrual disorders | G. Halle |
| 14.30 | Puberty | G. Halle |
| Thursday, 15 November 2007 | ||
| 11.30 | Methodological issues in the measurement of chronic disease | J.C. Mbanya |
| 13.30 | Methodological issues in the use of anthropometry for evaluation of nutritional status | E. Tetanye |
| 14.30 | Strategies for data analysis: cohort studies | C. Tiyou |
| 15.30 | Évolution et développement de la recherche en santé de la reproduction au Cameroun / Type de recherche fait dans la région en sante reproductive | R.J.I. Leke |
| Friday, 16 November 2007 | ||
| 09.00 | Ethical aspects of human reproduction | L. Kaptue |
| 10.30 | Axe hypothalamo-hypophyso-ovarien | L. Kouam |
| 11.30 | Gamétogenèse / L’ovogenèse | M. Toukam |
| 13.30 | La fécondation | M. Toukam |
| 14.30 | Nidation | M. Toukam |
| 15.30 | Family planning: an overview | E. Mboudou |
| Monday, 19 November 2007 | ||
| 09.00 | Abortions: Causes and management | J.S. Dohbit |
| 10.30 | Management of premature rupture of membranes | L. Kouam |
| 11.30 | La ménopause | J. Tsingaing |
| 13.30 | Le traitement hormonal substitutif de la ménopause | J. Tsingaing |
| 14.30 | Double protection in family planning | E. Mboudou |
| Tuesday, 20 November 2007 | ||
| 09.00 | Mechanical methods in Family Planning | E. Mboudou |
| 10.30 | Emergency contraception | E. Mboudou |
| 11.30 | Hormonal contraception methods | R. Tonye |
| 13.30 | Natural methods of Family planning | E. Mboudou |
| 14.30 | Methodological issues of measures of maternal morbidity/mortality | S. Ako |
| Wednesday, 21 November 2007 | ||
| 09.00 | Management of gynaecologic and obstetrical emergencies in a rural and urban setting / Management of emergency obstetrics | P. Nana |
| 10.30 | Management of postpartum haemorrhage | P. Nana |
| 11.30 | Anaemia and its effect on pregnancy outcome | S. Monny Lobe P. Foumane |
| 13.30 | Sickle cell disease and pregnancy | M. Sinou |
| 14.30 | The HELLP syndrome | A.S. Dohbit E. Essono |
| 15.30 | Maternal morbidity and mortality in developing countries | R.J.I. Leke |
| Thursday, 22 November 2007 | ||
| 09.00 | Management of post-term pregnancy | S. Ako |
| 10.30 | Vaginal delivery after caesarean section | L. Kouam |
| 11.30 | HIV and pregnancy | P. Nana |
| 13.30 | Prevention of Rhesus allo-immunisation | J.S. Dohbit |
| 14.30 | Pregnancy ultrasound | E. Sandjong |
| 15.30 | The epidemiology of breast cancer | N. Nkele |
| Friday, 23 November 2007 | ||
| 09.00 | Screening methods for breast tumor | A.S. Doh |
| 10.30 | Breast ultrasound and mammography | F. Gonsu |
| 11.30 | Procedure of sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast cancer using Tc 99 and methylene blue | N. Kemfang |
| 13.30 | Indications and technique of pre-operative lymphoscintigraphy | Dong à Zok |
| 14.30 | Selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERM) | E. Mboudou |
| 15.30 | Screening for cervical neoplastic lesions using VIA, VILI | N. Nkele |
| Monday, 26 November 2007 | ||
| 09.00 | Viral hepatitis in reproductive health | J. Bengoa |
| 10.30 | Traitement des hépatites virales B et C Les vaccins des hépatites virales Hepatitis and pregnancy |
J. Bengoa |
| 11.30 | Investigations et traitements de l’infécondité conjugale | B. Bourrit |
| 14.30 | Opening ceremony | |
| Welcome Address | A.S. Doh | |
| The Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research | B. Bourrit | |
| WHO | WHO Representative | |
| Dean of Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences - University of Yaounde I | E. Tetanye | |
| Speech by Minister of public Health | MPH | |
| Welcome Cocktail | ||
| Tuesday, 27 November 2007 | ||
| 09.00 | Hystérosalpingographie | B. Bourrit |
| 10.30 | Fécondation in vitro | B. Bourrit |
| 11.30 | Risques de la PMA | B. Bourrit |
| 13.30 | Épigenèse | B. Bourrit |
| 14.30 | Dyspareunie, vaginisme, vulvodynies | B. Bourrit |
| Wednesday, 28 November 2007 | ||
| 09.00 | Introduction to Gender-Based Violence (1) | J. Ndzi |
| 10.30 | Introduction to Gender-Based Violence (2) | J. Ndzi |
| 13.30 | Introduction to Gender-Based Violence (3) | J. Ndzi |
| 14.30 | Prevention and treatment of postpartum haemorrhage | M. Gülmezoglu |
| 15.30 | Epidemiologic studies | M. Merialdi |
| Thursday, 29 November 2007 | ||
| 09.00 | Dispositif minimum d’urgence (1) | J. Ndzi |
| 10.30 | Dispositif minimum d’urgence (2) | J. Ndzi |
| 13.30 | Dispositif minimum d’urgence (3) | J. Ndzi |
| Friday, 30 November 2007 | ||
| 09.00 | The human genome project: its implications for the practice of medicine in the 21st century | A. Wonkam |
| 10.30 | Principes de la médecine génétique | A. Wonkam |
| 11.30 | Principles of prenatal genetic diagnosis | A. Wonkam J.S. Dohbit |
| 13.30 | Hemoglobinopathies: molecular genetics and prenatal diagnosis | A. Wonkam |
| 14.30 | Human gene mutations causing infertility: Genetics of hypogonadism | A. Wonkam |
| Monday, 03 December 2007 | ||
| 09.00 | Reproductive health in developing countries | A.S. Doh |
| 10.30 | Intra-uterine growth retardation | P. Nana |
| 11.30 | Chronic pelvic pain | P. Tiomela |
| 13.30 | IST et adolescents | J. Tsingaing |
| 14.30 | Adolescent reproductive health in developing countries | P. Ngassa |
| 15.30 | Setting a sexuality research agenda | R. Thomson |
| Tuesday, 04 December 2007 | ||
| 09.00 | Visit of the WHO/WORLD BANK/UNDP/UNFPA/ Swiss Consulate Yaoundé | |
| 14.30 | Interest of computer and Internet in medical research | S. Koppenhoefer |
| Wednesday, 05 December 2007 | ||
| 09.00 | The epidemiology of cervical cancer | E. Mboudou |
| 10.30 | Colposcopic aspects of precancerous lesions and the normal cervix | N. Nkele |
| 11.30 | Cervical cytology: Bethesda classification | Z. Sando |
| 13.30 | HIV and cervical cancer | B. Nkegoum |
| 14.30 | HPV and cervical cancer | I. Sandjong |
| 15.30 | HPV vaccine | S. Fokoua |
| Thursday, 06 December 2007 | ||
| 09.00 | Management of premalignant lesions and micro-invasive cervical cancer | A.S. Doh |
| 10.30 | Ethical issues in reproductive health research | H. Bathija |
| 13.30 | Workshop group I & II: Maternal morbidity | R.J.I. Leke R. Tonye UNFPA Yaoundé |
| 13.30 | Workshop group III & IV: Maternal morbidity | A.S. Doh P. Foumane UNFPA Yaoundé |
| Friday, 07 December 2007 | ||
| 09.00 | Obstetric fistula | C.-H. Rochat |
| 10.30 | Anesthesia and analgesia in obstetrics | J. Ze E. Mboudou |
| 11.30 | UNFPA activities | M. Bengoa |
| 14.00 | Infection prevention | A.S. Doh |
| Monday, 10 December 2007 | ||
| 09.00 | Exams, part 1: written exams (MCQ) | S. Fokoua E. Mboudou |
| 13.30 | Marking of MCQs | S. Fokoua E. Mboudou |
| Tuesday, 11 December 2007 | ||
| 09.00 | Finalisation of research protocol I | A.S. Doh R.J.I. Leke |
| 14.30 | Finalisation of research protocol II | A.S. Doh R.J.I. Leke |
| Wednesday, 12 December 2007 | ||
| 09.00 | Oral presentation : group I | YGOPH |
| 14.30 | Oral presentation : group II | YGOPH |
| Thursday, 13 December 2007 | ||
| 09.00 | Oral presentation : group III | YGOPH |
| 14.30 | Oral presentation : group IV | YGOPH |
| 18.00 | Closing ceremony | YGOPH |