EFM-interpretation for Obstetricians and Midwives
EFM - Electronic Fetal Monitoring - has been used for 30 years to help monitor the fetus during delivery.
EFM should be used during deliveries where there is an increased risk of the fetus suffering from a lack of oxygen, but there is no evidence that EFM improves the outcome of a normal birth. When evaluating EFM, you should always use include your clinical examination and your common sense.
At Skejby Sygehus, it has been decided to supplement existing teaching on EFM interpretation with an e-learning program. The e-program is based on a number of birth-related cases.
Users will – based on mother’s history and EFM traces – analyse and make decisions regarding the continued course of the delivery. This is done in the form of questions and a response to the selected answer explaining whether it is correct or incorrect.
The course also includes tests, clarifying example material for EFM interpretation, the maternity ward’s obstetric guidelines, etc.
Do you want to test the E-program?
Go to (just click on the adress): http://universitetshospitalskejby.dk/elaering/CTG/CTG_engelsk_case/
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Contactperson:
Lone Hvidman, MD, PhD. Consultant
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby,
DK-8200 Aarhus N., Denmark
Tel.: +45 8949 5566
E-mail: lone.hvidman(at)dadlnetdk
Production:
Lone Hvidman, MD, PhD.
Clinical midwife supervisor, midwife Lisbeth Kristoffersen
Department of Information, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby
- Design: Graphic Designer Gitte Skovgaard, Skejby Sygehus
- Photos: Photographer John Kristensen, Skejby Sygehus
- Concept: Journalist (DJ) Jens Engberg, MindMakers ApS.
Production idea, factual content, continuous tests and testing:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, and MindMakers.
The online course is financed by the KUL fund of County of Aarhus.
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