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OBSTETRICS, GYNECOLOGY & NEONATAL

Kiwi Masterclass

Course fee £199.00/pp

Thursday 13 November, 2025

09:00 -16:00 BST

Location:
The Crowne Plaza, Central Square, Holliday Street, Birmingham, B1 1HH 

This one  day course is designed for Kiwi system users who want to refine their practice and develop their technique and confidence

Learning Objectives:

  • Current clinical practice with Kiwi and case discussion
  • Benefits of Kiwi vacuum-assisted delivery
  • Prerequisites, indications, contraindications
  • Cup placement
  • Five-step Kiwi technique
  • Simulation on models (direct and rotational)
  • Pop offs and neonatal complications
  • Tips for rotational Kiwi
  • Comparison of vacuum and forceps
  • Consent and documentation

Who should attend?
The course is designed for Trainees

Course Fee
£199.00/pp

Meet the Course Director

Lynda Verghese
Dr. Lynda Verghese, 

MD, FRCOG, PGCert Med.Ed

Dr. Verghese is a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at Wrexham Maelor Hospital, North Wales. She is the Labour Ward and Maternal Medicine Lead. Her interests are high risk obstetrics, complex medical disorders in pregnancy, preconception planning, benign gynaecology and postgraduate medical education.

She has over 20 years of clinical experience and worked in busy tertiary units in Birmingham and Manchester. She is passionate about promoting vaginal birth and supporting women’s choices.

She is the author of the RCOG e-learning core knowledge module on forceps and ventouse (assisted birth). She is part of the training faculty of the RCOG Operative Birth Simulation Training (ROBUST) course, PROMPT and Intrapartum Fetal Surveillance (IFS) in Wales.