Online courses in perineal repair and obstetrics
80% of vaginal births result in perineal tears. GynZone gives midwives, doctors and students the training that makes a difference — through structured online learning with videos, courses, quizzes, and webinars, available via app or desktop whenever it suits you. We work evidence-based in collaboration with global clinical specialists.
Online courses and quizzes in obstetrics
Perineal repair
Learn how to diagnose, anaesthetise and repair birth lacerations. All procedures are demonstrated with animations, medical models and live surgery videos.
Surgical skills
Learn about safe surgery, suture material, how to suture, knots, stitches, continous sutures. In this topic you will find 4 courses and 2 quizzes.
Waterbirth
Your introduction to the use of water for pain relief and birth. Work environment, safety and well-being of mother and baby. This topic includes 5 courses, including how to manage labour and birth in water.
Live webinars, and recordings
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Learn how to diagnose, anaesthetise and repair birth lacerations from 1st to 4th degree
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Online courses and topics
Diagnostics
What does a 2nd-degree perineal tear look like in real life? How about a 3rd- or 4th-degree tear? When examining a woman for birth lacerations, you need to know what you are looking for. Correct perineal repair starts with the right diagnosis.
Anesthetics
Diagnosis and repair of birth lacerations should not be painful. No woman should look back on the birth of her baby and remember the stitches as the worst bit.
Perineal Repair
80% of women have lacerations in vaginal birth, and they deserve to have their bodies back in full working order. As a doctor, midwife, or student, you help these women get the most delicate area of their bodies back, and you should have the best possible training options.
Second degree repair
2nd degree lacerations are quite common in vaginal birth. In this perinal repair course, we show you the relevant procedures for diagnosis, suturing and healing with animations and clinical video with patients.
Performing an episiotomy
Episiotomy repair
An episiotomy is usually equivalent to a second-degree perineal tear. Learn how to diagnose and repair a mediolateral and lateral episiotomy. We demonstrate the continuous suture technique and a mixed suture technique.
OASI repair
Learn about the anatomy of grade 3 and 4 tears, repair techniques, follow-up, and complications. This course and quiz are approved for 4 Contact Hours (CEs) by the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM).
Early secondary repair
Early secondary repair of obstetric lacerations is a rapidly evolving field. Specialised training equips doctors and midwives with the skills needed to perform these repairs.
Waterbirth
Our waterbirth course is a professional guide for midwives. Learn about the use of water for pain relief and birth and get lots of inspiration and useful tips for your practice.
Wound healing
What does normal healing of birth lacerations look like? Which factors can delay or complicate healing? How much pain is to be expected in the days and weeks postpartum? Can the woman benefit from early secondary repair in case of suture breakdown or initial misdiagnosis?
Surgical skills
Suturing is a clinical skill, and it takes time and deliberate practice to learn and master. Instrument handling and knot-tying techniques should be perfected while training with medical models. Patients are for treatment – not for practice.
Interrupted stitches
Interrupted stitches are great for precision work and for the repair of complicated lacerations. Learn about simple interrupted stitches, horizontal and vertical mattress sutures, inverted stitches and traction sutures.
Left-handed technique
Training surgery as a left-handed person comes with its own set of challenges, as supervisors are often right-handed and instruments designed for right-handed operators.