Beyond the CTG: An Advanced Fetal Monitoring Workshop for Safer Care

Traditional approaches to CTG interpretation often focus on pattern recognition, but without a deep understanding of fetal and maternal physiology, critical insights into fetal wellbeing can be missed. This two-day, in-person workshop is designed for clinicians who want to go beyond the CTG and better understand what the fetus is telling us.

Led by the experienced team at St George’s University Hospital, this course combines scientific evidence, national guideline reviews (including NICE), physiological insights, and real-world case studies to support safer, more confident decision-making on the labour ward.

If you’ve ever felt uncertain during a trace or been surprised by an unexpected outcome despite a reassuring CTG, this course helps you understand why, as well as giving you the framework and tools to respond differently in future.

“This course has been incredibly hands-on and clinically relevant. The most powerful takeaway for me was understanding how intrapartum risk factors can influence fetal response — and how to spot these subtle shifts in real time. The practical cases were invaluable, especially learning from others in an open and engaging environment.” – Dr. Mariana Tomé, Senior Registrar Obstetrician, Clinical Research Fellow, Oxford Labour Monitoring Team

• A deeper understanding of fetal, maternal, and myometrial physiology in labour
• Sharper clinical judgement – confidently recognising and managing hypoxia, applying national guidance intelligently, and avoiding unnecessary intervention
• Practical insight into complex intrapartum challenges, including meconium, fever, chorioamnionitis, antenatal insults, and more
• Awareness of computerised antenatal CTGs and cutting-edge emerging technologies
• Consolidated learning through hands-on case reviews, group work, and discussions with like-minded clinicians operating at the top of their practice

This course is ideal for:

• Midwives
• Labour ward coordinators and fetal monitoring leads
• Obstetric registrars and consultants
• Clinical educators and governance champions

The course is led by some of the UK’s leading voices in fetal monitoring, which include:

• Austin Ugwumadu: renowned obstetrician and international educator
• Virginia Whelehan and Federica Gianstefani: midwifery leaders with decades of experience in clinical care, audit, and fetal monitoring education
• Invited experts in fetal physiology, perinatal pathology, and antenatal fetal monitoring

This faculty has helped hundreds of clinicians across the UK and beyond sharpen clinical judgement, leading to safer care on the labour ward.

Your ticket includes two interactive training days, course materials, refreshments, and lunch. Places are limited and allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

We know that a more holistic approach to fetal monitoring saves lives.

Join us today and help shape the next generation of safer, more insightful, fetal monitoring.

Contact Agnes Siemion at [email protected].

Find out more here: https://www.stgeorges.nhs.uk/service/maternity-services/the-fetal-monitoring-group-at-st-georges-university-hospital/

Info: A concise, insightful overview of fetal, maternal and myometrial physiology during labour.

Info: Understand the four main types of hypoxia, how they develop, and best practice responses.

Info: The role of IA in intrapartum care and how to practice it safely and confidently.

Info: Explore how meconium, maternal fever, and chorioamnionitis affect fetal reserves, how these conditions present on the CTG, and deepen your understanding of how to apply national guidelines.

Info: From Syntocinon to FGR, diabetes, and VBAC, discover how to interpret CTGs holistically when multiple risks intersect.

Info: Work in facilitated groups to apply learnings to real case reviews. Share insights, sharpen judgement through peer learning, and join lively group discussions.

Info: What cord gases can (and can’t) tell us and how this links to decision-making in labour.

Info: Explore complex and rare CTG findings, including sinusoidal patterns, hypervariability, and fetal stroke presentations.

Info: Refine your reasoning and practice communicating decisions in uncertain, clinically complex, situations.

Info: Practice clinical judgement, escalation, and communication by reviewing cases in groups.

Info: How to recognise and respond to placental disorders and chronic compromise before it’s too late.

Info: Put what you’ve learnt to the test and see how your thinking has evolved.

Info: Wrap-up and reflections.

Know what’s Happening Next — before everyone else does.

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Host or Publisher St Georges University Hospital London