Course in Advanced Operative Obstetrics

07/01/2026

Dear colleagues and friends, we were aware of that our course is popular abroad and gets fully booked within a very short time.
We therefore made the attempt to give Norwegian colleagues priority to register from December until today. Meanwhile also colleagues from Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Finland, Poland and Sweden registered...
We are very happy for the overwhelming interest, but we therefore must announce that the 2026 course is fully booked already at the time being.
We apologize to everyone waiting for the registration to open today.

25/11/2025

Dear friends!
The 10th Course in Advanced Operative Obstetrics will take place from 11.-13. May 2026. Registration will open 7 January 2026. The program and link for registration will be published here or sent by e-mail interested colleagues.

Enjoy the time before Christmas, we hope to welcome you in Bergen next May.

01/08/2025

Taught at our course, finally published for everyone to learn:

Shoulder dystocia is an obstetrical emergency associated with fetal morbidity and mortality. Mechanical obstruction and failure of fetal shoulder rotation prevent their descent into the pelvis. Current management strategies work by increasing the relative pelvic diameters, rotating the fetal shoulde...

09/05/2025

Our 9th Course in Advanced Operative Obstetrics is history. Thanks to the 40 participants from Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Norway, Poland and Tanzania for joining the course and sharing their experiences with us.
A high level of manual skills is a prerequisite of safe care during labor and delivery:
Many thanks to Anke Reitter Janne Rossen Benedicte Sandhaug Nygaard and Kim Hinshaw for travelling to Bergen for teaching.
Big hug to my fantastic colleagues Ferenc Macsali Johanne Kolvik Iversen Sindre Grindheim Kathrine Woie Ragnhild Fjelltveit Skagseth Siri Isdahl and Anne Martha Stokke at Haukeland universitetssjukehus for stamina and enthusiasm through the past three days.
Proud of Kvinneklinikken !

05/01/2025

We are happy to announce that the 9th Course in Advanced Operative Obstetrics will take place 7-9 May 2025. It is open for registration at the following link:

This is the place for you to go if you wish to fresh up your skills in manual obstetrics and meet an international audience for fruitful discussions which may challenge your own practice.

16/05/2024

We had three amazing days together with 39 participants from Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Norway, Poland, Sweden and Tanzania training operative obstetrics.
Thank you to all participants for lots of discussions. Many thanks to the outstanding faculty Elham Baghestan Sindre Grindheim Kim Hinshaw Johanne Kolvik Iversen Janne Rossen Benedicte Sandhaug Nygaard Anke Reitter Ferenc Macsali Kathrine Woie Ragnhild Fjelltveit Skagseth for their enthusiastic teaching and all support.