Online training in fetal heart rate analysis
A programme of the Institut Catholique de Lille, run by its Faculty of Medicine, Midwifery and Health Sciences (FMMS), for midwives, obstetricians, residents and students.
About eRCF
eRCF is an e-learning site dedicated to the analysis of the fetal heart rate (FHR) during labour. Doctors, midwives, residents and midwifery students can learn or improve their analysis on corrected tracings recorded in the delivery room.
- Learners build their training sessions by choosing the type of exercise, the topic and the level of difficulty.
- Teachers organise exams with automatic correction and follow the progress of their students.
eRCF is developed by the Faculty of Medicine, Midwifery and Health Sciences (FMMS) of the Institut Catholique de Lille. The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Trace analysis
Each exercise shows a tracing recorded in the delivery room in the CTG viewer. You analyse it with the physiological grid – baseline, variability, accelerations, decelerations, uterine activity, conclusion – then submit to get your score and the correction.
Progressive clinical files
The file starts with the clinical context; the tracing then runs and stops at each questionnaire: grouping of the risk, management, decision. Each step is corrected before the labour goes on.
Contents of the training
Courses
Chapters on fetal heart rate physiology and analysis, illustrated with tracings, figures and bibliographic references.
Trace analysis
Tracings recorded in the delivery room, analysed with a standardised grid (baseline, variability, accelerations, decelerations, classification) and corrected.
Progressive clinical files
A labour followed step by step: at each stage, assessment of the risk, management and decision.
Quizzes
Single, multiple and numeric answer questions with a detailed correction, by topic and level of difficulty.
Mock exams and exams
Mock exams drawn at random and exams organised by schools, with results by exercise type.
Teachers
An organisation space for schools and continuing education: students, groups, exams with automatic correction and progress follow-up.
Interactive class
During a lesson, the teacher projects a tracing and the students answer from their phone.
Certification
Course reading and a final exam leading to a certificate issued by the FMMS, which can be checked online.
Courses
All courses- Free account
Analysis of the FHR
Schools and continuing education
Teachers have an organisation space on the site.
- Students and groups; full-access accounts granted with tokens
- Exams with a time window and a duration, random or manual selection of exercises
- Results by student and by exercise type, Excel export
- Interactive class, with the distribution of answers shown on the screen
Registration
Registration is free for health professionals and students. Full access is provided by your school or continuing-education organisation.
News
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