Registration for this workshop is additional to the Symposium and a separate fee is required (£75). Please select the option ‘Training Workshop’ in the symposium on-line registration site.
The workshop is included as part of the PG course in DSD and is free to PG course attendees.
Date & Time: Wednesday 1st July, 08:45am-12.30pm
Location: Media Docks, Lubeck
Target Audience: New investigators interested in DSD
Overall Aim of Workshop: Interactive small group sessions that are aimed at improving clinical and research skills.
Programme (download)
Participants will move around the 4 out of 5 workstations in small groups and will have the chance to provide feedback during the debriefing session at the end.
8:45-9:00 Reception – Allocation into groups.
9:00-9:45 1st Session (Group Rooms by rotation)
9:45-10:30 2nd Session (Group Rooms by rotation)
10:30-10:45 Coffee
10:45-11:30 3rd Session (Group Rooms by rotation)
11:30-12:15 4th Session (Group Rooms by rotation)
12:15-12:30 Debriefing followed by Lunch
Objectives of Workstations
Workstation 1: SDMregistries
Room: tbc
Facilitator: Dr Malika Alimussina, Glasgow UK
- SDMregistries activities
- Interactive hands on work with the SDMregistries
Participants will have the opportunity to work online during the workshop to navigate the Registry. The research potential of the Registry will be highlighted with an overview of past and present activities.. If you have a Wi-Fi enabled laptop, please bring it
Temporary username and password will be issued on site.
Workstation 2: DSD Diagnostics
Room: tbc
Facilitator: Prof Rodolfo Rey, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Participants will be able to exchange ideas about the diagnostic approach to DSD in this case-based workshop. Advantages and pitfalls of different diagnostic tests will be discussed
Workstation 3: Communication
Room: tbc
Facilitator: Dr Lou Marshall, Lubeck, Germany
Participants will discuss their experiences of what works well, and does not work, when discussing DSD with parents of recently diagnosed children. Cultural differences will be considered. Particular topics of discussion will include: illness uncertainty and stigma.
Workstation 4: Hormone replacement
Room: tbc
Facilitator: Prof Aneta Gawlik, Katowice, Poland
In this workshop we will discuss current approaches to pubertal induction and sex hormone replacement to sustain puberty. Participants will have opportunity to exchange their experience on various hormone replacement protocols and used, also off-label, preparations.
Workstation 5: Sex Therapy
Room: tbc
Facilitator: Dr Marij Dinkelman-Smit, Rotterdam, Netherlands
In this workshop we will exchange approaches to discuss sexual development, sexual health and sexual dysfunction with DSD patients. Participants will have opportunity to discuss clinical skills, training and interviewing styles that work, and exchange experience with working with patients with limiting beliefs.
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