ROBuST: RCOG Operative Birth Simulation Training

George Attilakos is a Consultant in Fetal Medicine and Obstetrics at University College London Hospitals. Tim Draycott is a Senior Lecturer in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Bristol and a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at the North Bristol NHS Trust. He is a member of the PROMPT Maternity Foundation and faculty for the successful PROMPT course, which provides the model for the operative vaginal delivery course. Alison Gale is a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. She is Obstetric Simulation Lead at the RCOG. Dimitrios Siassakos is an NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, an Honorary Clinical Lecturer in Medical Education and Coordinator of the Introduction to Clinical Skills module at the University of Bristol. Cathy Winter is a Practical Obstetric Multi-Professional Training (PROMPT) Maternity Foundation Research Midwife.

Abbreviations; Preface; 1. Operative vaginal birth in the twenty-first century: a global perspective Glen Mola; 2. Indications and assessment for operative vaginal birth Deirdre Murphy and Meenakshi Ramphul; 3. Nontechnical skills Bryony Strachan and Rachna Bahl; 4. Vacuum-assisted birth Aldo Vacca; 5. Nonrotational forceps and manual rotation Kim Hinshaw and Shilpa Mahadasu; 6. Rotational forceps Karl S. J. Oláh; 7. Caesarean section at full dilatation Patrick O'Brien and Sadia Bhatti; 8. Medico-legal matters Fraser McLeod and Tim Draycott; 9. Analgesia and anaesthesia for operative vaginal birth Rowena Pykett, George Bugg and David Levy; Index.