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 (coming soon) 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
Free accountCourses
Chapters on fetal heart rate physiology and analysis, illustrated with tracings, figures and bibliographic references.
Free accountTrace analysis
Tracings recorded in the delivery room, analysed with the physiological grid (baseline, variability, accelerations, decelerations, classification) and corrected.
Free accountProgressive clinical files
A labour followed step by step: at each stage, assessment of the risk, management and decision.
Free accountQuizzes
Single, multiple and numeric answer questions with a detailed correction, by topic and level of difficulty.
Teaching & exams
For schools and continuing education, a teacher space: students and groups, full-access accounts granted with tokens, exams and interactive classes.
Coming soonMock exams
On your own, in exam conditions: mock exams drawn at random, with your results by exercise type.
Coming soonExams
Organised by the teacher: time window and duration, exercises drawn at random or chosen, automatic correction, results by student and by exercise type, Excel export.
Coming soonInteractive class
During a lesson, the teacher projects a tracing and the students answer from their phone; the distribution of answers is shown on the screen.
Coming soonCertification
Course reading and a final exam leading to a certificate issued by the FMMS, which can be checked online.
Registration
Registration is free for health professionals and students. Full-access accounts provided by schools and continuing-education organisations are coming soon.
News
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eRCF is back
After years, eRCF is back with a first version of its new platform: courses, tracings, clinical files and quizzes, open with a free account.
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