Course Curriculum
Complete Andrology & Embryology coverage
The curriculum covers both the andrology and embryology arms of ART — from semen science and sperm preparation to oocyte handling, embryo grading, and cryopreservation.
- Semen analysis — WHO criteria & interpretation
- Sperm morphology assessment
- Semen preparation techniques
- Density gradient centrifugation — step by step
- Swim-up technique
- Work-up of the male partner
- Male factor infertility: clinical overview
- Andrology lab setup: essentials
- Consumables and media in an andrology lab
- Sperm freezing and cryopreservation
- ART lab setup: infrastructure and equipment
- Oocyte pick-up and handling
- Oocyte morphology assessment
- Conventional IVF — procedure and outcomes
- ICSI: Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection
- Fertilisation check & interpretation
- Cleavage embryo grading methods
- Blastocyst culture and grading
- Embryo transfer techniques
- Vitrification and embryo cryopreservation
- Troubleshooting in the ART lab
- Day 3 vs Day 5 — the developmental debate
- Extended culture beyond Day 5
- Embryo selection: innovative techniques
- Ultra-rapid vitrification advances
- Embryo biopsy — overview and applications
- IMSI: Intracytoplasmic Morphologically Selected Sperm Injection
- Sperm DNA fragmentation — clinical relevance
- Clean room: why your lab rotary needs one
- Equipment selection: choosing what matters
- Maintenance of an IVF facility
- Indicators of an effective working embryology lab
- Purity of gases: how to analyse and improve
- Clinician–embryologist interaction: importance
- Troubleshooting common lab challenges
