For many years, there has been a demand for fetal surveillance education in the Pacific. With support from the Mukhtiar and Raghbir Sidhu RANZCOG Asian and Pacific Developing Countries Education Grant which aims to support activities that improve maternal mortality or morbidity and assist in fetal surveillance in developing Pacific and Asian countries RANZCOG is rolling out a program to address this demand.

Research suggests that improvements in CTG knowledge and practice over time are more likely if fetal surveillance education is delivered annually. Accordingly, RANZCOG will deliver the Fetal Surveillance Education Program (FSEP) workshop annually for three years in six countries. The workshop is being delivered to clinicians who perform CTGs in countries that have requested FSEP training. It has been tailored to the needs of Pacific O&G doctors and midwives and adapted to the environments in which they practice.

The first year of the program is now underway. The FSEP workshop was delivered to two groups of O&G doctors and midwives 29 clinicians overall in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, in October 2025. In 2026, the FSEP workshop is being delivered in Tonga, Kiribati, Fiji, Solomon Islands, and Samoa, as well as at the Pacific Society for Reproductive Health Biennial Conference.

The program’s impact will be reviewed annually via implementation of regular CTG audits, collection of participant feedback, and consultation with Pacific FSEP champions. Regular program review will measure changes in CTG knowledge and practice, assess the delivery of the workshop and overall utility of the program, and inform further tailoring of the program to meet local requirements.

Mark Beaves, Head of Quality Assurance Programs and FSEP educator, with midwives from Port Moresby General Hospital, PNG, in October 2025.