Located within the National University Hospital (NUH) in Singapore, CREST was founded by Professor P. C. Wong, Emeritus Consultant from the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. The centre was made possible through a donation from Merck Serono and Learning Initiatives for Fertility Experts (LIFE).
CREST is committed to provide relevant and up-to-date training for healthcare professionals. To date, the centre has conducted 52 courses and trained 565 individuals, including clinicians and embryologists.
Click here for a summary of the trainings offered.
CREST welcomes aspiring ART specialists in the Asia-Pacific region to Singapore for training.
We aim to:
Patients who seek assisted reproductive treatments, which involve a considerable financial outlay, often go through an emotional journey plagued by self-doubt.
At CREST, we help specialists and practitioners gain not just the skills but also the sensitivity to help their patients. We are committed to help you grow your role to one that is beyond a mere facilitator of birth. You will be empowered with hard and soft skills that will help you in offering holistic consultation services for your patients.
CREST equips you with good all-rounded skills so you can deliver uncompromised service.
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Please click here for a summary of the trainings offered.
1) ART Course for Clinicians: This course covers all aspects of an in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) cycle, from pre-treatment evaluation and investigations, through the entire treatment path, to planning for future cycles. It also explores the ethical and economic implications of the treatment process. Participants will gain insights in managing poor responders, ovarian reserve testing, various stimulation protocols, elective single embryo transfer, pre-implantation genetic testing and approaches to recurrent implantation failures. The course also covers lectures on fertility preservation in female cancer patients, prevention and management of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS), and the current state of ART in Asia-Pacific region. Hands-on sessions for ovarian retrieval and embryo transfer simulations offer practical experience in enhancing clinician’s skills.
2) ART Course for Embryologists: This course covers all aspects of establishing an ART laboratory, including laboratory set-up, specific procedures, and quality control to ensure the highest possible success rates in an IVF programme. Through a combination of lectures and hands-on training, participants will learn aseptic techniques, sperm preparation, cryopreservation of sperm and the handling of oocytes and embryos using mouse oocytes and embryos. The course also covers IVF insemination, ICSI and vitrification using murine model.
Course dates:
Course fees: SGD$11,445 (inclusive of GST)
Format: Lecture and hands-on practical
Requirements: Practising embryologist with a minimum of 3 to 6 months experience working in an IVF centre/laboratory
3) A Concise 5-Day IVF Lab Workshop: This workshop covers a brief hands-on exposure to laboratory experience over a period of five days.
Course dates:
Course fees: SGD$5,995 (inclusive of GST)
Format: Lecture and hands-on practical
Requirements: Practising clinician/gynaecologist/embryologist
Please email your completed application form to [email protected]
Please note that proof of the following vaccinations will need to be submitted upon acceptance of your registration. As per the Singapore’s Ministry of Health's directive, self-declaration of past illness or vaccination are NOT accepted as evidence of immunity.
a. Hepatitis B vaccinated records
b. Varicella (2 doses of vaccinated records)
c. Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) (2 doses of vaccinated records)
d. Pertussis
e. Influenza
Please note that all applications are subjected to review and approval by our centre director before confirmation or commencement of the course.
You may contact us at (65) 6772 3561 or e-mail [email protected] if you require further assistance on our CREST courses.
CREST offers a hands-on learning experience at its training centre, featuring four modular laboratories equipment.
Our laboratories are well-equipped with state-of-the-art equipment such as incubators for sperm preparation, oocytes culture and embryo culture, microscopes for sperm check, oocyte retrieval and embryo washing, micromanipulator system for Intra-Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI), freezing machine for embryo cryopreservation etc.
The two modes of course delivery are as follows:
1. Clinical Session
Trainees take on observational roles to study real-life cases.
2. Laboratory Session
Our low student-teacher ratio ensures trainees maximise their learning experience. Trainees enjoy full hands-on training using the murine model.
