About DIRMAS
A 12-month postgraduate diploma for obstetrician-gynaecologist doctors who want to specialise in reproductive endocrinology, infertility and assisted conception.
DIRMAS is a 12-month postgraduate diploma for obstetrician-gynaecologist doctors who want to specialise in reproductive endocrinology, infertility and assisted conception. The programme was founded by Prof. Hesham Al-Inany and is run by the Evidence Based Women's Health Society (EBWHS), an Egyptian non-profit. Founded in 2017, it has graduated about 650 OB/GYN doctors over the past nine years.
The curriculum is modelled on the RCOG subspecialty training curriculum in Reproductive Medicine and on the ASRM guidance for postgraduate training. It is taught by senior Egyptian and international faculty.
Our mission
To prepare infertility specialists with up-to-date knowledge and the essential skills to manage infertility-related problems safely.
Our vision
Every DIRMAS graduate can diagnose the full range of infertility problems, has the first interventional skills, and knows enough to plan or refer for definitive treatment.
How the programme is built
- International standards
- The content is modelled on the RCOG and ASRM training frameworks, so what you learn matches what is expected of reproductive-medicine specialists internationally.
- Hands-on, not just lectures
- You complete a three-month clinical attachment at an established IVF centre, practise in simulation workshops, and keep a supervised logbook.
- Designed for working doctors
- Teaching takes place on one full day every two weeks, supported by DIRMAS Academy, our online academy, so you can keep practising while you study.
- Evidence first
- As a programme of the Evidence Based Women's Health Society, DIRMAS teaches you to practise from guidelines and good evidence, not habit.