CNDT Academy

Reproductive Medicine & Embryology

Practise ART where you work.

Practical training, designed for practice in Africa: online and live, then at CNDT in Abidjan.

Build the skills of reproductive medicine step by step: consult, monitor, stimulate and follow up couples in your own country, in coordination with an IVF centre, then train in the technical procedures in Abidjan.

Built on 16 years of IVF practice in Abidjan.

French-language training, in West Africa, built on real anonymised cases.

It is for the professional who practises in their own country and moves forward in reproductive medicine: protocols are discussed in light of each couple's context, including the cost of treatment.

How it works

Four phases, in this order, for each component.

Phase 1
Online preparation
Live sessions on Zoom, with their materials. It is bought directly, with no application, and does not reserve a place for the hands-on practice.
Phase 2
Application approved
Before any payment for the hands-on practice, you send your professional qualification and proof of current practice. Your application is reviewed, and you receive an answer within 48 working hours. The documents required are listed on each page.
Phase 3
Hands-on practice at CNDT, Abidjan
At the Masterclass, 23 – 25 March 2027, for clinical ART, hysteroscopy and setting up a centre; at the embryology hands-on sessions for the laboratory. Places are limited, module by module. Clinical procedures — monitoring, oocyte retrieval, embryo transfer, hysteroscopy — are reserved for physicians.
Phase 4
After the training — depending on the component
What exists after the training depends on the component: in clinical ART, a one-hour individual session with Dr Manket-Kouassi on your own cases; for setting up a centre, supervision under the Satellite Programme.

You are…

A midwife or a nurse

The clinical ART online preparation, midwife and nurse tier: the three months of the pathway, from the angle of your role and under the physician’s supervision. And coordinating an ART centre: its online preparation, then 3 dedicated days at the Masterclass.

See clinical ART See coordination

A physician or an OB-GYN

The clinical ART online preparation, then hands-on practice of monitoring, oocyte retrieval and embryo transfer at the Masterclass. Hysteroscopy has its own preparation and its own session. Male fertility has its own short live course.

See clinical ART See hysteroscopy See male fertility

A urologist or an andrologist

The Male fertility short course: 4 live Zoom sessions, 2 of them with a urologist-andrologist.

See male fertility

A biologist or an embryologist

The Embryology Academy: the foundation module, a specialty online, then three days of hands-on practice in the laboratory.

See the Embryology Academy

A project lead or an investor

Setting up an IVF centre: its online preparation, hands-on practice at the Masterclass, and the Satellite Programme.

See the online preparation See the Satellite Programme See the Masterclass

The four components

Clinical ART — the gynaecologist's role

From work-up to transfer: online preparation, then monitoring, oocyte retrieval and embryo transfer at the Masterclass.

Reproductive Medicine & ART

Clinical pathway for gynaecologists and physicians

Next date: 6 November 2026

Explore this pathway

Hysteroscopy

Dedicated 3-day session with Prof. Jean-Louis Benifla.

Next date: 13 January 2027

Explore this module

Embryology

The IVF laboratory modules.

Clinical Embryology

Laboratory pathway for biologists, embryologists and laboratory professionals

CNDT Embryology Academy, the Clinical Embryology pathway of CNDT Academy.

Next date: 12 November 2026

Explore this pathway

Setting up an IVF centre

The CNDT model and the Satellite Programme.

Satellite Programme

Structuring a fertility unit, transferring protocols, supporting a team: CNDT's advisory work, distinct from individual training.

Next date: 23 – 25 March 2027

See the Satellite Programme

Masterclass — clinical immersion

Three days in Abidjan, in March 2027, for hands-on practice: clinical modules of your choice, and a dedicated hysteroscopy session.

See the Masterclass

The calendar

The dates set so far, in chronological order.

Not yet dated

Clinical ART: the next case reviews are scheduled with the cohort. Anyone joining mid-pathway joins the next session.
Masterclass: the two Zoom sessions that precede it (except hysteroscopy).
Embryology: hands-on practice of the other specialties, on request, during the Masterclass.
Go further: the online modules of the clinical pathway.
Male fertility: the exact dates of the sessions.
Coordinating an ART centre: hands-on practice at the Masterclass, 3 dedicated days, dates to be confirmed.
Setting up an IVF centre: the online preparation.

What sets CNDT Academy apart

Supervision

Limited places, module by module: 4 for monitoring, oocyte retrieval and embryo transfer; 8 for hysteroscopy and for setting up a centre; 6 for the CNDT CRYO LAB session and 3 for CNDT ICSI LAB. During these two sessions: 1 trainer for 3 trainees, and one workstation per trainee. In hysteroscopy, two participants are in the room for each procedure.

Hands-on practice

For each clinical procedure, the page says before you come what is planned at four levels: observation, simulation, supervised performance, assessed competence. In hysteroscopy, oocyte retrieval and embryo transfer, supervised performance is decided case by case, depending on your level. Simulation exists only in the embryology laboratory. Each procedure is first validated on robotic equipment, with a senior at the workstation, before moving on to real biological material. Training on real biological material, in a dedicated circuit.

Clinical reasoning

In clinical ART, eight simulated consultations, conducted step by step: at each pause you choose, then you read Dr Manket-Kouassi’s choice and the reasons for it. Each month, a live ART case conference on the real anonymised cases you bring, in two separate groups: midwives and nurses, physicians. In the laboratory, written feedback on your work within 72 hours.

Assessment

Your application is approved before any payment for the hands-on practice, and your level is assessed before the practice. The simulated consultations are scored, and the debriefing shows what you did not achieve. In hysteroscopy, a knowledge check opens the first day, and the training attestation is co-signed by Prof. Jean-Louis Benifla.

Support afterwards

What exists after the training, component by component. In clinical ART: a one-hour individual session with Dr Manket-Kouassi on your own cases, as an option (USD 300). For setting up a centre: supervision under the Satellite Programme, with monthly case reviews and indicator monitoring.

Where to start?

Which component should I start with?

With your profession: the “You are…” section leads each profile to its pathway. An experienced physician can go straight to the module they are missing.

Do I need an application to start?

No. The online preparation is bought directly, with no application. The application is only required before the hands-on practice in Abidjan, and it is approved before any payment for it.

Does the online preparation reserve me a place in Abidjan?

No. Hands-on places are limited, module by module, and allocated on application.

I am a midwife or a nurse: can I practise the procedures in Abidjan?

No: clinical procedures are reserved for physicians. Your clinical ART tier covers the three months of the pathway, without practising monitoring, oocyte retrieval or embryo transfer. Coordinating an ART centre, however, is open to you: its online preparation, then 3 dedicated days at the Masterclass, dates to be confirmed.

I cannot come to Abidjan in March.

The online preparation is followed without coming to Abidjan. In the laboratory, the embryology hands-on sessions take place in February and September 2027.

What do I receive at the end?

After the hands-on practice in Abidjan, a training attestation. In hysteroscopy, it is co-signed by Prof. Jean-Louis Benifla.

Becoming a partner physician

You practise in your own country.

You carry out the consultation and the monitoring.

You coordinate care with the IVF centre.

The couple travel for the steps that require the technical platform.

You resume their follow-up when they return.

Then, if you wish, you move on towards the procedures of ART.