UniMelb UGHB96 : 510-593 Obstetrics and Gynaecology

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510-593 Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Year 5 Medicine.

Contact: A 10-week period, including attendance at special clinics (family planning, sexual counselling, infertility, oncology).

Objectives:

On completion of this subject, students should: have established a sound knowledge of the structure and function of the female reproductive tract, the fetus and neonate; be able to interpret clinical experience in normal and abnormal aspects of female development, pregnancy, labour and delivery and the puerperium, and the menopause; have gained an understanding of practical obstetrics and the aspects of the specialty which will be met in general practice, especially problems of pregnancy, care of the newborn, contraception, and simple gynaecological disorders.

Content:

Normal obstetrics and care of the normal neonate. Early recognition of obstetrical abnormality. Management of obstetrical emergencies. Family planning and infertility. Marital and sexual problems. Vaginal discharge, menstrual disorders, pelvic tumours and office gynaecology. Recognition and treatment of neonatal emergencies. Participation in patient care, especially delivery room procedures and practice in examination of the female genital tract.

Assessment:

Continuous internal assessment (25 per cent). A 2-hour objective-structured clinical examination of clinical problem-solving exercises in Obstetrics, Gynaecology, and Neonatal Paediatrics (37.5 per cent) and a 3-hour written examination (37.5 per cent) at the end of the subject. Students must pass both the written examination and the clinical examinations to pass the subject.

Prescribed texts:

Beischer N A and MacRay E V Obstetrics and the Newborn 1986 Saunders Sydney
MacRay E V, Beischer N A, Pepperell R J and Wood C Illustrated Textbook of Gynaecology (2nd Edition) 1992 Saunders Sydney
Beischer N A and MacRay E V Colour Atlas of Gynaecology (1st Edition) 1982 Saunders Sydney

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Status:          Official 1996
Date created:    Oct  9 1995
Last modified:   Oct  9 1995
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