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Intimate Examinations (F2F)

June 15 @ 9:00 am - 3:30 pm

Number of Capacity: 10

Each session consists of:

  • 1 hour of theory, delivered via presentation, covering:
    • Relevant anatomy
    • Common presentations
    • Red flags
  • 1 hour of practical skills, focusing on:
    • Examination techniques
    • Demonstration on both normal and abnormal pathology

Please note that these sessions do not sign participants off as competent. Competency sign-off must be completed in clinical practice by their supervisor.

 

Morning Session 9:00 – 12:00

 

Session 1: Male External Genital Examination

Conditions covered:

  • Hydrocele
  • Varicocele
  • Epididymo-orchitis
  • Testicular torsion
  • Chronic testicular pain
  • Balanitis
  • Phimosis
  • Paraphimosis
  • Circumcision
  • Epididymal cysts
  • Testicular cancer
  • Haemospermia
  • Inguinal hernia

Session 2: Digital Rectal Examination

Conditions covered:

  • Benign prostate enlargement
  • Prostate cancer
  • External haemorrhoids
  • Internal haemorrhoids
  • Pilonidal abscess
  • Perianal ulceration
  • Anal fissure
  • Genital warts
  • Skin tags
  • Anal fistula
  • Prostatitis

 

Afternoon Session 12:30 – 15:30

 

Session 3: Breast Examination

Conditions covered:

  • Lumps
  • Nodularity
  • Breast pain
  • Nipple changes or discharge
  • Nipple thrush
  • Skin changes
  • Mastitis
  • Breast abscess
  • Male breast symptoms

 

Session 4: Digital Vaginal Examination and Bimanual Technique

Discharge and itching

  • Chlamydia / Gonorrhoea
  • Candida
  • Bacterial vaginosis
  • Herpes
  • Lichen sclerosus
  • Eczema
  • Vulval dystrophy
  • Atrophic vulvitis
  • Genital warts
  • Threadworms
  • Lice
  • Scabies
  • Poor hygiene

Pain

  • Pelvic inflammatory disease
  • Vulvodynia
  • Chronic pelvic pain
  • Dyspareunia
  • Ovarian cysts, torsion, abscess, rupture
  • Consideration of non-gynaecological presentations
  • Dysmenorrhoea

Abnormal bleeding

  • Post-coital
  • Intermenstrual
  • Post-menopausal
  • Menorrhagia
  • Amenorrhoea (primary and secondary)
  • Cervical ectropion

Lumps and bumps

  • Sebaceous cysts
  • Bartholin’s cyst
  • Varicose veins
  • Haematoma
  • Tumours
  • Uterine fibroids
  • Ovarian cysts
  • Female genital mutilation
  • Early pregnancy:
    • Pain
    • Bleeding
    • Early pregnancy clinic
    • Ectopic pregnancy
    • Miscarriage

 

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