Through a comprehensive history, examination and appropriate investigations, diagnose and manage patients with:
amenorrhoea, irregular periods, dysmenorrhoea, heavy vaginal bleeding
vulval or vaginal itch
vulval or vaginal discharge, itch, pain, swelling, skin changes or lesions
abnormal vaginal bleeding: intermenstrual, postcoital, postmenopausal
pelvic pain, dyspareunia
dysuria, urinary frequency, urinary incontinence
pelvic organ prolapse
menopausal symptoms
breast symptoms
sexual dysfunction.
Assess a patient’s risk of:
cervical cancer
endometrial cancer
ovarian cancer
breast cancer.
Assess and manage:
congenital abnormalities of genitalia in children
disorders of menstruation:
dysfunctional uterine bleeding
premenstrual syndrome
premenstrual dysphoric disorder
primary amenorrhoea, secondary amenorrhoea
post-menopausal bleeding
disorders causing pelvic pain:
endometriosis
adhesions
chronic pelvic inflammatory disease
persistent pelvic pain
vulval or perineal conditions:
labial fusion
vulvovaginitis
vulvodynia
candidiasis
vulval cancer
genital herpes
genital warts
lichen sclerosis
Bartholin’s cyst
female genital cutting or circumcision
vaginal conditions:
imperforate hymen
bacterial vaginosis
vaginismus
fistula
neovaginal conditions in patients with gender re-alignment surgery
pelvic organ prolapse
complications from vaginal mesh repair
vaginal cancer
ovarian conditions:
polycystic ovary syndrome
ovarian cysts
ovarian cancer
premature ovarian insufficiency
uterine conditions:
uterine fibroids
adenomyosis
endometrial hyperplasia
endometrial cancer
uterine prolapse
cervical conditions:
cervical polyps
cervical ectropion
cervicitis
abnormal cervical cancer screening result
cervical cancer
breast conditions:
fibroadenoma
breast cyst
breast abscess
mastitis intertrigo
breast ductal ectasia
breast cancer
breast implant complications: leak, rupture, breast implant associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma
breast reduction
lymphoedema
nipple conditions:
candidiasis
supernumerary nipples
inverted nipple
cracked nipple
Paget’s disease
sexual dysfunction
female sexual interest/arousal disorder
female orgasmic disorder
genito-pelvic pain/penetration disorder.
Assess and manage women’s health presentations and conditions in:
children – prepubescent
adolescents
premenopausal patients
perimenopausal patients
post-menopausal patients.
Perform:
pelvic examination
genital examination
speculum examination
specimen collection (high vaginal swabs, endocervical swabs)
cervical cancer screening (or discuss self-collection CST)
breast examination.
Provide health screening and understand when diagnostic investigation as opposed to screening is required.
Provide preventive healthcare.
Provide patient education about gynaecological symptoms and conditions and breast symptoms and conditions.
Understand health inequality and health inequity as it applies to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, culturally and linguistically diverse women, rural and remote women, and patients with sexual and gender diversity.
Safely prescribe non-hormonal pharmacotherapy and menopause hormone therapy using an evidence-based approach.
Safely prescribe contraception for gynaecological symptoms and conditions using an evidence-based approach.
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