Monday, 30 October 2017

Tutorial 30th. October 2017



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23
Role-play. Booking clinic. Previous SB.
24
Viva. Website critique. Menozac.
25
Role-play. PMB.
26
Viva. Waiting list prioritisation.
27
Viva. Maternity Dashboard.

23. Booking clinic. Previous SB.
Candidate's Instructions.
You are an SpR in the booking clinic. You are about to see a woman who is at 10 weeks gestation in her second pregnancy. Her first baby was stillborn.
She has had all the routine booking, including investigations, dealt with by the midwife who has asked you to see her to advise about her first pregnancy and its implications for the management of this pregnancy.
Take an appropriate history, advise about the necessary investigations and how the history of stillbirth will influence the management of the pregnancy.

24. Viva. Menozac website critique.
Candidate's Instructions.
This is a viva station.
You are to provide a critique of a website.
The document provided is an extract from the website.

25. PMB. Role-play.
Candidate’s Instructions.
You are an SpR in the “one-stop” PMB clinic. You are about to see a woman with bleeding some years since her menopause.
A 55 year old woman is referred by her General Practitioner.
Your task is to take an appropriate history and advise her about the investigations you feel are appropriate and why.

Referral letter from the General Practitioner.
Manor Lodge,
High Street,
Bestown.
BE5 S00
Re: Mrs. Mary Smith,   Age 55.
5b High Street,
Bestown.
BE5 SO1
Dear Doctor,
Please see Mrs. Smith who has had bleeding down below. It is a number of years since she reached the menopause.
Yours sincerely,
James Fewords,
General Practitioner.
26. Waiting List Prioritisation.
Your consultant is away. The waiting-list manager comes to see you.
The following patients have been listed by junior staff.
The waiting-list manager wants you to:
confirm the appropriateness of the proposed treatment,
decide the degree of urgency,
confirm the appropriateness of the proposed venue,
decide any special requirement(s) for each patient.

Name
Age
Clinical Problem
Proposed operation
Venue
Special Needs
Urgency
JK
5
chronic discharge.
? foreign body
EUA
Main theatre


JM
32
1ry. infertility
Laparoscopy + tubal patency tests
Main theatre


GN
77
Vulval cancer. Coronary thrombosis x 2. Unstable angina.
Radical vulvectomy agreed at MDT.
Main theatre


RU
55
PMB x1. Weight 20 stones. (127 kg.)
1 kg. = 2.2 lb.
1 stone = 14 lb.
D&C.

DCU.


LD
32
Menorrhagia. Fibroids. Anaemia.
Vaginal hysterectomy.

Main theatre.


DT
22
Does not want children.
Lap. Steril.
DCU


HB
14
Unwanted pregnancy at 10/52.
TOP
DCU. TOP list.
.

JY
44
GSI.
Anterior colporrhaphy.

Main theatre.


JS
23
Vaginal discharge. Cervical ectropion.
Diathermy to cervix.

DCU


DT
55
3 cm. ovarian mass.
Laparoscopy ? proceed to Hyst + BSO.
Main theatre.


EV
32
CIN3.
Cone biopsy.

DCU


UW
34
Endometriosis
Laparoscopic ablation
DCU


HT
88
Cystocoele/ rectocoele/ 2nd. degree uterine prolapse
Manchester Repair.

Main theatre.


KN
58
Haematuria
Cystoscopy
DCU


JW
18
Menorrhagia & copes badly with menstrual hygiene. Has Down’s syndrome. Sexually active.
Hysterectomy
Main theatre


TB
30
Menorrhagia. 2nd. degree uterine descent. Been sterilised. Jehovah’s witness.
Vaginal hysterectomy and repair.
Main theatre.


BM
55
Stage Ib cancer cervix. Been discussed at MDT. For Wertheim’s hysterectomy. Factor V Leiden. VTE on Pill. On warfarin.
Wertheim’s hysterectomy.
Main theatre.


NU
60
Recurrent rectocoele.
Posterior colporrhaphy.
Main theatre.



27. Maternity Dashboard.
Candidate’s instructions.
This is a viva station about the Maternity Dashboard.
The examiner will ask you 4 questions.
When you have finished a question, you will not be allowed to return to it as later questions may indicate the answer. If you return, no marks will be awarded, even for correct answers.





Thursday, 26 October 2017

Tutorial 26th. October 2017



26 October 2017

18
Viva. Tentorium cerebelli
19
Viva. Breastfeeding
20
Roleplay. Pre-pregnancy counselling. Phenylketonuria
21
Role-play. Neonatal screening.
22
Viva. Clinical governance and the labour ward

18. Viva. Tentorium cerebelli.
Candidate’s instructions.
This is a viva. Do the origami and make the model. Tell the examiner what you know about the mechanics of tentorial tears. The examiner will just listen and not guide you in any way.
You will need to download the model from Dropbox.

19. Viva. Breastfeeding.
Candidate’s instructions.
This is a viva station.
The examiner will ask you 7 questions.

20. Phenylketonuria.
Candidate’s instructions.
You are the SpR in the pre-pregnancy clinic. Your consultant is off on sick leave and you are the most senior doctor in the clinic.
You are about to see Jane White who is planning her first pregnancy. Your task is to take a history and discuss the optimum management now and during pregnancy.

The GP letter reads:
Prime Health Practice,
Primetown,
Sussex.
0298766543.
Practice Manager:
Mrs Willhelmina Bland.

Dear Doctor,
Please see Jane White, 35 years of age and planning her first pregnancy. Her health is good – she seems only to attend the Practice for routine checks such as cervical smears – the most recent of which was taken last year and was normal. From talking to her and examining her records, it is clear that she is very healthy and has always had good physical and mental health. Her social circumstances are good. The one thing of concern is that she told me she was on a diet in childhood supervised by the local paediatric team. She can’t recall what it was about and she stopped the diet at about the age of 14. Both of her parents are dead – her mother fifteen years ago at the age of 40 and her father two years ago in a RTA, so cannot shed light on what the diet was for. Fortunately, when I checked through her notes I came across correspondence indicating that the problem was phenylketonuria. I have told her that I am no expert in phenylketonuria and the implications for pregnancy, so have eschewed the temptation to provide any advice.
I look forward to receiving your expert report.
Dr. John Worthy.



21. Roleplay. Neonatal screening.
Candidate’s instructions.
You are a SpR in year 5.
You are in the antenatal booking clinic and about to see Mary Eccles. She has been booked by a midwife at 10 weeks’ gestation and all is well. She has recently arrived in the UK from the USA and asked about the routine neonatal screening that is done in the UK. She will be having the baby in the UK.

22. Clinical governance and the labour ward.
Candidate's Instructions.
This is an unstructured viva. Your task is to explain to the examiner the key issues in relation to clinical governance and the labour ward.



Thursday, 12 October 2017

Tutorial 12th. October 2017



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14
Viva. Hydatidiform mole. Genetics.
15
Viva. Laboratory results
16
Viva. Breastfeeding
17
Roleplay. Teach breech delivery to new trainee
18
Roleplay. Pre-pregnancy counselling. Phenylketonuria

14. Viva. Hydatidiform mole.
Candidate’s instructions.
This is a viva. Tell the examiner what you know about the genetics of hydatidiform mole & placental site trophoblastic tumour. The examiner will just listen and not guide you in any way.

15. Viva. Laboratory results.
Candidate’s instructions.
Your consultant is on annual leave.
Her secretary has asked you to look through the following results and decide what administrative action should be taken in relation to each.

1
+ve MSSU at booking. No symptoms.
2
GTT at 34 weeks. Peak level 11.5.
3
FBC with ­ MCV at booking.
4
Thrombocytopenia at booking. 50,000.
5
Hydatidiform mole after evacuation of suspected miscarriage.
6
Histology after ERPC for incomplete miscarriage: no trophoblastic tissue.
7
Endometrial cancer: hysteroscopy: thickened endometrium. Histology: Anaplastic malignancy.
8
Endometrial cancer: MR scan: reaching serosa and upper endocervical canal.
9
Consultant does lap drainage of normal looking ovarian cyst. Malignant cells. Nulliparous. Wants children.
10
HVS: trichomonas.
11
Clue cells on smear. 12/52 pregnant.
12
Antenatal discharge: endocervical swab: chlamydia
13
Actinomyces on smear.
14
Herpes in pregnancy
15
Severe dyskaryosis on cervical smear at booking.
16
Primary infertility: FSH & LH ­ at 25 on day 3 of cycle.
17
Primary infertility. FSH 3, LH 12 on day 3 of cycle.
18
Treated with cabergoline for ­ prolactin and pituitary adenoma.  +ve beta HCG.
19
3 cm. ovarian cyst. ­ Ca 125.

16. Viva. Breastfeeding.
Candidate’s instructions.
This is a viva station.
The examiner will ask you 7 questions.

17. Roleplay. Teach breech delivery to new trainee .
Candidate’s instructions.
You are the SpR on call for the delivery unit. It is still unusually quiet. The on-call consultant has been told that you did a brilliant job of explaining normal labour and delivery. She has asked you to explain vaginal breech delivery to a new FY2, who is keen on a career in O&G.

18. Phenylketonuria.
Candidate’s instructions.
You are the SpR in the pre-pregnancy clinic. Your consultant is off on sick leave and you are the most senior doctor in the clinic.
You are about to see Jane White who is planning her first pregnancy. Your task is to take a history and discuss the optimum management now and during pregnancy.

The GP letter reads:
Prime Health Practice,
Primetown,
Sussex.
0298766543.
Practice Manager:
Mrs Willhelmina Bland.

Dear Doctor,
Please see Jane White, 35 years of age and planning her first pregnancy. Her health is good – she seems only to attend the Practice for routine checks such as cervical smears – the most recent of which was taken last year and was normal. From talking to her and examining her records, it is clear that she is very healthy and has always had good physical and mental health. Her social circumstances are good. The one thing of concern is that she told me she was on a diet in childhood supervised by the local paediatric team. She can’t recall what it was about and she stopped the diet at about the age of 14. Both of her parents are dead – her mother fifteen years ago at the age of 40 and her father two years ago in a RTA, so cannot shed light on what the diet was for. Fortunately, when I checked through her notes I came across correspondence indicating that the problem was phenylketonuria. I have told her that I am no expert in phenylketonuria and the implications for pregnancy, so have eschewed the temptation to provide any advice.
I look forward to receiving your expert report.
Dr. John Worthy.