Monday, 3 February 2025

MRCOG tutorial 3 February 2025

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3 February 2025.                                          Role-players:  1. Aakanksha Gupta, Banaz Jama,

                                                                                                  2. Joanna D’Souza, Rachala Madhuri.                         

1

How to prepare.

2

Role-play 1.  Candidate’s instructions will be sent shortly before the tutorial

3

Role-play 2.  Ditto.

4

EMQ. Asymptomatic bacteriuria

 

1.         How to prepare.

Part 2 stuff,  study buddies, practice, courses. Communication skills. Importance of polished introduction to role-plays. ? adopt user-friendly name for role-play if you are ‘Clementina’, ‘Cressida’ ‘Maximilian’ or ‘Vladymir’. ‘Blurbs’. How to deal with GP referral letter. Senior doctor thinking: staffing, training, audit, critical incident reporting and analysis etc. Avoiding medical jargon, abbreviations and acronyms ‘registrar’, ‘anaphylaxis’, PCOS, PMB

 

2.     Role-play 1.

 

3.     Role-play 2.

 

4.     Asymptomatic bacteriuria.

Abbreviations.

ASB:              asymptomatic bacteriuria.

ASBIP:           ASB in pregnancy.

LE:                 leukocyte esterase.

MSU:             mid-stream specimen of urine.

NICE:             National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.

NSC:              NUK National Screening Committee.

Question 1.            What is the definition of ASB?

A

> 1,000,000 colonies per mL on MSU

B

> 100,000 colonies per mL on MSU

C

> 10,000 colonies per mL on MSU

D

> 1,000 colonies per mL on MSU

E

> 1,000,000 organisms per mL on MSU

F

> 100,000 organisms per mL on MSU

G

> 10,000 organisms per mL on MSU

H

> 1,000 organisms per mL on MSU

I

none of the above

Question 2.        Which, if any of the following reflect NICE’s advice re routine screening for ASBIP?

A

routine screening should be offered early in pregnancy

B

screening should be by culture of a MSU

C

screening by dipstick testing for nitrites and leukocyte esterase is acceptable as an alternative to MSU screening

D

routine screening is not recommended

E

talk of urine is indelicate and ill-suited to genteel discourse so please desist

Question 3.        Which, if any of the following reflect the NSC’s advice re screening for ASBIP?

A

routine screening should be offered early in pregnancy

B

screening should be by culture of a MSU

C

screening by dipstick testing for nitrites and leukocyte esterase is acceptable as an alternative to MSU screening

D

routine screening is not recommended

E

talk of urine is indelicate and ill-suited to genteel discourse

Question 4.        Which, if any, of the following are proven to be more likely in those with ASBIP?

A

chorioamnionitis

B

cystitis

C

endometritis

D

perinatal mortality

E

LBW

F

learning difficulty

G

fetal anaemia

H

maternal anaemia

I

premature birth

J

pyelonephritis

K

schizophrenia

Question 5.        What was the main justification for routine screening for ASBIP?

A

it reduces the risk of cystitis

B

it reduces the risk of premature labour

C

it reduces the risk of IUGR

D

it reduces the risk of pyelonephritis

E

the laboratory staff like to be busy

F

none of the above.

Question 6.        Which of the following statements is correct about leukocyte esterase?

A

LE is a sensitive indicator of UTI

B

LE derives from inflamed bladder mucosa

C

LE derives from bacteria killed by leukocytes

D

LE testing is an acceptable method of screening for ASB

E

a +ve urine LE test usually leads to testing of a MSU

F

none of the above

 

 

 

 


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