Tutorial 10 January 2011

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You need some background material before you listen - you will find it below.

Tonight's Skype was a disaster. No one could hear anything. I have since tested the microphone I was using and it doesn't work, although it was OK the other night. I'll replace it for Thursday.

We started with a labour ward prioritisation station, such as you would get in an OSCE. There is a technique, which will be demonstrated in the tutorial. The idea is to start practising this technique every time you are in charge of the labour ward. Then such a station will be easy in the exam. I have e-mailed the station we discussed to everyone on my list. If you don't get an e-mail, let me know.

We then discussed a plan for an answer to this question:

"A woman of 48 is referred with erratic vaginal bleeding for six months. She has had an intra-uterine contraceptive in place for five years. She has occasional hot flushes.

1. Justify the things you will focus on in taking her history.

                                                    6 marks

2. Justify the investigations you will perform.     6 marks

3. Justify the advice you will give.                8 marks

Finally we discussed a plan for an answer to this question:
"critically evaluate vitamin supplementation in relation to pregnancy".