OBG 511
Clinics, Theatre and Call Duty Bed Side Teaching I
6 Unit(s) (LH 15; PH 225)
Course Description
At the end of this course, students should be able to:
1. discuss clinical evaluation according to the contents of OBG 501, 503, 505, 507 and 509.
Course Outline
Clinical teaching according to the contents of OBG 501, 503, 505, 507 and 509. Layout of the
antenatal clinic. Approach to the obstetric patient in the antenatal clinic. Health education of
the pregnant woman. Registration/booking of the pregnant woman. History taking in of the
pregnant woman. General physical examination. Physical examination of the pregnant uterus
and its contents. Routine laboratory investigations. Clinical pelvimetry. Risk assessment of a
pregnancy. Special clinical procedures, obstetric ultrasonography, X-ray pelvimetry. The
postnatal clinic. Approach to the gynaecological patient in the clinic. Symptoms and clinical
signs in gynaecology. History taking in gynaecology. General physical examination. Pelvic
examination. Clinic based procedures. Pap smears, high vaginal swabs. Transabdominal and
transvaginal ultrasonography. Diagnostic hysteroscopy. Colposcopy and treatment
procedures. Hysterosalpingography.