Main description:

This textbook provides guidance on how to answer the short answer questions section of the Part 2 MRCOG examination. Short answer questions were introduced to the Part 2 examination in 2009 and are designed to test the candidate's knowledge base, their communication of that knowledge and how they would manage a clinical scenario. Presented in a user-friendly way, this learning and revision handbook is an invaluable aid for any candidate preparing for the Part 2 examination. Covering the entire Part 2 curriculum, it contains: • an introduction to the short answer question format and how to approach them • over 100 sample short answer questions • model answers to each question, with references included • a CD-ROM containing 12 practice examinations, each of which consists of two papers.

Contents:

1. Introduction; 2. Short answer questions; 3. Model answers to the questions; Section 1. Principles of care in obstetrics and gynaecology; Section 2. Reproductive gynaecology; Section 3. Obstetric ultrasound scanning; Section 4. Contraception; Section 5. Prenatal screening and congenital abnormalities; Section 6. General gynaecology 1; Section 7. Obstetric medicine; Section 8. Operative gynaecology and surgical complications; Section 9. Obstetric emergencies; Section 10. Infertility; Section 11. Infections in pregnancy; Section 12. Vulval ulcers, oncology and screening; Section 13. Operative obstetrics; Section 14. Early pregnancy; Section 15. Oncology; Section 16. Premalignant conditions and postmenopausal ovarian cysts; Section 17. Antenatal complications; Section 18. Preterm labour; Section 19. Paediatric and adolescent gynaecology; Section 20. General gynaecology 2; Section 21. Urogynaecology; Section 22. Social obstetrics, cancer and pregnancy, previous fetal demise; Section 23. Fetal and maternal medicine; Section 24. Miscellaneous conditions; Section 25. Gynaecological surgery; Section 26. Neonatology; Index; Practice examinations on CD-ROM.