Sexually transmissible infections in clinical practice: a problem-based approach

Undergraduate medical education has moved away from the former didactic styleof teaching to one of problem-based learning. The specialty of Genitourinary Medicine (GUM) that includes sexually transmissible infections (STIs) lends itself to the latter; self-directed learning. This is particularly important as time allocated to the specialty in most medical curricula is short, and the student cannot possibly cover all the topics with which he/she is expected to befamiliar. Several excellent textbooks on GUM exist, but they mostly follow the traditional format, with emphasis on individual diseases rather than case-scenarios. The books that follow a more syndromic approach do not pose questionsto help the student understand how the material presented can be translated into clinical practice. As specialist clinics become more hard-pressed, family medicine practitioners are thus becoming increasingly involved in the management of STIs and there is without doubt now a need for a book specifically designed for problem solving in STI management. INDICE: Section A: A man requesting a sexual health screen.- A woman requesting a sexual health screen.- A female sex industry worker requesting a sexual health screen.- A gay man requesting a sexual health screen.- A man with urethral discharge (1).- A female contact of a man with presumed non-gonococcal urethritis.- A man with urethral discharge (2).- A female contact of a man withgonorrhoea.- A woman with increased vaginal discharge (1).- A woman with increased vaginal discharge (2).- A woman with pruritus vulvae (1).- A man with anitchy red penis.- A man with scrotal pain.- A woman with abdominal pain (1).-A woman with genital lumps.- A woman with genital ulceration.- A woman with recurrent genital herpes.- A gay man with a genital ulcer.- An African man witha skin rash.- A gay man with anal discharge.- A gay man with fever, a skin rash, and lymphadenopathy. SECTION B.- A young man with persistent urethral symptoms.- A man with severe dysuria.- A man with a painful swollen knee joint.- Awoman with recurrent pruritus vulvae.- A woman with pruritus vulvae (2).- A woman with abdominal pain (2).- Gonococcal and chlamydial infections in a pregnant woman.- A pregnant woman with genital herpes.- A pregnant woman with genital warts.- A gay man with diarrhoea.- A gay man with jaundice.- A pregnant woman who is a contact of a man with infectious syphilis.- An HIV-infected man with anal pain and bleeding.- A young girl with anogenital lumps.- Further Reading.

• ISBN: 978-1-84882-556-7
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 208
• Fecha Publicación: 01/10/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés