Novak's Gynecology

Principles of practice: initial assessment and communication; principles of patient care; quality assessment and improvement; epidemology for the gynaecologist. Basic science: anatomy and embryology; molecular biology and genetics; reproductive physiology. Preventative care and screening: preventive health care and screening; primary medical care; family planning; sexuality and sexual function; common psychiatric problems. General gynaecology: benign diseases of the female reproductive tract; symptoms and signs; pelvic pain and dysmenorrhea; genitourinary infections and sexually transmitted diseases; intraepithelial disease of the cervix, vagina and vulva; early pregnancy loss and ectopic pregnancy; benign breast disease; preoperative evaluation and postoperative management; incontinence, prolapse and disorders of the pelvic floor; gynaecologic endoscopy; hysterectomy. Reproductive gynecology: puberty; amenhorrea; endocrine disorders; endometriosis; infertility; recurrent spontaneous early pregnancy loss; menopause. Oncology: general principles of cancer therapy; uterine cancer; cervical and vaginal cancer; ovarian cancer; vulvar cancer; gestational trophoblastic disease; breast cancer; palliative care and pain management.