Women's health · History + examination

Painful sex and a vulval swelling

Medium

10 min station · 2 min reading · Recommended for Curtin Year 4 students

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2 min reading · 10 min station · reminders at 2 min

Instructions

You are a medical student on placement in general practice. Your next patient is Joanna Bautista, 27, presenting with pain during sex and a sore swelling near the vaginal opening.

  1. Take a focused history

  2. Perform a focused examination

  3. Outline to the examiner:

    • Your most likely diagnosis and differentials
    • Next steps in management, including relevant investigations
  • You do not need to summarise your findings to the examiner
  • Verbalise your examination; the examiner will give findings on request
  • Do not perform an intimate examination on the patient
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