Women's health · History + examination

Smelly discharge

Medium

8 min station · 2 min reading · Recommended for Notre Dame Year 3 students

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2 min reading · 8 min station · reminders at 1 min

Instructions

You are a medical student on placement in general practice. Your next patient is Ruby Holcombe, 24, presenting with a smelly vaginal discharge for about a week.

  1. Take a focused history

  2. Examine the patient

  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
  • Any intimate examination is on a model; please verbalise it and findings will be provided on request
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Investigations

Examination

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