Teaching the Evaluation of Female Pelvic Pain: A Hands-On Simulation to Reinforce Exam Skills and Introduce Transvaginal Ultrasound.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Reproductive-age female patients commonly seek evaluation for pelvic pain in a variety of health care settings. Thus, teaching medical students how to effectively evaluate female pelvic pain is a necessary part of medical education. There are limited opportunities, however, to reinforce the needed skills for this common but sensitive presentation that can be anxiety-producing for preclinical students.

Methods

The case involved a 23-year-old female presenting with lower abdominal/pelvic pain. Students performed the necessary history, physical examination, cervical sampling, and transvaginal ultrasound evaluation to make the diagnosis of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) complicated by a tubo-ovarian abscess. The 30-minute simulated patient encounter was followed

SUBMITTER: Pearson J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7830760 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature