Main description:

Titles in the Pocket Tutor series give practical guidance on subjects that medical students and foundation doctors need help with 'on the go', at a highly-affordable price that puts them within reach of those rotating through modular courses or working on attachment.

Topics reflect information needs stemming from today's integrated undergraduate and foundation courses:

Common presentations
Investigation options (e.g. ECG, imaging)
Clinical and patient-orientated skills (e.g. examinations, history-taking)

The highly-structured, bite-size content helps novices combat the 'fear factor' associated with day-to-day clinical training and provides a detailed resource that students and junior doctors can carry in their pocket.

Key points

Logical, building-block approach to content: initial chapters outline the basic approach to gynaecological history and examination, and essential pelvic anatomy
Subsequent chapters describe physiology and pathology of women at all stages of life from puberty, to reproductive age, to menopause; and associated disorders such as congenital disorders, menstrual disorders, genital diseases, and pelvic organ prolapse
Concludes with chapter on gynaecological oncology
Disorders are accompanied by medical images, examination photos and practical artworks
Focuses on the conditions medical students and junior doctors are most likely to see

Contents:

Chapter 1 First principles
Chapter 2 Clinical essentials
Chapter 3 Puberty and congenital disorders
Chapter 4 Disorders of the menstrual cycle
Chapter 5 Genital diseases
Chapter 6 Reproduction
Chapter 7 Menopause
Chapter 8 Pelvic organ prolapse and urinary dysfunction
Chapter 9 Principles of gynaecological oncology