Contraception, STI and Sexual Dysfunction
Apply fertility-control, infection and sexual-health knowledge in individualised care.
How to prepare for MRCOG Part 2
Build a complete clinical map, then rehearse diagnosis, test selection and interpretation, management, prognosis and patient-centred safety in current UK practice.
Core concepts
Concept 1
Reversible, irreversible and emergency contraception, STI including HIV, partner care and sexual dysfunction.
Exam cue: Identify the clinical domain and exact task before reviewing the option list.
Concept 2
Use pregnancy risk, exposure, symptoms, tests, contraindications and preference to select prevention or treatment.
Exam cue: Use gestation, urgency, trend, prior treatment and patient preference to rank plausible answers.
Concept 3
Recognise severe infection, pregnancy complication, interacting medicines, coercion and safeguarding risk.
Exam cue: Choose the safest proportionate action for the stated point in care and know when multidisciplinary escalation is required.
Concept 4
Use current UK obstetric and gynaecological guidance while integrating diagnosis, investigations, management and epidemiology.
Risk pitfalls and guardrails
Choosing treatment without pregnancy possibility, partners, confidentiality, adherence and follow-up.
Guardrail: Do not choose a possible diagnosis or later definitive intervention when the question asks for the single best answer at this exact point in care.
Choosing a theoretically possible answer rather than the single best option at this point in the pathway.
Guardrail: Do not choose a possible diagnosis or later definitive intervention when the question asks for the single best answer at this exact point in care.
Inventing a paper-specific or Knowledge Area weighting that RCOG has not published.
Guardrail: Only the 40% SBA and 60% EMQ mark split is official; RCOG publishes no numerical Knowledge Area or paper-specific allocation.
Memory anchors
Contraception, STI and Sexual Dysfunction: scope
Reversible, irreversible and emergency contraception, STI including HIV, partner care and sexual dysfunction.
Contraception, STI and Sexual Dysfunction: clinical reasoning
Use pregnancy risk, exposure, symptoms, tests, contraindications and preference to select prevention or treatment.
Contraception, STI and Sexual Dysfunction: safety boundary
Recognise severe infection, pregnancy complication, interacting medicines, coercion and safeguarding risk.
Contraception, STI and Sexual Dysfunction: common trap
Choosing treatment without pregnancy possibility, partners, confidentiality, adherence and follow-up.
Contraception, STI and Sexual Dysfunction: Part 2 sequence
Define the diagnosis or decision, select and interpret the investigation, compare management options, then check epidemiology, prognosis and patient-centred safety.
Checkpoint rule
Do the check-up only after you can summarize each concept in one sentence and identify one dangerous pitfall from memory.
Knowledge Check (after reading)
Short check-up to confirm understanding of this module.
Check-up Questions
A patient presents 4 days after unprotected intercourse and wants the most effective emergency contraception. She is medically eligible for all options. What should be offered first?
A patient with migraine with aura requests combined hormonal contraception. What is the best advice?
Answer all questions to submit.
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