STEP 2 CK Content Outline
Gynecologic Disorders
Health and Health Maintenance
- Postmenarchal/reproductive
- Peri/postmenopausal
Mechanisms of Disease
- Infections (eg, vulvovaginitis; pelvic
inflammatory disease; toxic shock; sexually transmitted
disease;
endometritis; urethritis; Bartholin gland
abscess; abscess of the breast; mastitis)
- Urinary
incontinence and obstruction
- Menstrual and endocrinologic
disorders; infertility
Diagnosis
- Pelvic
relaxation and urinary incontinence (eg, urinary
tract infection;
uterovaginal prolapse; cystocele,
rectocele, urethrocele)
- Neoplasms (eg, cervical
dysplasia, cancer; leiomyomata uteri; endometrial
cancer; ovarian neoplasms;
neoplastic disorders of the breast; vulvar neoplasms)
- Benign conditions of the
breast
- Menstrual and endocrinologic disorders (eg,
amenorrhea [including undiagnosed pregnancy]; abnormal
uterine bleeding; dysmenorrhea; menopausal, postmenopausal
disorders [osteoporosis]; premenstrual syndrome;
hirsutism, virilization; ovarian disorders
[ovarian failure, polycystic ovarian syndrome])
- Sexual abuse and rape
Principles of Management
(With emphasis on topics covered in Diagnosis)
- Pharmacotherapy
only
- Management decision (treatment/diagnosis
steps)
- Treatment only