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