Women's Health (WH) in Primary Care

As part of the Women's Health and Men's Health (WHMH) module, all students have a 2 Women's Health in Primary Care campus-based workshops, delivered by GPs experienced in managing Women's Health problems. 

Teaching takes place in groups of 60 students, and there are 12 workshops throughout the year. The workshops include clerking of simulated patients, role plays amongst students, videos and quizzess, as well as feedback and discussion. 

Aims
  • To understand the role of community-based services in women's health care
  • To gain understanding of the common women's health problems in the community, how they present and how they are managed
  • To practise gynaecological history taking
  • To practise obstetric history taking 
  • To practise breast and pelvic examinations

Learning objectives:
  • To understand the role of community-based services in women's health care
  • To gain understanding of what are the common women's health problems in the community, how they present and how they are managed
  • To practise gynaecological history taking
  • To practise obstetric history taking
  • To practise breast and pelvic examinations 
  • To receive feedback on your performance
Attendance

Please note that attendance of all community-based teaching is compulsory and will be monitored as part of your firm assessment. 

if for any genuine reason you are unable to attend, it is essential that you email pcphmeded@ucl.ac.uk as soon as possible, and complete the Absence Report and Leave Request Form.

Any queries

If you have any general questions about your Women's Health in Primary Care workshops, please contact pcphmeded@ucl.ac.uk

For further information students should refer to the following:

Teaching content

Examples of topics taught include gynaecological and obstetric history taking, pelvic examination, breast examination and common problems in gynaecology. All resources and teaching materials are provided.

Discussion and feedback

Working with students allows you to develop an opinion on their skills, knowledge and attitude, and enables you to give them useful information about their performance. Discussing different cases and students' performance, as well as giving them constructive feedback helps students reflect, develop and improve.

Any queries

If you have any general questions about your Women's Health in Primary Care workshops, please contact pcphmeded@ucl.ac.uk

WH contacts

Dr Cini Bhanu
Academic Lead

pcphmeded@ucl.ac.uk
Ms Jingyu Pan (Course Administrator)