PA 535 Women's Health
This course exposes students to common problems encountered in caring for women. Course content includes physiology, pathophysiology, etiology and risk factors, clinical presentation, laboratory and diagnostic work-up, management and prognosis of various obstetric and gynecologic conditions. Topics include but are not limited to: reproductive life extremes, pregnancy, complications of pregnancy, diabetes and hypertension in pregnancy, labor and delivery, high risk obstetrics, post-partum issues, contraception, dysmenorrhea, sexually transmitted diseases, menstrual-endocrine abnormalities, fertility regulation, disorders of pelvic support, and, vulvar/vaginal, cervical, endometrial, ovarian, benign and malignant neoplasia.