PROLOG: Patient Management in Office

This unit is designed to help you manage symptoms of specific gynecologic, obstetric, and other medical conditions seen in office practice and apply epidemiologic principles to the health care of women. The obstetrician-gynecologist who completes Patient Management in the Office, Sixth Edition, will be able to: * Identify epidemiologic factors that contribute to women's health problems encountered in office practice and determine appropriate screening approaches to identify health issues in women * Correlate presenting signs and symptoms with appropriate diagnostic tools in making diagnoses of a variety of women's health care needs encountered in an office practice * Describe appropriate traditional and alternative management strategies for select conditions encountered in an office practice * Counsel patients about the impact of health and illness throughout their lives and about the risks and benefits of treatment * Apply professional medical ethics to the practice of obstetrics and gynecology * Incorporate appropriate legal, risk management, and office management guidelines and techniques in clinical practice