Dr Robyn Leake; Dr Susan Downes and Dr Olga Ward discuss current women's health issues and practical approaches to managing these in the rural setting.
We also discuss Polycistic Ovary Syndrome and indications for testing for anti-mullerian hormone with Dr Narelle Hadlow from Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, and Carolyn Wall from The Jean Hailes Foundation provides information on this valuable women's health organisation.
The aim of this Rural Doctors Broadcast is to provide rural and remote general practitioners with information on:
Controlling bleeding - especially on Implanon Using Mirenas for bleeding control, contraception and endometrial stabilisation
Current controversies and practical tips in managing menopause symptoms
Current management guidelines on abnormal pap smears - and why there are guidelines and not hard and fast rules
The effect of HPV vaccination on the rate of abnormal pap smears and genital wart infections
The issues affecting the reproductive health of indigenous women, and the challenges of getting appropriate and timely treatment
And a host of other useful incidental comments and side discussions
