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Sexually Transmissible Infections in Clinical Practice - A problem-based approach (Paperback, 2010 ed.)
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Sexually Transmissible Infections in Clinical Practice - A problem-based approach (Paperback, 2010 ed.)
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Patientcareandtraininginthemanagementofsexuallytransmitted
infectionshasinrecentyearsseentremendouschanges.Awider
rangeofpathogenshasbeenidenti?ed,testsstreamlinedwiththe
introduction of newer technologies, evidence-based behavioural
interventionsintroduced,andnewtherapeuticagentsandvaccines
developed.Atthesametimetherehasbeenapushtowidenaccess to sexual
health services and the development of protocol-based
managementwherepatientsareoftenledthroughstandardizedh- tories and
management guided by ?ow charts all performed by
membersofamixedskilledandvariouslyexpertmultidisciplinary
team.Observingthisprocessasanoutsidereitherasastudentor
postgraduate trainee can be quite bewildering and much of the
subtletyguidingmanagementbuiltintotheprocessescanbelost unless one
is working with expert clinicians who understand the
theoryandscienceunderlyingthesestrategiesandareabletoc-
veythistothetrainee. Book Title, Sexually Transmissible Diseases in
Clinical Pr- tice, provides a valuable resource to trainees in
Sexual Health Medicine. It mimics the consultation process and
although not an authoritative textbook on the subject provides the
theoretical underpinningformanagementexplainedinanaccessiblewayvery
much akin to sitting in on expert consultations in both common and
some rarer conditions. It will also help trainees to prepare for
Case Based Assessments (CBD) such as those required for
trainingprogressiontowardsCCTinGenitourinaryMedicineand
guidepreparationfortheclinicalOSCEcomponentoftheDiploma
ExaminationinGenitourinaryMedicine. RajPatel 2009 v Preface
Thisbookisaimedatseveralgroupsofhealth-careprofessionals
whoareinvolvedinthecareofindividualswithoratriskofse-
allytransmissibleinfections. With the relentless increase in the
prevalence of the sexually transmissible infections in
industrialized countries, and greater
patients'expectations,mostspecialistclinicsareunderconsid-
ablepressuretoprovidea?rst-classservice.Onemeansofimpr- ing the
performance of such clinics, particularly in the United Kingdom,
has been to extend the role of the nurse practitioner.
Thishasprovedamostsatisfactorysolutioninmanyclinics.Itis
hopedthatthisbookwillproveusefulintheearlytrainingofthe
nursepractitionerthroughthepresentationofaseriesofcommon
clinicalscenarios. Problem-based learning has become the preferred
teaching method in most universities, and it is hoped that
undergraduate studentswill?ndthematerialpresentedheretobemorethana-
quatetocomplementtheirclinicaltraininginthemanagementof
sexuallytransmittedinfections.
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