📘 Step 1. Curriculum Coverage

💊 Pharmacology

• Describe relevant pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic principles of gonadal hormones and their analogues/antagonists.
• Classify estrogens.
• Explain their mechanism, organ-system effects, uses, adverse effects and contraindications.
• Describe Premarin as specified in the curriculum.
• Classify progestins.
• Explain their mechanism, organ-system effects, uses, adverse effects and contraindications.
• Classify oral contraceptives.
• Explain the mechanism, effects, uses, adverse effects and contraindications of oral contraceptive pills.
• Describe mini-pills and their advantages and disadvantages.
• Describe post-coital contraception.
• Describe parenteral medroxyprogesterone and implantable Norplant contraception.

🌍 Community Medicine

• Define family planning.
• Discuss methods of family planning.
• Discuss contraceptive prevalence rate and factors responsible for low CPR.

🤰 Obstetrics & Gynaecology

• Define menopause.
• Describe physiological and non-physiological menopause.
• Explain its clinical effects.
• Assess menopausal women using modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors.
• Explain management of menopause.
• Describe types, adverse effects and relative and absolute contraindications of HRT.
• Define contraception.
• Classify contraceptive methods.
• Explain mechanisms, efficacy and failure rates.
• Explain risks and benefits of different methods.
• Discuss complications of contraceptive methods.

🏥 Family Medicine

• Explain clinical features and primary-care management of menopausal symptoms and complications.
• Explain types, merits and demerits of contraceptive methods.
• Describe complications associated with oral and injectable contraception.