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UKOM SpOG study plan

UKOM SpOG · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 6 hours per week

Week 1

Gynecologic Oncology

  • Map the WHO and FIGO classification of ovarian, endometrial, cervical, vulvar and trophoblastic tumours, and state the stage-defining features of each from memory

  • Derive the risk stratification and first-line surgical approach for early-stage endometrial cancer, including when lymph node assessment changes management

  • Summarize epithelial ovarian cancer workup: CA-125, ROMA, imaging criteria, and the indications for primary debulking versus neoadjuvant chemotherapy

  • Outline gestational trophoblastic disease follow-up schedules with hCG thresholds that trigger chemotherapy

Your checkpoint

A one-page staging and management summary card per tumour site (five cards), self-quizzed to 90% recall

Week 2

Gynecologic Oncology & Obstetric Complications and High-Risk Pregnancy

  • Apply FIGO 2018 cervical cancer staging and select treatment by stage, including fertility-sparing options for early disease

  • Interpret cervical screening and colposcopy findings, and state when conization is both diagnostic and therapeutic

  • Compare pre-eclampsia, eclampsia, HELLP and chronic hypertension by diagnostic criteria and initial management steps

  • Justify aspirin prophylaxis, calcium and monitoring schedules for women at high pre-eclampsia risk

Your checkpoint

Twenty vignette-style questions on gynaecologic oncology and hypertensive disorders, with written rationales for each answer

Week 3

Obstetric Complications and High-Risk Pregnancy

  • Differentiate placenta praevia, placenta accreta spectrum and vasa praevia by ultrasound findings and delivery timing

  • Sequence management of preterm prelabour rupture of membranes and preterm labour, including steroid, magnesium and antibiotic decisions

  • Classify gestational diabetes by screening strategy and set glycaemic targets and escalation thresholds

  • Recognize red flags of intrahepatic cholestasis, sepsis and cardiac disease in pregnancy and state the immediate actions

Your checkpoint

A decision-tree flowchart covering three high-risk antenatal scenarios (bleeding, preterm labour, medical comorbidity), reviewed against national guidance

Week 4

Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Fetal Assessment & Obstetrics: Antenatal Care and Normal Pregnancy

  • Interpret cardiotocography using a structured system and classify traces as normal, suspicious or pathological

  • Explain the rationale and limits of umbilical artery Doppler, middle cerebral artery Doppler and biophysical profile in fetal growth restriction

  • Build the routine antenatal schedule: booking tests, anomaly scan timing, screening windows and vaccination advice

  • Counsel on common minor ailments of pregnancy and safe pharmacologic options for each

Your checkpoint

A timed 40-question mixed mock on domains 1 and 9, scored with an error log listing the reason for each miss

Week 5

Intrapartum Care, Labor, and Delivery & Emergency Obstetrics and Critical Care

  • Construct a partogram-based plan for slow labour progress and state the criteria for operative vaginal delivery

  • Sequence management of postpartum haemorrhage by cause, including uterotonic choice and escalation to balloon or surgery

  • Manage shoulder dystocia and cord prolapse with named manoeuvres in the correct order

  • Outline maternal resuscitation priorities in sepsis, amniotic fluid embolism and major trauma in pregnancy

Your checkpoint

Two timed written station answers (postpartum haemorrhage and shoulder dystocia) marked against a self-built checklist of required actions

Week 6

Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility & Gynecologic Infectious Disease and Family Planning

  • Work through WHO criteria for polycystic ovary syndrome and its metabolic and endometrial consequences

  • Plan infertility investigation by duration, age and cycle regularity, and state indications for IVF referral

  • Interpret early pregnancy hCG trends and ultrasound findings to distinguish viable, non-viable and ectopic pregnancy

  • Select contraception by medical eligibility criteria, including postpartum and perimenopausal considerations

Your checkpoint

A comparison table of contraceptive methods with absolute and relative contraindications, plus ten clinical scenarios matched to a method

Week 7

Urogynecology and Pelvic Floor Medicine & Postpartum Care and Puerperal Complications

  • Classify urinary incontinence and prolapse by examination and urodynamic findings, and select conservative versus surgical management

  • Explain pelvic floor muscle training regimens, pessary fitting and the counselling points before mesh surgery

  • Manage the puerperal complications: endometritis, wound infection, mastitis, thromboembolism and secondary postpartum haemorrhage

  • Screen for and manage perinatal mental illness, including when to use pharmacotherapy while breastfeeding

Your checkpoint

A one-page prolapse and incontinence decision aid plus a postpartum complication checklist, both checked against national guidance

Week 8

Gynecologic Oncology & Obstetric Complications and High-Risk Pregnancy & Intrapartum Care, Labor, and Delivery & Emergency Obstetrics and Critical Care

  • Re-test every domain with a full-length timed mock under exam conditions

  • Convert the error log into a ranked list of weak topics and re-study the top five

  • Rehearse structured verbal answers for oncology and emergency obstetrics stations

  • Consolidate high-yield numbers: staging cut-offs, drug doses, screening intervals and delivery timings

Your checkpoint

Full-length mock completed with a score, a ranked weak-topic list and a one-page high-yield numbers sheet

Milestones

Week 2: Score at least 70% on a self-made 20-question oncology and hypertension set, with every wrong answer explained in writing

Week 4: Complete the timed 40-question mock on domains 1 and 9 within the time limit and show a written error log with a cause for each miss

Week 6: Explain polycystic ovary syndrome, ectopic pregnancy and contraceptive eligibility aloud in under five minutes each without notes

Week 8: Achieve at least 75% on the full-length mock and demonstrate that no domain scores below 60%