SBAs for the Part 2 MRCOG Generic

Specialist Training & Education Programme

July 2014

6 7

Advanced Training Modules

3 4 5

Intermediate Training

PART 1 MRCOG PART 3 MRCOG

PART 2 MRCOG

CCT

Specialist Register Independent Practice1 2

Basic Training

ARCP

Core Log Book

Subspecialty

2-3yrWomen’s Health

Module

1 2

Full registration

Foundation

MRCOG Part 2 course

Part 2 MRCOG

Paper 1 50 SBAs + 50 EMQs

Paper 2 50 SBAs + 50 EMQs

SINGLE BEST ANSWER QUESTIONS (SBAs)

Author Mr S J Duthie

Theme Basic clinical skills (module 1)

Domain Adverse drug reactions 1

ITEM 2 You have prescribed and administered a relatively new drug for the induction of labour to a pregnant woman at 41 weeks gestation. There is an unexpected clinical reaction and you complete a “drug alert” form. Which one of the following is tasked with the collection and investigation of information related to adverse reactions associated with the use of medicines in humans?

Options A Association of British Pharmaceutical Industries B Commission on Human Medicines C General Medical Council D National Institute of Clinical Excellence E Royal Courts of Justice

ANSWER B Commission on Human Medicines

SINGLE BEST ANSWER QUESTIONS (SBAs)

Author Mr S J Duthie

Theme IT CG & R Stats 2

Domain Data protection 1

ITEM 3 The Data Protection Act 1998 in the United Kingdom is an Act of Parliament which defines personal data of the living as which one of the following?

Options

A Anonymous record of residences B Any information that can lead to identification C Average bank balance (credit or deficit) D Family history E Medical records in primary care only

ANSWER B Any information that can lead to identification

SINGLE BEST ANSWER QUESTIONS (SBAs)

Author Mr S J Duthie

Theme Management of labour

Domain Oxytocin 1

ITEM 4 In a healthy pregnant woman, the activity of oxytocin is antagonised by which one of the following?

Options

A Anti-diuretic hormone B Cervical oxytocinase C Circulating oxytocinase D Endometrial prostaglandin E2 E Subcutaneous lipase

ANSWER C Circulating oxytocinase

SINGLE BEST ANSWER QUESTIONS (SBAs)

Author Mr S J Duthie

Theme Maternal medicine

Domain Premalignant disease of the cervix 1

ITEM 7 Women are advised to undergo cervical smears as a screening test for premalignant disease of the cervix. The exfoliated cells in the smear can be tested in different ways. Which one of the following has the highest sensitivity for the detection of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia?

Options

A Chlamydia trachomatis elementary body test B Cytology C FISH test D Gram stain E Hybrid capture for HPV

ANSWER E Hybrid capture for HPV

ITEM 6

A healthy 40 year old woman has been referred by her General Practitioner as she could feel a “lump inside”. You see her in clinic and carry out a speculum examination. The woman indicates that the lump is in the cervix. You inspect the cervix and note the presence of a firm whitish cyst on the anterior lip which is approximately 5 mm in diameter with a small vessel stretched across its surface. The cyst is not bleeding and is not ulcerated. The cyst is most likely to be which one of the following?

Options

A Bartholin’s cyst B Cervical wart C Cyst of the duct of Gartner D Nabothian cyst E Skene’s gland

ANSWER

D Nabothian cyst

ITEM 2

A large scale study on a new screening system for Down syndrome affecting pregnancy was carried out and the data were analysed. Possible optimal models were studied by drawing a receiver operating characteristic curve. In a receiver operating characteristic curve which of the following is plotted on the y axis?

Options

A Cost per case B False positive rate C Likelihood ratio D Sensitivity E Specificity

ANSWER

D Sensitivity

THE END

Thank you very much.

and best wishes for the exam.