Contents

1. Acknowledgements
2. Introduction
   1. About Bettercare
   2. Why decentralised learning?
   3. Free Bettercare Online Learning Platform
   4. Learning programmes
   5. Format of the courses
   6. Contributors
   7. Updating the course material
   8. Contact information
   9. Registration
3. 1 Reproductive health
   1. Objectives
   2. Introduction to reproductive health
   3. Routine cancer screening
   4. Overweight and obesity
   5. Smoking
   6. Aging and menopause
   7. Case studies
4. 2 Family planning and infertility
   1. Objectives
   2. Introduction to family planning
   3. Normal conception
   4. Contraception
   5. Combined oral contraceptives
   6. Progestogen-only contraceptives
   7. Injectable contraception
   8. Other contraceptive methods
   9. Health benefits of contraception
   10. Contraceptive choice in specific circumstances
   11. Emergency contraception
   12. Causes of infertility
   13. Management of women with infertility
   14. Case studies
5. 3 Common genital and urinary infections
   1. Objectives
   2. Introduction to genital infections
   3. Vaginal discharge
   4. Genital ulcers
   5. Inguinal swelling
   6. Other sexually transmitted viral infections
   7. Pubic itch
   8. Acute urinary tract infections
   9. Case studies
6. 3a Skills: How to conduct a gynaecological history and examination
   1. Objectives
   2. Taking a gynaecological history
   3. General examination of the patient
   4. Speculum examination
   5. Bimanual examination
   6. Taking a Pap smear
   7. Doing a pregnancy test
7. 4 Vaginal bleeding
   1. Objectives
   2. Normal menstruation
   3. Abnormal vaginal bleeding
   4. Irregular and postcoital bleeding
   5. Postmenopausal bleeding
   6. Amenorrhoea
   7. Dysmenorrhoea
   8. Premenstrual syndrome
   9. Case studies
8. 5 Pain and discomfort in women
   1. Objectives
   2. Introduction to pain and discomfort in women
   3. Pelvic pain
   4. Vulvar pain
   5. Breast pain
   6. Case studies
9. 6 Abuse of women
   1. Objectives
   2. Common forms of abuse
   3. Gender-based violence
   4. Intimate-partner violence
   5. Sexual assault
   6. Case studies