Paeds Vivas · adolescent-and-young-adult-medicine
Adolescent pregnancy and parenting — branching viva
Branching viva on pregnancy confirmation, options counselling, antenatal coordination, safeguarding, postpartum contraception and rapid repeat pregnancy prevention.
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RACP General PaediatricsRACP DCEMRCPCH ClinicalRCPSC Pediatrics
Prompt
You are the paediatric registrar in adolescent clinic. The examiner will move from a positive pregnancy test to options, antenatal coordination, a safeguarding disclosure, and postpartum contraception.
Stem
The examiner will test whether you can run a non-judgemental, safeguarding-aware adolescent pregnancy pathway under pressure. [1] [2]
References8ShowHide
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