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Sexually transmitted infections and child sexual abuse — branching viva
Branching viva on grading an STI as evidence of sexual contact, the trauma-informed forensic evaluation, the evidence window, HIV post-exposure prophylaxis, mandated reporting and multidisciplinary safety planning.
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Prompt
You are the paediatric registrar in the emergency department. The examiner will move from safety and a positive STI result, to interpretation and perinatal routes, the forensic examination, prophylaxis, and a mandated-reporting and safety plan.
Stem
The examiner will test whether you can interpret an STI as graded forensic evidence and run a trauma-informed, safety-first evaluation of suspected child sexual abuse. [1]
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