Genitalia

• Identify and explain positions other than the lithotomy in which a pelvic examination can be performed.
• Why are women at a higher risk of UTI than males?
• What would you educate to decrease the risk of UTI?
• Summarize the pros and cons of newborn circumcision.
• Describe the following signs on a female examination:
  • Goodell
  • Hegar’s
  • McDonald’s
  • Chadwick
• Name the characteristics of the following type of hernias:
  • Indirect inguinal
  • Direct inguinal
  • Femoral

Submission Instructions:

• Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in proper current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources. Your initial post is worth 8 points.
• You should respond to at least two of your peers by extending, refuting/correcting, or adding additional nuance to their posts. Your reply posts are worth 2 points (1 point per response.) 
• All replies must be constructive and use literature where possible.

Purpose:  To experience using a government clinical trial website.  To learn to read various research reports.  To become aware of various government programs, systems, and institutions, that are happening and to gain experience on how to access information that may be helpful to you as a healthcare professional.

1. Go to this site: https://clinicaltrials.gov/
2. Click the heading: Find a study
3. There are tutorials at the bottom of this same menu      to help you learn how to search in this site if needed.
4. Select ‘See Studies on Map’ [the topic is your      choice]
5. Select the USA
6. Select IL — IT MUST BE AN ILLINOIS STUDY
7. In the filter menu on the lower-left select:
8. Studies: Completed
9. Sex: All
10. Study type: All
11. Study Results: With Results
12. Study Phase: Do not select any
13. Funder type: [your choice or leave blank]
14. Click: Apply

Hint: If you leave funding blank there will be a bigger list to choose from. 

Answer the following questions in order of sequence.

1. Title?
2. What conditions were involved or required to      participate in the study?
3. Give a description of the study found in the Tabular      view- [Purpose, who, what, when, where, & why etc…] 
4. What Intervention[s] were involved?
5. What specific drug[s] were involved?  [*If      there are none…pick another study.]
6. Give a brief summary of the results of the study.
7. Discuss what did you learn from this activity and the website?
8. Explain how you can see using this website as an HCP