Non-cancerous vulval disease

When you have completed this course, you will be able to:

• assess a woman presenting with a vulval problem by taking a detailed history and examination, carrying out relevant investigations and initiating a management plan
• understand the current terminology of non-neoplastic epithelial vulval disorders
• be able to manage a woman presenting with a vulval pruritus and vulval lumps
• formulate a treatment strategy for a patient presenting with vulvodynia
• understand the multidisciplinary team approach to vulval problems.

Miss Shailaja Anipindi (2024)

Dr Antony Hollingworth FRCOG (2017)

This course is intended to help clinicians gain core knowledge for O&G training and the MRCOG examinations. It can also be used by O&G consultants to refresh their knowledge of the area or for teaching.

The content of this course relates to the following Capabilities in Practice (CiPs) and key skills: 

CiP 1: Clinical skills and patient care
Relevant to all key skills

CiP 6: Developing self & others
Commits to continued learning

CiP 11: Non-emergency gynaecology and early pregnancy
Manages vulval symptoms

Further details about each CiP can be found within the O&G Core Curriculum 2024 Definitive Document, available here.

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Management of vulval skin disorders. Green-top Guideline No. 58. London: RCOG Press; 2011.