Breast Lumps course for GPs
This session concentrates on the assessment and management of women who present with breast lumps in primary care.
This session was reviewed by Khyati Bakhai and last updated in September 2020.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this session you will be able to:
- Demonstrate a reasoned approach to the diagnosis of breast lumps in a manner that is comfortable for both the patient and the GP using history, examination, incremental investigations, and refer appropriately
- Intervene urgently with suspected malignancy and have a low threshold for the referral of breast lumps
- Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of risk factors in the diagnosis and management of women’s problems
- Outline screening strategies relevant to women and discuss their advantages/disadvantages
- Describe the issues relating to the use of chaperones
Breast lumps are a common presentation in general practice where one in four women is referred to a breast clinic at some time during her life.
Mary qualified in 1988 and is a GP, trainer and course organiser in Haverhill, Suffolk. She is also an MRCGP examiner and casewriter. She writes extensively for educational journals such as Update, Practice Nurse and GP, and has written and edited general practice textbooks in addition to several novels.
Her main interests in medicine are paediatrics, child protection and expedition medicine. Mary is also involved in GP politics.
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