Competency information
Details
Perform the analyses to laboratory standard operating on patients with:
- male hypo- and hypergonadism
- female hypo- and hypergonadism
- infertility and/or patients undergoing fertility treatment
- pubertal disorders
- intersex disorders
- gonadal malignancies.
Considerations
- The clinical symptoms, biochemistry and diagnosis of common gonadal pathophysiologies, including:
- erectile dysfunction
- male subfertility
- mnovulation/amenorrhoea
- polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and hirsutism
- the menopause
- gonadal hormone-secreting tumours
- delayed and precocious puberty.
- Differential diagnosis of common gonadal endocrine disorders using dynamic function tests, including:
- gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH) test
- human chorionic gonadotrophin (HCG) stimulation test.
- The role of imaging in the differential diagnosis of gonadal disorders.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 1 | Outcome Perform the range of laboratory techniques used in the workplace to investigate endocrine disorders and diabetes. |
| # 2 | Outcome Undertake clinical and laboratory investigation and management of the following endocrine pathologies: pituitary, thyroid, gonadal and adrenal disorders; endocrine disorders of calcium metabolism and the gastrointestinal tract; and endocrine causes of obesity. |