Competency information
Details
Review case notes to link the cause of potential male subfertility with potential and suggested treatment plans and produce an interpretive report of the investigations.
Considerations
- Confidentiality and the limits of the concept of confidentiality The cause and diagnosis of male subfertility.
- Why referral for assisted conception is not the automatic pathway for patients and attempts to manage / alleviate the cause of male infertility which are not assisted conception may be most appropriate.
- Lifestyle guidance which can be provided to the male and behavior/exposures which may affect sperm function or improve treatment outcome.
- Surgical treatment options including surgical sperm retrieval and varicocele repair.
- Psychosexual counseling options for patient with Erectile Dysfunction.
- Other non-licenced treatment options including but not limited to pharmaceutical options for control or limitation of conditions, for example retrograde ejaculation.
- The risks and limitations of all options.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 1 | Outcome Review a series of case notes to link the cause of potential male subfertility and infertility with the suggested treatment plan and produce an interpretive report of the investigations. |
| # 3 | Outcome Review a series of case notes and recommend a patient’s pathway, including treatment options based upon clinical presentation. |
| # 4 | Outcome Identify patients who, based on clinical parameters, require a referral to the department of sexual medicine or urology, Intervention for retrograde ejaculation (RE); Intra-Uterine Insemination (IUI) vitro fertilisation (IVF) or intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). |