Abdominal and Pelvic Pain Evaluation

Course overview

This course provides a comprehensive approach to the evaluation of abdominal and pelvic pain in adolescents and adults. It emphasizes clinical reasoning, anatomical localization, differential diagnosis, and identification of emergent conditions. Learners will explore gastrointestinal, genitourinary, gynecologic, vascular, and musculoskeletal causes of pain, while integrating history-taking, physical examination, laboratory studies, and imaging findings into structured clinical assessment. The content is presented in detailed passage form to support examination development and test-question creation.