Waitakere Hospital Site Map

Gynaecology Clinic (WTK)

How to get there

Gynaecology Clinic at Waitakere is located in the main building on the ground floor. It is in the corridor opposite Medical Day Stay - Patients are in reception 2.

Photo of Corridor

Preparing to attend

Look up the patients before you arrive using clinical portal.

Gynaecology clinics start at 9am or 1pm. Make sure you arrive early, before the clinic starts

Revise ‘How to do a Pelvic Examination’

When you arrive

Introduce yourself to the reception staff, say you are here to sit in with the doctor. Ask where you should wait.

When the doctor arrives, introduce yourself. Say that you have looked up the cases.

What you might be able to do from the logbook

  • Conduct a speculum/bimanual examination/swabs/smear

  • Assessment of clinical conditions eg Heavy Menstrual Bleeding, Incontinence (See Page 8-9)

Other opportunities to look out for

  • Interpret Pelvic USS report

  • Learn how to explain findings eg Adenomyosis, Fibroids