title: Academy of Medicine-Ministry of Health Clinical Practice Guidelines: assessment and management of infertility at primary healthcare level.
abstract: The Academy of Medicine (AMS) and Ministry of Health (MOH) have developed the clinical practice guidelines on Assessment and Management of Infertility at Primary Healthcare Level to provide doctors and patients in Singapore with evidence-based treatment for infertility. This article reproduces the introduction and executive summary (with recommendations from the guidelines) from the AMS-MOH clinical practice guidelines on Assessment and Management of Infertility at Primary Healthcare Level, for the information of SMJ readers. Chapters and page numbers mentioned in the reproduced extract refer to the full text of the guidelines, which are available from the Ministry of Health website: http://www.moh.gov.sg/content/moh_web/healthprofessionalsportal/doctors/guidelines/cpg_medical/2013/cpgmed_infertility.html. The recommendations should be used with reference to the full text of the guidelines. Following this article are multiple choice questions based on the full text of the guidelines.
authors.affiliation: The O&G Specialist Clinic, #05-06, Thomson Medical Centre, 339 Thomson Road, Singapore 307677. theogclinic@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Seong Feei
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Loh
authors.forename: Rachna
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Agarwal
authors.forename: Jerry K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: Sing Joo
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Chia
authors.forename: Li Wei
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Lean Huat
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Matthew Sie Kuei
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Lau
authors.forename: Sheila Kia Ee
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Loh
authors.forename: Marianne Sybille
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Hendricks
authors.forename: Suresh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nair
authors.forename: Joanne Hui Min
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Quah
authors.forename: Heng Hao
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Cheng Toh
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Yeong
authors.forename: Su Ling
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005260:Female; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007246:Infertility / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D011634:Public Health / Q000592:standards; D012846:Singapore