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  • Diagnose women who experience pain with sexual intercourse.

  • Treat chronic vulvar pain without a clear, identifiable cause.

  • Screen patients for sexually transmitted infections using recommended guidelines.

  • Determine the appropriate use of expedited partner therapy for sex partners of patients with sexually transmitted infections.

  • Determine the most appropriate nonpharmacologic first-line therapies for urge and stress incontinence.

  • Recognize potential adverse effects of anticholinergic drugs on cognitive function when treating urge incontinence in older adults.

  • Monitor the effects of interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome therapies with recommended symptom scales.

  • Interpret initial and interval retinal examinations to prevent pigmented maculopathy when treating patients who have interstitial cystitis with pentosan polysulfate sodium.

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