Impact of a standardized patient intervention to teach breast and abdominal examination skills to third-year medical students at two institutions

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 173, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 320-325

  Sachdeva, Ajit K ^a,b   Wolfson, Philip J ^a   Gabler Blair, Patrice ^a   Gillum, Diane R ^a   Gracely, Edward J ^a   Friedman, Miriam ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST EXAMINATION; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; BREAST; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SURGERY; TEACHING;

EID: 0030929320     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(96)00391-1     Document Type: Article

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