History-taking and preventive medicine skills among primary care physicians: An assessment using standardized patients

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 152-158

  Ramsey, Paul G ^a,b   Curtis, J Randall ^a   Paauw, Douglas S ^a   Carline, Jan D ^a   Wenrich, Marjorie D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT INFORMATION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PATIENT SIMULATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032006701     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(97)00310-0     Document Type: Article

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