Education of medical students in clinical breast examination during surgical clerkship

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 184, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 637-640

  Madan, Atul K ^a   Aliabadi Wahle, Shaghayegh ^b   Babbo, Angela M ^c   Posner, Micheal ^b   Beech, Derrick J ^a   Biffl, Walter ^d   Westbrook, Kent ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Henri Ford Hospital   (United States)

^c RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Clinical breast examination; Medical student education; Silicone breast models; Surgical education

Indexed keywords

SILICONE;

ADULT; BREAST EXAMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAINING;

EID: 0036915809     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(02)01094-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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