Teaching sexual history taking to medical students and examining it: Experience in one medical school and a national survey

Medical Education

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 94-98

  FitzGerald, Mark ^a   Crowley, Tessa ^b   Greenhouse, Peter ^b   Probert, Chris ^b   Horner, Patrick ^b  

^a TAUNTON AND SOMERSET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

*Sex behaviour; Curriculum; Education, medical, undergraduate *methods; Educational measurement standards; England; Medical history taking *methods; Patient simulation

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; EXAMINATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TEACHING; TRAINING;

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ENGLAND; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PATIENT SIMULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0037300392     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2923.2003.01411.x     Document Type: Article

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