Teaching women's health skills: Confidence, attitudes, and practice patterns of academic generalist physicians

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 411-418

  Dixon, James G ^a,h   Bognar, Bryan A ^b   Keyserling, Thomas C ^c   DuPre, Connie T ^d   Xie, Sharon X ^e   Wickstrom, Glenda C ^f   Kolar, Maria M ^g  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Confidence; Primary care faculty; Residency training; Women's health

Indexed keywords

MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; METRORRHAGIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LEARNING; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; TEACHING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0037963565     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2003.10511.x     Document Type: Article

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