The Impact of Perceived Gender Bias on Obstetrics and Gynecology Skills Acquisition by Third-Year Medical Students

Academic Medicine

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 326-332

  Emmons, Sandra L ^a   Adams, Karen E ^a   Nichols, Mark ^a   Cain, Joanna ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL STUDENT; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SKILL;

EID: 1842532110     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200404000-00008     Document Type: Article

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