Improving students' sexual history inquiry and HIV counseling with an interactive workshop using standardized patients

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 5 PART 2, 2004, Pages 549-553

  Haist, Steven A ^a,d   Griffith III, Charles H ^a   Hoellein, Andrew R ^a   Talente, Gregg ^b   Montgomery, Thomas ^c   Wilson, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV counseling; Interviewing; Sexual history; Standardized patients; Teaching

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; COUNSELING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARDIZATION; TEACHING;

EID: 2442493143     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2004.30204.x     Document Type: Article

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