A test of knowledge about prostate cancer screening: Online pilot evaluation among Southern California physicians

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 310-314

  Bell, Douglas S ^a,c   Hays, Ron D ^a   Hoffman, Jerome R ^b   Day, Frank C ^b   Higa, Jerilyn K ^a   Wilkes, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuing medical education; Knowledge evaluation; Physicians' attitudes and practices; Prostate cancer screening

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CONTINUING EDUCATION; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; ONLINE SYSTEM; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROSTATE CANCER; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33646246994     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00337.x     Document Type: Article

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