Graduate students' experiences with standardized patients as adjuncts for teaching pelvic examinations

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 429-435

  Theroux, Rosemary ^a   Pearce, Carole ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced health assessment; Nurse practitioner education; Pelvic examinations; Standardized patients

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEER GROUP; PELVIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SELF CONCEPT; SHAME; TEACHING;

ANXIETY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; FACULTY, NURSING; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT SIMULATION; PEER GROUP; PELVIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PILOT PROJECTS; PRECEPTORSHIP; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SELF EFFICACY; SHAME;

EID: 33750618221     PISSN: 10412972     EISSN: 17457599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2006.00158.x     Document Type: Article

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