Primary care program directors' perceptions of women's health education: A gap in graduate medical education persists

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 549-556

  Spencer, Abby L ^a   Kern, Lisa M ^b  

^a ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH CONTROL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PERCEPTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; UNITED STATES; VAGINITIS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN EXECUTIVES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 43049123165     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2007.0473     Document Type: Article

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