Rates of skin cancer screening and prevention counseling by US medical residents

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 145, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1131-1136

  Wise, Emily ^a   Singh, Deeptej ^c   Moore, Megan ^d   Hayes, Benjamin ^e   Biello, Katie Brooks ^f   Dickerson, Mary Curry ^g   Ness, Rachel ^h   Geller, Alan ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c SUNY Downstate Medical Center   (United States)

^d KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; SKIN CANCER; SKIN EXAMINATION;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; DERMATOLOGY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350247900     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2009.242     Document Type: Article

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