Patient involvement in teaching and assessing intimate examination skills: A systematic review

Medical Education

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 347-357

  Jha, Vikram ^a   Setna, Zeryab ^a   Al Hity, Aws ^b   Quinton, Naomi D ^a   Roberts, Trudie E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PELVIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECTUM; REVIEW; STANDARD; TESTIS;

BREAST; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PELVIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; RECTUM; TESTIS;

EID: 77949877500     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2009.03608.x     Document Type: Review

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