Effectiveness of continuing medical education in increasing colorectal cancer screening knowledge among Vietnamese American physicians

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 568-581

  Nguyen, Bang H ^a,b   Pham, Jane T ^a   Chew, Rilene A ^c   McPhee, Stephen J ^d   Stewart, Susan L ^d   Doan, Hiep T ^a  

^a NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CME; Colorectal cancer screening; Health disparities; Vietnamese Americans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VIET NAM;

ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CALIFORNIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; UNITED STATES; VIETNAM;

EID: 77951211483     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.0.0290     Document Type: Article

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