Needs and priorities in women's health training: Perspectives from an internal medicine residency program

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 667-672

  Hsieh, Evelyn ^a   Nunez Smith, Marcella ^a   Henrich, Janet B ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; PEDIATRICS; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; STATISTICS; TRAINING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEW ENGLAND; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84881530072     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: 1931843X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2013.4264     Document Type: Article

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