The clinical breast exam: A skill that should not be abandoned

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 719-722

  Bryan, Teresa ^a   Snyder, Erin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical breast exam; Medical education; Simulation; Women's health

Indexed keywords

BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIMULATION; SKILL; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; ONCOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; STANDARD; TEACHING; UNITED STATES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; PATIENT SIMULATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84891404449     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-013-2373-9     Document Type: Review

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