Are Medical Students Ready To Provide HIV-Prevention Counseling?.

Cook, Robert L.; Steiner, Beat D.; Smith, Allen C., III; Evans, Arthur T.; Willis, Stephen E.; Petrusa, Emil R.; Harward, Donna H.; Richards, Boyd F.

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ERIC Number: EJ564145

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1998

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Are Medical Students Ready To Provide HIV-Prevention Counseling?

Cook, Robert L.; Steiner, Beat D.; Smith, Allen C., III; Evans, Arthur T.; Willis, Stephen E.; Petrusa, Emil R.; Harward, Donna H.; Richards, Boyd F.

Academic Medicine, v73 n3 p342-46 Mar 1998

A study investigated the ability of 415 medical students at four North Carolina medical schools to ask risk-behavior questions and provide risk-reduction advice when interviewing a standardized patient concerned about human immunovirus (HIV) infection. A majority did not assess several important risk factors, and many would have provided incorrect information related to HIV testing and prevention of infection. (Author/MSE)

Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, At Risk Persons, Counseling Effectiveness, Counselor Performance, Higher Education, Medical Education, Medical Students, Physician Patient Relationship, Prevention, Preventive Medicine, Professional Education, Surveys

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: North Carolina

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