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Using Unannounced Simulated Patients to Evaluate Sexual Risk Assessment and Risk Reduction Skills of Practicing Physicians.
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Russell, Nancy K. – Academic Medicine, 1991
A study assessed the usefulness of unannounced standardized patients to assess the skills of 284 physicians enrolled in a continuing medical education program in control of sexually transmitted diseases and human immunodeficiency virus. Significant discrepancies were found between physician-reported performance and actual performance, as found in…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Communicable Diseases, Disease Control, Higher Education
Comparing the Transfusion Medicine Content of the NBME's Examinations in 1984-85 and 1989-90.
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Murray, Sara F.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1992
A study investigated the degree to which enhancement of instruction in blood transfusion medicine (TM) in the medical school curriculum is reflected in performance on 1989-90 National Board of Medical Examiners examinations in comparison with 1984-85. Students performed better on TM-related items than on items generally in 1989-90, suggesting more…
Descriptors: Communicable Diseases, Course Content, Disease Control, Higher Education
Improving Medical Residents' Attitudes toward HIV-Infected Persons through Training in an HIV Staging and Triage Clinic.
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Orlander, Jay D.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1994
A study assessed the effectiveness of a weekly outpatient clinic for staging and triage of newly identified human-immunodeficiency-virus (HIV)-infected patients on 21 medical residents' attitudes and knowledge regarding HIV patient care, as compared with 20 control students. Results indicated that the experience positively affected student…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Attitude Change, Change Strategies, Clinics
Entering First-Year Residents' Experiences and Knowledge of Infection Control of Hepatitis B and HIV, at Five University-Affiliated Hospitals.
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Goetz, Angella; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1992
A survey of 149 entering first-year medical residents concerning experiences with and knowledge of infection control investigated occurrence and patterns of accidental needle-sticking and reporting, student immunization for Hepatitis B, and instruction in universal precautions. It is concluded that students are at risk for needle-sticking, but…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Communicable Diseases, Disease Control
Three Medical School Responses to the HIV/AIDS Epidemic and the Effect on Students' Knowledge and Attitudes.
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Anderson, Donna G.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1997
A survey of 1991 and 1994 graduating medical school students at medical schools (N=175) in Colorado, New Mexico and South Dakota found that differences in prevalence of AIDS/HIV cases in those states did not affect schools' training programs but indirectly affected students' knowledge and attitudes, which were related to the numbers of…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Communicable Diseases, Comparative Analysis, Disease Control
Physician Attitudes toward the "Laying on of Hands" during the AIDS Epidemic.
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Linn, Lawrence S.; Kahn, Katherine L. – Academic Medicine, 1989
A study examined the attitudes of 227 faculty and 148 house physicians toward the value of touching patients and their relationship to sociodemographic and job characteristics, previous exposure to and concern about human immunodeficiency virus infections, and attitudes toward glove-wearing. (MSE)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Attitudes, Communicable Diseases, Higher Education