1. Development of skill and confidence in soliciting an accurate sexual history 2. Improvement of physical examination skills are key to diagnosis as well as proper sample collection technique 3. Cultivation of treatment decision-making tools based on history and physical examination when One of the most valuable elements of the fourth-year medical school curriculum is [...]
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Many studies to date have demonstrated that physicians may benefit from further instruction on both the importance and guidelines of cancer screening. Furthermore, it has been suggested that efforts to deliver additional training during medical school and residency may establish practicing patterns that continue throughout the physician’s career. Before development of these educational efforts, baseline [...]
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There were 190 (response rate 77.6%) physicians-in-training who participated in the study. Demographic data for physicians-in-training are displayed in Table 2. Figure 2 and 3 demonstrate method A and method В for incidence and mortality for each training group. The numeric values are demonstrated in Tables 3 and 4. Figure 2 displays the extremely low [...]
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INTRODUCTION Annually, over 500,000 Americans are expected to succumb to cancer, making malignancy the second most frequent cause of death in this country. As more evidence emerges on the impact of early cancer detection, the attention of clinicians is being increasingly drawn to cancer screening. Medical and surgical efforts at achieving “cure” are often dependent [...]
