Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ433078
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Publication Date: 1991
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Using Unannounced Simulated Patients to Evaluate Sexual Risk Assessment and Risk Reduction Skills of Practicing Physicians.
Russell, Nancy K.
Academic Medicine, v66 n9 suppl pS37-39 Sep 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 other studies. (MSE)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Communicable Diseases, Disease Control, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Medical Care Evaluation, Medical Education, Patients, Physicians, Professional Continuing Education, Risk, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Simulation, Standardized Tests
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Audience: Teachers; Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
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