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Development of a curriculum and training program in Woman Veterans Health for Internal Medical Residents
- Source :
- Romanian Journal of Internal Medicine, Vol 55, Iss 3, Pp 167-173 (2017)
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Introduction. Internal Medicine residents must develop competency as Primary Care Providers, but a gap exists in their curriculum and training with regard to women’s reproductive health. With increasing need in VA due to new influx of women veterans it poses problems in recruitment of competent physicians trained in Women’s health. Methods. An intensive, one-month women’s reproductive health curriculum with hands on experience for Internal Medicine residents was provided. Curriculum was taught to the residents who rotated at the Women’s Health Clinic for one month. Pre-test and post-test exams were administered. Increase in knowledge of residents in providing gender specific evaluations and management was objectively assessed by changes in post-test scores. Data were analyzed for statistically significant improvement in written tests scores. Results. Total of 47 Internal Medicine residents rotated through Women’s Health Center during the evaluation period. All residents completed both pre-test and post-test exams. The average time to complete the pre-test was 20.5 ± 5.4 min and 19.5 ± 4.8 min for post-test. There was no correlation between the time to complete the pre-test exam and the post-test exam. The total score was significantly improved from 8.5 ± 1.6 to 13.2 ± 1.8 (p < 0.0001). Conclusion. This study shows how to equip physicians in training with information on women’s health that enables them to provide safe and gender appropriate care in primary care settings. This practice will reduce the need for frequent referrals for specialized care and thus provide cost saving for patient and health care on the whole.
- Subjects :
- Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
020205 medical informatics
education
Reproductive medicine
Veterans Health
02 engineering and technology
Primary care
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Internal medicine
Health care
0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
medicine
Internal Medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Evaluation period
Program Development
Curriculum
Reproductive health
business.industry
Internship and Residency
Veterans health
RC31-1245
primary health care
Reproductive Medicine
Education, Medical, Graduate
Family medicine
Women's Health
Female
women
Training program
business
medical education
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 12204749
- Volume :
- 55
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Romanian journal of internal medicine = Revue roumaine de medecine interne
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....517221f17b1f0e2059cc093b1b7b5b44