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Physicians and the teaching of breast self-examination: implications from a survey at a university teaching hospital.

Author(s) -

Michael OʼMalley,

Suzanne W. Fletcher,

Larry Bunce

Publication year - 1985

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.75.6.673

Subject(s) - breast self examination , medicine , family medicine , teaching hospital , breast examination , medical education , breast cancer , mammography , cancer

We surveyed 80 physicians from four specialties (Family Medicine, General Medicine, General Surgery, Ob-Gyn) to investigate how they taught breast self-examination (BSE). Only half reported personally teaching BSE. Few MDs reported routinely using techniques to assess BSE competency. Most (72 per cent) claimed no formal training in teaching BSE; 10 per cent claimed no training at all. Techniques used to teach BSE may vary, and physicians may lack the training to teach BSE.

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