Trial reportJournal of general internal medicine2004
Competency-based learning: the impact of targeted resident education and feedback on Pap smear adequacy rates.
Trial report in Journal of general internal medicine, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 51 citations in OpenAlex.
- Training International Medical Graduate Internal Medicine Residents in Pelvic Examinations and Pap Smears.Journal of general internal medicine · 2025Article
- A Scoping Review of Obstetrics and Gynecology Curricula in Primary Care Residency Programs.Journal of general internal medicine · 2025Article
- Knowledge, Practice, and Skills in Cytology-Based Cervical Cancer Screening: Impact Assessment of Training Workshop for the Pathologists.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2022Article
- Is feedback to medical learners associated with characteristics of improved patient care?Perspectives on medical education · 2017Review
- Resident Competency in Pelvic Exam Skills Not Predicted by Early Assessment.PRiMER (Leawood, Kan.) · 2017Article
- Teaching Internal Medicine Residents to Perform Breast and Pelvic Exams: A Simulation Curriculum Module.MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources · 2016Article
- Needs and priorities in women's health training: perspectives from an internal medicine residency program.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2013Article
- Changing habits of practice. Transforming internal medicine residency education in ambulatory settings.Journal of general internal medicine · 2005Review
- An emerging renaissance in medical education.Journal of general internal medicine · 2004Article
- "May we live in interesting times"--Society of General Internal Medicine clinician-educators respond to new challenges in graduate medical education.Journal of general internal medicine · 2004Article
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Abstract
Little is known about assessing or improving competency in Papanicolau (Pap) smear sampling among internal medicine residents. We hypothesized that a 3-part targeted resident physician educational program (educational presentation by a knowledgeable instructor, skills workshop, and peer comparison feedback) would be effective in increasing the quality of Pap smears obtained by internal medicine residents. We conducted a randomized, pre-post comparison study over a 16-month period to assess the effect of our educational intervention. We found no difference in baseline adequacy rates. Residents who received the intervention were twice as likely to obtain an adequate Pap smear. Our results suggest that a brief multifaceted intervention designed to improve the frequency with which internal medicine residents obtain endocervical cells while performing Pap smears is effective.
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