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Breast Cancer
Use of standardized patients improves CBEs for U.S. military women
March 10th, 2005
A continuing education method, involving use of a "standardized patient", significantly improved military healthcare providers' scores on clinical breast examination. E.A. Coleman and colleagues, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, College of Nursing, said, "There is a need to improve the quality of clinical breast examination (CBE) and breast cancer screening for women. The purpose of this study was to determine whether instructions from a standardized patient to military healthcare providers would increase the quality of CBE and breast cancer screening for military women." "The study used a 2-group pretest and post-test experimental design...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-03-10)
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