dc.contributor.author |
Bhoopatkar, Harsh |
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dc.contributor.author |
Wearn, Andrew |
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dc.contributor.author |
Vnuk, Anna |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2019-03-03T21:08:44Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2017-10 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
0004-8666 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2292/45705 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Teaching and learning female pelvic examination within the undergraduate medical curriculum offers some potential challenges. One such is the extent to which students are provided practice opportunities with patients in the clinical setting.To quantify how many pelvic examinations, on real patients, have been performed by medical students at the point of graduation, and to explore opportunities and barriers to performing these examinations.A retrospective study using a self-completed, anonymous, electronic survey was developed as part of a multi-centre study. Data were collected in the immediate period after graduation from the medical programs at the University of Auckland and Flinders University in 2013. An ordinal set of range categories was used for recording numbers of examinations.The combined response rate for the survey was 42.9% (134/312). The median range category for the number of pelvic examinations performed in patients who were not in labour was 6-9 and in labour was 2-3. Thirty-three percent of medical students had never performed a pelvic examination in labour. Male medical students performed significantly fewer pelvic examinations compared with female students. Self-reported barriers to performing the pelvic exam include: gender of the student, 'gate-keeping' by other health professionals, lack of confidence and patient factors.The majority of medical students have performed several pelvic examinations on real patients at graduation. Male gender and access being limited by midwives were the main barriers to performing female pelvic examinations. Medical curricula need to address these issues in the learning environment. |
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dc.format.medium |
Print-Electronic |
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dc.language |
eng |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
The Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology |
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dc.rights |
Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.subject |
Humans |
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dc.subject |
Retrospective Studies |
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dc.subject |
Self Efficacy |
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dc.subject |
Physician-Patient Relations |
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dc.subject |
Learning |
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dc.subject |
Sex Factors |
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dc.subject |
Pregnancy |
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dc.subject |
Labor, Obstetric |
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dc.subject |
Education, Medical, Undergraduate |
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dc.subject |
Students, Medical |
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dc.subject |
Adult |
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dc.subject |
New Zealand |
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dc.subject |
Female |
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dc.subject |
Male |
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dc.subject |
Young Adult |
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dc.subject |
Patient Preference |
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dc.subject |
Gynecological Examination |
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dc.subject |
Surveys and Questionnaires |
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dc.title |
Medical students' experience of performing female pelvic examinations: Opportunities and barriers. |
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dc.type |
Journal Article |
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dc.identifier.doi |
10.1111/ajo.12634 |
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pubs.issue |
5 |
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pubs.begin-page |
514 |
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pubs.volume |
57 |
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dc.rights.holder |
Copyright: The author |
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dc.identifier.pmid |
28488309 |
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pubs.end-page |
519 |
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pubs.publication-status |
Published |
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dc.rights.accessrights |
http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/RestrictedAccess |
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pubs.subtype |
Multicenter Study |
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pubs.subtype |
Journal Article |
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pubs.elements-id |
625592 |
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pubs.org-id |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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pubs.org-id |
Faculty Administration FMHS |
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pubs.org-id |
Centre for Medical and Health Sciences Education |
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dc.identifier.eissn |
1479-828X |
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pubs.record-created-at-source-date |
2017-05-11 |
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pubs.dimensions-id |
28488309 |
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