Curricular Approaches to Transgender Health in Physician Assistant Education
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Sexual health education in U.S. physician assistant programs.
INTRODUCTION Since the 1950s, sexual health education in medical schools has been evaluated and reported upon, but there has never been an assessment published about sexual health curricula in U.S. physician assistant (PA) programs. AIM The aim of this study was to gain better understanding of how PA programs cover sexual health topics. METHODS Between January and March 2014, 181 accredited...
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عنوان ژورنال: Academic Medicine
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1040-2446
DOI: 10.1097/acm.0000000000003464