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CONTRIBUTORS
■ DANIER A. MOORE, MD obtained her Doctor of Medicine at Howard University College of Medicine in Washington, DC and completed her General Surgery training at Howard University Hospital. She has recently completed her Breast Surgical Oncology Fellowship at ChristianaCare. She hopes to continue incorporating research as part of her care of her patients.
■ JENNIFER SIMS-MOURTADA, PHD is a Senior Clinical Scientist and Director of the Translational Breast Center Research Program at the Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute at ChristianaCare.
■ DIANA DICKSON-WITMER, MD, FACS is the Medical Director of the ChristianaCare Breast Center, and Program Director of the Breast Surgical Oncology Fellowship at ChristianaCare. She is active in clinical research through the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology, and serves on expert panels and task forces for the National Cancer Institute, American Society of Clinical Oncology, and the American College of Surgeons.
■ NICHOLAS PETRELLI, MD, FACS is the Bank of America Endowed Medical Director of Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute at ChristianaCare. He is a previous President of the Society of Surgical Oncology.
Assessment of Resident Confidence and Knowledge of Ambulatory Women’s Health Skills
Lynn A. Byars, MD
Background: The American Board of Internal Medicine requires residency graduates to be competent in essential women’s health skills, such as performing pelvic exams, pap smears, and endocervical cultures. Previous studies have evaluated Internal Medicine (IM) residents and program directors health training. According to Christiana Care’s IM Procedure Log, only 10% of residents are able to perform these skills independently.
Objective(s): This study will assess factors that result in low resident competency and will aim to improve resident education by assessing women’s health procedures before and after participating in a skills-based training.
Methods: Supervising attending physicians will be surveyed for their supervising residents with these skills. IM residents will complete a survey prior to participating in a two-hour, skills-based training program.
Proposed Analyses: Pre- and post- training surveys and knowledge assessments will be compared for immediately following the training program.
Conclusions: The expected improvement women’s health skills after participating in this skills-based training will demonstrate that this program is an effective training tool for IM residents to assist with achieving competency by the end of residency training.
CONTRIBUTOR
■ MARITZAT.HARPER,MDisathird-yearInternal Medicine – Pediatrics Resident at ChristianaCare and Nemours/A.I. duPont Hospital for Children.
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