Audit and exploration of graduating medical students' opportunities to perform digital rectal examinations as part of their learning
Bhoopatkar, Harsh, Wearn, Andy, and Vnuk, Anna (2019) Audit and exploration of graduating medical students' opportunities to perform digital rectal examinations as part of their learning. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 89 (5). pp. 617-618.
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DOI: 10.1111/ans.15236
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[Extract] Dear Editor, There appears to be a trend indicating a decrease in the number of digital rectal examinations (DREs) performed by medical students over the last few decades.1, 2 Reasons why opportunities to practise have fallen include ethical concerns3 and deterrents such as being told not to by medical staff, embarrassment, refusal by patients and lack of a chaperone
| Item ID: | 75259 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Commentary) |
| ISSN: | 1445-2197 |
| Copyright Information: | © 2019 Royal Australasian College of Surgeons |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Jul 2022 00:54 |
| FoR Codes: | 32 BIOMEDICAL AND CLINICAL SCIENCES > 3202 Clinical sciences > 320226 Surgery @ 40% 39 EDUCATION > 3903 Education systems > 390303 Higher education @ 40% 42 HEALTH SCIENCES > 4299 Other health sciences > 429999 Other health sciences not elsewhere classified @ 20% |
| SEO Codes: | 16 EDUCATION AND TRAINING > 1601 Learner and learning > 160102 Higher education @ 40% 20 HEALTH > 2001 Clinical health > 200199 Clinical health not elsewhere classified @ 40% 20 HEALTH > 2001 Clinical health > 200101 Diagnosis of human diseases and conditions @ 20% |
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