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Anxiety and feelings of medical students conducting their first gynecological examination

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Pages 39-44 | Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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Henry Li, Tushar Upreti, Victor Do, Erica Dance, Melanie Lewis, Ryan Jacobson & Aviva Goldberg. (2023) Measuring wellbeing: A scoping review of metrics and studies measuring medical student wellbeing across multiple timepoints. Medical Teacher 0:0, pages 1-20.
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Karin Siwe & Klaas Wijma. (2015) Validation of the Fear of Pelvic Examination Scale (F-PEXS) – measuring students’ fear of performing a pelvic examination. Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology 36:1, pages 23-28.
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Holly Hopkins, Chelsea Weaks, Tim Webster & Melih Elcin. (2021) The association of standardized patient educators (ASPE) gynecological teaching associate (GTA) and male urogenital teaching associate (MUTA) standards of best practice. Advances in Simulation 6:1.
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Talles Dias Orsi, Ana Lucia Ribeiro Valadares, Paula Miranda Esteves Orsi, Isabella Miranda Esteves Orsi & Alexandre Sampaio Moura. (2020) Simulation-based Training for Pelvic and Breast Physical Examination: Effect on the Anxiety and Self-confidence of Medical Students. Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia / RBGO Gynecology and Obstetrics 42:11, pages 739-745.
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Isabella Plumptre, Omar Mulki, Alejandro Granados, Claudine Gayle, Shahla Ahmed, Naomi Low-Beer, Jenny Higham & Fernando Bello. (2017) Standardizing bimanual vaginal examination using cognitive task analysis. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics 139:1, pages 114-119.
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Olov Grankvist, Anders D. Olofsson & Rose-Marie Isaksson. (2014) Can physicians be replaced with gynecological teaching women to train medical students in their first pelvic examination? A pilot study from Northern Sweden. Patient Education and Counseling 96:1, pages 50-54.
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Talat Khadivzadeh & Fatemeh Erfanian. (2012) The Effects of Simulated Patients and Simulated Gynecologic Models on Student Anxiety in Providing IUD Services. Simulation in Healthcare: The Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare 7:5, pages 282-287.
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Karin Siwe, Carina Berterö & Barbro Wijma. (2012) Unexpected enlightening of a “female world”. Male medical students’ experiences of learning and performing the first pelvic examination. Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare 3:3, pages 123-127.
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Matthias Siebeck, Bärbel Schwald, Claudia Frey, Stefanie Röding, Karsten Stegmann & Frank Fischer. (2011) Teaching the rectal examination with simulations: effects on knowledge acquisition and inhibition. Medical Education 45:10, pages 1025-1031.
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Julio Cesar Soares Aragão, Camila Oliveira da Silveira, Milena de Mattos Hungria & Mirella Pereira de Oliveira. (2009) O uso da técnica de role-playing como sensibilização dos alunos de Medicina para o exame ginecológico. Revista Brasileira de Educação Médica 33:1, pages 80-83.
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Rik van Lunsen, Philomeen Weijenborg, Jos Vroege & Wim Meinhardt. 2009. Seksuologie. Seksuologie 317 337 .
Karin Siwe, Barbro Wijma, Charlotte Silén & Carina Berterö. (2007) Performing the first pelvic examination: Female medical students’ transition to examiners. Patient Education and Counseling 69:1-3, pages 55-62.
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Karin Siwe, Klaas Wijma, Martin Stjernquist & Barbro Wijma. (2007) Medical students learning the pelvic examination: Comparison of outcome in terms of skills between a professional patient and a clinical patient model. Patient Education and Counseling 68:3, pages 211-217.
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