title: Mental and physical effects of being a gynecologic teaching associate.
abstract: Over 90% of medical schools in the United States and Canada use gynecologic teaching associate (GTA) programs to instruct medical students in breast and pelvic examinations. Concerns about possible deleterious emotional, psychosocial or physical effects of such teaching activities upon the GTAs were evaluated. No sustained deleterious mental or physical effects of working as a GTA were found, supporting the continued use of the GTA instructional methodology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago 60612.
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Beckmann
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Meyers
mesh_terms: D005180:Faculty, Medical; D005260:Female; D006176:Gynecology / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D011584:Psychology; D013663:Teaching