title: The quality of medical care delivered by lay practitioners in a feminist clinic.
abstract: The completion of essential components of patient encounters by lay paramedics in a feminist clinic was compared to that of nurse practitioners in a student health gynecology clinic using explicit criteria for the gynecological annual examination and the examination for vulvo-vaginitis. According to evidence charted in medical records, the lay paramedics conducted patient encounters as well as the nurse practitioners, with the exception that the lay paramedics consulted more frequently.
mesh_terms: D000488:Allied Health Personnel; D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D009722:Nurse Practitioners; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000592:standards*; D009736:Nursing Process / Q000592:standards*; D011787:Quality of Health Care