A community medicine project involving an educational session in sexually transmitted diseases for high school students.
The University of South Dakota School of Medicine requires that students undertake a Community Medicine project of their choice as part of the Family Medicine course in the third year of medical school. One of these projects consisted of a presentation given to a high school class in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on sexually transmitted diseases. The effectiveness of the presentation in increasing the students' knowledge on this subject was measured by a pretest and posttest multiple choice examination. The students' knowledge was clearly increased by the presentation.
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D000293:Adolescent; D003154:Community Medicine / Q000193:education*; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010865:Pilot Projects; D016730:Program Development; D012574:Schools; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013023:South Dakota; D013334:Students