title: Women's health issues and residents' knowledge.
abstract: The American Board of Internal Medicine has stated that women's health and gender-based medicine should be included in internal medicine residency curricula. We surveyed resident perceptions of curricular adequacy in domestic violence and coronary artery disease compared to actual knowledge using a 17-item Likert survey and a knowledge-based questionnaire (n = 86). Ninety-one percent of the residents rated inadequacies in the women's health curriculum. Of residents who rated the domestic violence curriculum as adequate, 26% were unable to describe two factors in detection, triage, and treatment of these patients. Of residents who rated the cardiac disease curriculum adequate, 26% were unable to describe two gender differences in risk factors, presentation, and prognosis of coronary disease. A gap exists between perceptions of residency curricular adequacy and actual knowledge in domestic violence and coronary disease in women.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kentucky, College of Medicine, USA. hgpurs0@uky.edu
authors.forename: Holly G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Pursley
authors.forename: Deborah S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Kwolek
authors.forename: Charles H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Griffith
authors.forename: John F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease; D003479:Curriculum; D003625:Data Collection; D017579:Domestic Violence; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000193:education*; D007396:Internship and Residency; D007629:Kentucky; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D016387:Women's Health