A Randomized Controlled Study of Brief Interventions To Teach Residents about Domestic Violence

A Randomized Controlled Study of Brief Interventions To Teach Residents about Domestic Violence

Medical residents were randomly assigned to either a 20-minute session on the importance of screening for domestic violence or to an unrelated topic. Subsequently, 71 percent of the trained residents diagnosed at least one case of domestic violence compared to 52 percent of residents in the control...

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Veröffentlicht in:Academic Medicine 2000, Vol.75 (1), p.55-57
Hauptverfasser: Coonrod, Dean V, Bay, R. Curtis, Rowley, Beverley D, Del Mar, Nancy B, Gabriele, Laura, Tessman, Terrie D, Chambliss, Linda R
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Clinical Competence
Clinical Diagnosis
Confidence Intervals
Domestic Violence - prevention & control
Emergency Medicine - education
Family Practice - education
Family Violence
Female
Follow-Up Studies
General Surgery - education
Graduate Medical Education
Gynecology - education
Higher Education
Humans
Instructional Effectiveness
Internal Medicine - education
Internship and Residency
Linear Models
Male
Mass Screening
Obstetrics - education
Odds Ratio
Pediatrics - education
Physicians
Single-Blind Method
Teaching Hospitals
Teaching Methods
Violence
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Zusammenfassung:Medical residents were randomly assigned to either a 20-minute session on the importance of screening for domestic violence or to an unrelated topic. Subsequently, 71 percent of the trained residents diagnosed at least one case of domestic violence compared to 52 percent of residents in the control group. Rates of diagnosis also differed by specialty. (DB)
ISSN:1040-2446
DOI:10.1097/00001888-200001000-00014