PRIMARY-CARE INTERNAL-MEDICINE TRAINING AND WOMENS HEALTH

In this study, directors of primary care residency programs were sent a questionnaire that asked for information about their program and exa mined their perceptions of program curricula and resident mastery of s even preselected topics in women's health, An elective ambulatory gyne cology experience was offered in 52% of programs, and 35% of programs had all residents experience such a rotation. All seven selected topic s were felt to be important for residents to master, but the prevalenc e of structured teaching experiences and resident mastery for each top ic varied widely, For the majority of programs, domestic violence was not a curricular component. However, 44% of respondents spontaneously commented that they were expanding their curriculum in the area of wom en's health.