Literature DB >> 10733633

Impact of skin cancer education on general practitioners' diagnostic skills.

A J Bedlow1, S Cliff, J Melia, S M Moss, R Seyan, C C Harland.   

Abstract

Seventeen general practitioners (GPs) were evaluated to assess their ability to recognize malignant, borderline and benign skin lesions before and after a novel, cheap and quick skin cancer educational programme. They were tested without prior warning on two occasions using two sets of 30 clinical slides. Between each test the GPs were given a lecture based on an illustrated booklet of similar lesions. The results showed an improvement in the GPs' diagnostic skills (P < 0.05), but nevertheless a wide variation in diagnostic ability between GPs remained. Our study highlights a simple, effective and inexpensive method for teaching GPs the diagnostic clinical features of skin cancer. Further work is needed to improve their diagnostic accuracy in the long term.

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Year:  2000        PMID： 10733633     DOI： 10.1046/j.1365-2230.2000.00590.x

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Clin Exp Dermatol        ISSN： 0307-6938            Impact factor:   3.470


  8 in total

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Authors:  Gemma Mansell; Mark Shapley; Joanne L Jordan; Kelvin Jordan
Journal:  Br J Gen Pract       Date:  2011-12       Impact factor: 5.386

Review 2.  Skin cancer education for primary care physicians: a systematic review of published evaluated interventions.

Authors:  Jacqueline M Goulart; Elizabeth A Quigley; Stephen Dusza; Sarah T Jewell; Gwen Alexander; Maryam M Asgari; Melody J Eide; Suzanne W Fletcher; Alan C Geller; Ashfaq A Marghoob; Martin A Weinstock; Allan C Halpern
Journal:  J Gen Intern Med       Date:  2011-04-07       Impact factor: 5.128

Review 3.  Sensitivity and Specificity for Skin Cancer Diagnosis in Primary Care Providers: a Systematic Literature Review and Meta-analysis of Educational Interventions and Diagnostic Algorithms.

Authors:  Nadeen Gonna; Tiffaney Tran; Roland L Bassett; David P Farris; Kelly C Nelson
Journal:  J Cancer Educ       Date:  2022-07-14       Impact factor: 1.771

4.  Diagnosis of skin lesions by trainee surgeons: experience improves accuracy.

Authors:  R A Pearl; W Townley; D Stott; A O Grobbelaar
Journal:  Ann R Coll Surg Engl       Date:  2009-06-25       Impact factor: 1.891

5.  Choosing to biopsy or refer suspicious melanocytic lesions in general practice.

Authors:  Sean Robison; Marjan Kljakovic; Peter Barry
Journal:  BMC Fam Pract       Date:  2012-08-08       Impact factor: 2.497

6.  Assessment of postgraduate skin lesion education among Iowa family physicians.

Authors:  Nicholas J Goetsch; James D Hoehns; John E Sutherland; Matthew E Ulven; Olayinka O Shiyanbola; Monica K Rauch
Journal:  SAGE Open Med       Date:  2017-03-15

7.  Training general practitioners in melanoma diagnosis: a scoping review of the literature.

Authors:  Evelyne Harkemanne; Marie Baeck; Isabelle Tromme
Journal:  BMJ Open       Date:  2021-03-23       Impact factor: 2.692

Review 8.  Educational Interventions to Support Primary Care Provider Performance of Diagnostic Skin Cancer Examinations: A Systematic Literature Review.

Authors:  Eliza L Posada; Kyle C Lauck; Tiffaney Tran; Kate J Krause; Kelly C Nelson
Journal:  J Cancer Educ       Date:  2022-01-18       Impact factor: 2.037
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