Trial reportJournal of general internal medicine2018
A Randomized Trial on the Efficacy of Mastery Learning for Primary Care Provider Melanoma Opportunistic Screening Skills and Practice.
Trial report in Journal of general internal medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02385253 (Training Primary Care Physicians to Perform Melanoma Opportunistic Surveillance), which is not on this map. Cited by 19 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Training Primary Care Physicians to Perform Melanoma Opportunistic Surveillance
Who cites it
19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 39 citations in OpenAlex.
- Educational Interventions to Support Primary Care Provider Performance of Diagnostic Skin Cancer Examinations: A Systematic Literature Review.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2022Pooled it
- A systematic review and synthesis of qualitative and quantitative studies evaluating provider, patient, and health care system-related barriers to diagnostic skin cancer examinations.Archives of dermatological research · 2022Pooled it
- Understanding, explaining, and utilizing medical artificial intelligence.Nature human behaviour · 2021Trial
- Dermoscopy of Concerning Pigmented Lesions and Primary Care Providers' Referrals at Intervals After Randomized Trial of Mastery Learning.Journal of general internal medicine · 2018Trial
- Educational Interventions to Reduce Cancer Diagnostic Delays in Primary Care: A Scoping Review.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2026Review
- A Primary Care Intervention to Improve Melanoma Detection and Management.Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM · 2026Article
- Melanoma in Primary Care: A Narrative Review of Training Interventions and the Role of Telemedicine in Medical Education.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2025Review
- Dermoscopy Training Course Improves Ophthalmologists' Accuracy in Diagnosing Atypical Pigmented Periorbital Skin Lesions.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Development and piloting of an online course to improve knowledge, confidence and attitudes towards triaging images of skin lesions submitted online in primary care.BMC medical education · 2024Article
- Synthesis of Existent Oncology Curricula for Primary Care Providers: A Scoping Review With a Global Equity Lens.JCO global oncology · 2023Article
- Skin Cancer Education Interventions for Primary Care Providers: A Scoping Review.Journal of general internal medicine · 2022Article
- Dermoscopy use in primary care: a qualitative study with general practitioners.BMC primary care · 2022Article
- Etiologies of Melanoma Development and Prevention Measures: A Review of the Current Evidence.Cancers · 2021Review
- Reliable test of clinicians' mastery in skin cancer diagnostics.Archives of dermatological research · 2021Article
- Training general practitioners in melanoma diagnosis: a scoping review of the literature.BMJ open · 2021Article
- Skin Cancer and Dermoscopy Training for Primary Care Physicians: A Pilot Study.Dermatology practical & conceptual · 2021Article
- Training Primary Care Physicians in Dermoscopy for Skin Cancer Detection: a Scoping Review.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2020Article
- Capsule Commentary on Robinson et al.: A Randomized Trial on the Efficacy of Mastery Learning on Primary Care Providers' Melanoma Opportunistic Screening Skills and Practice.Journal of general internal medicine · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundEarly detection of melanoma represents an opportunity to reduce the burden of disease among people at increased risk for melanoma.
objectiveTo develop and demonstrate the efficacy of online training.
designRandomized educational trial.
participantsPrimary care providers (PCPs).
interventionMastery learning course with visual and dermoscopic assessment, diagnosis and management, and deliberate practice with feedback to reach a minimum passing standard. MAIN MEASURES: Pre-test/post-test diagnostic accuracy. Referral of concerning lesions for 3 months before and after the educational intervention. KEY
resultsAmong the 89 PCPs, 89.8% were internal medicine physicians, and the remainder were physician assistants embedded in internists' practices. There were no differences between control and intervention groups regarding gender, age, race, or percentage of full-time PCPs. The control group had more PCPs who reported less than 5 years of practice (n = 18) than the intervention group (n = 6) (χ
conclusionsMastery learning improved PCPs' ability to detect melanoma on a standardized post-test and may improve referral of patients with suspected melanoma. Further studies are needed to confirm this finding. ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02385253.
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