ArticleJournal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM
Teaching Benign Skin Lesions as a Strategy to Improve the Triage Amalgamated Dermoscopic Algorithm (TADA).
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- Etiologies of Melanoma Development and Prevention Measures: A Review of the Current Evidence.Cancers · 2021Review
- Training general practitioners in melanoma diagnosis: a scoping review of the literature.BMJ open · 2021Article
- Distance Learning and Spaced Review to Complement Dermoscopy Training for Primary Care.Dermatology practical & conceptual · 2021Article
- Teaching Skin Cancer Detection to Medical Students Using a Dermoscopic Algorithm.PRiMER (Leawood, Kan.) · 2021Article
- Evaluation of a virtual basic dermatology curriculum for dermoscopy by using the triage amalgamated dermoscopic algorithm for novice dermoscopists.Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology · 2020Article
- Impact of Dermoscopy Training on Diagnostic Accuracy, and Its Association With Biopsy and Referral Patterns Among Primary Care Providers: A Retrospective and Prospective Educational Intervention Study.Journal of primary care & community healthArticle
- Dermoscopic Lotus of Learning: Implementation and Dissemination of a Multimodal Dermoscopy Curriculum for Primary Care.Journal of medical education and curricular developmentArticle
- Implementation and Impact of a Dermoscopy-Enabled Dermatology eConsult Application in Primary Care.Journal of primary care & community healthArticle
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Abstract
introductionDermoscopy aids family physicians (FPs) in skin cancer detection. The triage amalgamated dermoscopic algorithm (TADA) was created to simplify the dermoscopic evaluation of a skin growth. The purpose of this image-based study was to evaluate the effect of teaching the clinical and dermoscopic features of benign skin lesions on the diagnostic accuracy of skin cancer identification using TADA. We also sought to determine the best method to teach benign neoplasms.
methodsIn this cross-sectional study of an educational intervention, FPs participated in dermoscopy training. Participants were divided into 3 groups for teaching of common benign neoplasms (dermatofibroma, angioma, and seborrheic keratosis/lentigo): didactic + interactive, didactic + heuristic, and didactic. For each group, the benign teaching was followed by skin cancer identification training with TADA. All participants took a 30 image pre-test and 30 image post-test.
resultsFifty-nine participants completed the study. The mean preintervention score (out of 30 correct responses) was 17.9 (SD, 4.5) and increased to 23.5 (SD, 3.0) on the postintervention evaluation (
conclusionShort dermoscopy training sessions with dedicated time for benign growths followed by TADA training for malignant growths are an effective means of teaching FPs dermoscopy and result in a high sensitivity and specificity for the identification of benign and malignant skin neoplasms.
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