| The eDerm online curriculum: A randomized study of effective skin cancer teaching to medical students. | |
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PMID: 21112668 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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BACKGROUND: With the incidence of skin cancers continuing to increase, traditional clerkships may not be sufficient to teach medical students important detection and management skills. OBJECTIVE: We performed a randomized study to determine the efficacy of the online curriculum, eDerm. METHOD: Students were randomized to complete eDerm before or after clerkship (arm 1 vs 2) and were tested at 3 time points, including at baseline. The crossover design examined eDerm and clerkship, and the sequential effect of both. RESULTS: In all, 252 participants completed all interventions and testing. Diagnosis and management scores significantly improved in both arms (P < .001; P < .001), reflecting increased scores after taking both eDerm and clerkship. eDerm after clerkship resulted in the highest improvement in diagnosis (P = .005), and eDerm improved the detection of melanoma significantly better than clerkship (malignant, P < .001; pigmented, P < .001). LIMITATIONS: We did not perform delayed testing of medical students for learning retention. CONCLUSION: eDerm significantly improves the diagnosis and management of nonpigmented and pigmented skin lesions by medical students. It can be used as an alternative to a traditional 2-week clerkship if one is not available. Importantly, melanoma detection improved significantly more after eDerm than clerkship. When used as a supplement, eDerm administered after a clerkship will result in the highest level of overall learning. |
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Jacqueline C Dolev; Patricia O'Sullivan; Timothy Berger |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2010-11-26 |
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Title: Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology Volume: - ISSN: 1097-6787 ISO Abbreviation: J. Am. Acad. Dermatol. Publication Date: 2010 Nov |
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Created Date: 2010-11-29 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7907132 Medline TA: J Am Acad Dermatol Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Copyright © 2010 American Academy of Dermatology, Inc. Published by Mosby, Inc. All rights reserved. |
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Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco, California. |
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