Early detection of skin cancer by family physicians: a pilot project.
J Cutan Med Surg
; 8(2): 103-9, 2004.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-15037942
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Malignant melanoma is rising quickly in incidence and mortality rates. Family physicians (FPs) have been reported to lack confidence in diagnosing skin cancers.OBJECTIVE:
The aim of this study was to determine whether an educational intervention can improve FPs' abilities to diagnose skin cancers.METHODS:
The design was a prospective, randomized trial which included a skin cancer questionnaire, a video intervention, and a skin biopsy review.RESULTS:
Pre-intervention, FPs answered 57% of the questions correctly on the skin cancer questionnaire. Post-intervention, the video intervention group scored higher than did the control group. The video intervention group removed 10% fewer benign lesions and almost 3 times more malignant lesions compared with their pre-intervention biopsy rate. No findings were statistically significant.CONCLUSION:
An educational intervention may improve FPs' knowledge and diagnosis of skin cancer. Our results may guide future studies with larger sample sizes in developing a skin cancer continuing medical education (CME) course for FPs.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Contexto em Saúde:
2_ODS3
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6_ODS3_enfermedades_notrasmisibles
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Neoplasias Cutâneas
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Educação Médica Continuada
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Medicina de Família e Comunidade
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Diagnostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Cutan Med Surg
Ano de publicação:
2004
Tipo de documento:
Article