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Clinical Trial
. 2002 Spring;17(1):7-11.
doi: 10.1080/08858190209528784.

The effectiveness of an Internet-based tutorial in improving primary care physicians' skin cancer triage skills

Barbara Gerbert  1 , Amy Bronstone, Toby Maurer, Timothy Berger, Stephen J McPhee, Nona Caspers
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Clinical Trial

The effectiveness of an Internet-based tutorial in improving primary care physicians' skin cancer triage skills

Barbara Gerbert et al. J Cancer Educ. 2002 Spring.

Abstract

Objective: To determine the efficacy of an Internet-based skin cancer triage intervention for physicians.

Methods: Physicians were randomly assigned to an intervention group or a control group. The 14 outcome measures included diagnosis and evaluation planning for malignant melanoma, basal cell carcinoma, and squamous cell carcinoma.

Results: Forty-six physicians (27 of 39 in the intervention group) completed the program. The intervention group scored significantly higher than did the control group in nine of 14 outcome measures; this improvement was maintained for five of the nine outcomes.

Conclusion: The Internet intervention improved physicians' skin cancer diagnosis and evaluation planning test performances.

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