Impact of skin cancer education on medical students' diagnostic skills

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 214-217

  Cliff, Sandeep ^a   Bedlow, A J ^a   Melia, J ^b   Moss, S ^b   Harland, C C ^a  

^a ST HELIER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BOOK; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; SKIN CANCER; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN TUMOR;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DERMATOLOGY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TEACHING; TEACHING MATERIALS;

EID: 0037365427     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2230.2003.01237.x     Document Type: Article

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