Teaching effects of dermatological consultations on nondermatologists in the field of internal medicine: A study of 1,290 inpatients

Dermatology

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 32-37

  Antic, Milos ^b   Conen, Dieter ^c   Itin, Peter H ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b CANTONAL HOSPITAL AARAU   (Switzerland)

^c University of Basel ^*  (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cutaneous manifestations; Dermatological consultations; Epidemiology; Inpatients; Internal medicine; Systemic diseases; Teaching effects

Indexed keywords

DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; BOWENOID PAPULOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURETTAGE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DERMATOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG ERUPTION; ECZEMA; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LOCAL THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MYCOSIS; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN SURGERY; SKIN TUMOR; SWITZERLAND; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; VERRUCA VULGARIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATA COLLECTION; DERMATOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 0942278969     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000075043     Document Type: Article

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