Temporary tattoos to simulate skin disease: Report and validation of a novel teaching tool

Academic Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 950-953

  Langley, Richard G B ^a   Tyler, Susan A ^a   Ornstein, Amy E ^a   Sutherland, Ashley E ^a   Mosher, Linda M ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CURRICULUM; DERMATOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SKILL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN DISEASE; STANDARDIZATION; TATTOOING; VALIDATION STUDY; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN TUMOR; TEACHING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; DERMATOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SIMULATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TATTOOING;

EID: 67649830199     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181a84446     Document Type: Article

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