Skill acquisition in skin cancer detection

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 277-297

  Speelman, Craig ^a   Martin, Katie ^a   Flower, Steven ^a   Simpson, Terry ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MELANOMA; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; SELF EXAMINATION; SKIN TUMOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STUDENT; VIOLENCE;

ATTENTION; AWARENESS; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MELANOMA; PAMPHLETS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); REACTION TIME; SELF-EXAMINATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STUDENTS;

EID: 77951888157     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: 00315125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.110.1.277-297     Document Type: Article

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