Skin cancer education for primary care physicians: A systematic review of published evaluated interventions

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1027-1035

  Goulart, Jacqueline M ^a   Quigley, Elizabeth A ^a   Dusza, Stephen ^a   Jewell, Sarah T ^a   Alexander, Gwen ^b   Asgari, Maryam M ^c   Eide, Melody J ^b   Fletcher, Suzanne W ^d   Geller, Alan C ^e   Marghoob, Ashfaq A ^a   Weinstock, Martin A ^f,g,h   Halpern, Allan C ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f PROVIDENCE VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

medical education; melanoma; primary care; skin cancer

Indexed keywords

BIOSIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; EMBASE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDLINE; MELANOMA; REVIEW; SKIN CANCER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; MELANOMA; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 80052276398     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-011-1692-y     Document Type: Review

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