The eDerm online curriculum: A randomized study of effective skin cancer teaching to medical students

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Dolev, Jacqueline C ^a   O'Sullivan, Patricia ^a   Berger, Timothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

clerkship; dermatologic teaching; diagnostic skills; eDerm; medical students; melanoma; nonmelanoma skin cancer; observational skills

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; DERMATOLOGY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; MELANOMA; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SKIN CANCER;

CURRICULUM; DERMATOLOGY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; INTERNET; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 81155125987     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2010.07.024     Document Type: Article

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