Assessing students' ability to detect melanomas using standardized patients and moulage

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Hernandez, Claudia ^a   Mermelstein, Robin ^a   Robinson, June K ^b   Yudkowsky, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; detection rate; medical students; melanoma; skin surveillance; standardized patients

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CHECKLIST; DERMATOLOGIST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HUMAN; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL STUDENT; MELANOMA; MELANOMA MOULAGE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDENT; STUDENT ATTITUDE; SUNBURN;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DERMATOLOGY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PATIENT SIMULATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84873705556     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2011.10.032     Document Type: Article

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