Teaching dermatoscopy of pigmented skin tumours to novices: Comparison of analytic vs. heuristic approach

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1198-1204

  Tschandl, P ^a   Kittler, H ^a   Schmid, K ^b   Zalaudek, I ^c   Argenziano, G ^c  

^a Universitatsklinik fur Dermatologie   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DERMATOFIBROMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HEURISTIC METHOD; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NEVUS; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN TUMOR; TEACHING; TRAINING; VASCULAR TUMOR; YOUNG ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILDBIRTH EDUCATION; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; HEURISTICS; LONG TERM MEMORY; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PIGMENTED NEVUS; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PROCEDURES; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; DERMOSCOPY; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEURISTICS; HISTIOCYTOMA, BENIGN FIBROUS; HUMANS; KERATOSIS, SEBORRHEIC; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PRENATAL EDUCATION; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); ROC CURVE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 84929610505     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jdv.12790     Document Type: Article

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