Mastery Learning Model to Simulation Training for Visual Screening for Melanoma and Skin Biopsy, Skin Simulation Model
Conditions
Keywords
Melanoma, Simulation Training, Medical Students
Brief summary
The investigators will design a curriculum for visual screening for melanoma and skin biopsy procedure, based on the mastery learning model, using simulators and web-based didactic instruction for medical students and internal medicine residents. This requires having a skin simulation model that presents a range of lesions from benign nevus to atypical nevus to melanoma in a distribution and density that mimics the clinical findings of those with 2 skin tones: fair-skin non- Hispanic white and Hispanic.
Interventions
OTHERSimulation teaching session
Simulation-based, mastery learning educational intervention in visual screening for melanoma
Sponsors
Northwestern University
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 89 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Medical student in his primary care clerkship at Northwestern University
Exclusion criteria
* Not a medical student in his primary care clerkship at Northwestern University
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Simulation curriculum for screening for melanoma | 1 year | To design a curriculum for visual screening for melanoma and skin biopsy procedure, based on the mastery learning model, using simulators and web-based didactic instruction for medical students and internal medicine residents |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in melanoma detection skills | 1 hour | To measure changes in medical student and resident skills before and after the intervention, and determine if students achieve the zero error rate in recognizing the melanomas, namely no false negatives. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed