Carcinoma, Melanoma (Skin)
Conditions
Keywords
Digital Learning, e-learning, Melanoma, Carcinoma, Dermoscopy, Dermloop
Brief summary
This study aimed to examine if self-paced learning with a novel digital patient-case-based educational platform can increase primary care physicians' diagnostic accuracy of malignant and benign skin lesions on both the level of benign/malignant and the diagnosis level. Secondarily the study aimed to investigate the time spent in reaching this change in proficiency.
Detailed description
Participants were given a questionnaire and an initial Skin Cancer Multiple Choice-Questionnaire (MCQ) to test their diagnostic skills regardining skin and mole cancer and the most common differential diagnoses. Participants in the Intervention group was then given access to an educational mobile application (App) for 8 days and asked to diagnose 500 patient cases. The participants did so at their own leisure and time. After 8 days they were asked to abstain from using the App for another 8 days (wash out period) and were then given a Final Skin Cancer Multiple Choice-Questionnaire (MCQ). Participants of the control group received no intervention nor education during the 16 days of waiting before they took the final Skin Cancer Multiple Choice-Questionnaire.
Interventions
OTHERDermloop Learn
Educational Mobile Application with a library of digital patient-cases and written learning modules the user can access on 36 common skin lesions, both benign and malignant.
Sponsors
Herlev Hospital
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
Intervention and Controlgroup parallel design using sequential continues block randomization.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 120 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Primary Care Physician who works in General Practice
Exclusion criteria
\-
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Multiple-Choice Questionnaire (MCQ) Score | Before and immediately after intervention (On average 19 days after enrollment) | Participants are given a test before and after the intervention using a skin cancer MCQ test with 12 digital-patient cases. A higher score means better diagnostic proficiency. The primary outcome is the change of this score. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Diagnostic proficiencies | During the 8 days of access to the educational mobile application. | Sensitivity, Specificity and Positive Predictive Value of the participants in the intervention group, calculated on their cases seen in the educational mobile application. |
| Time spend | During the 8 days of access to the educational mobile application. | The Dermloop Learn app tracks how much time each user spends quizzing and reading. |
Countries
Denmark
Outcome results
None listed