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The effectiveness of an Internet-based tutorial in improving primary care physicians' skin cancer triage skills
Barbara Gerbert1, Amy Bronstone, Toby Maurer
1Division of Behavioral Sciences, University of California San Francisco 94117, USA. gerbert@itsa.ucsf.edu
Objective:
To determine the efficacy of an Internet-based skin cancer triage intervention for physicians.
Methods:
Physicians were randomly assigned to an intervention group or a control group. The 14 outcome measures included diagnosis and evaluation planning for malignant melanoma, basal cell carcinoma, and squamous cell carcinoma.
Results:
Forty-six physicians (27 of 39 in the intervention group) completed the program. The intervention group scored significantly higher than did the control group in nine of 14 outcome measures; this improvement was maintained for five of the nine outcomes.
Conclusion:
The Internet intervention improved physicians' skin cancer diagnosis and evaluation planning test performances.