Teaching Benign Skin Lesions as a Strategy to Improve the Triage Amalgamated Dermoscopic Algorithm (TADA)

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Study design. Three arms, each with a different educational modality for benign growths, namely dermatofibroma (DF), angioma, and seborrheic keratosis (SK).
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Common benign skin growths.
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Dermoscopic findings in malignant skin growths by using the Triage Amalgamated Dermoscopic Algorithm TADA.
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Boxplot of preintervention and postintervention scores.
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Sensitivity preintervention and postintervention for common benign skin growths and skin cancer. DF, dermatofibroma; SK, seborrheic keratosis.

Table 1.

Population Characteristics

Variable	Coding	Hershey Medical Center (didactic + interactive), N (%)	Mt. Nittany Medical Center (didactic + heuristic), N (%)	St. Joseph's Medical Center (didactic), N (%)
Number of participants		37 (100)	15 (100)	7 (100)
Sex	Male	24 (64.9)	8 (5.7)	3 (42.9)
Sex	Female	13 (35.1)	7 (5.2)	4 (57.1)
Age	≤20	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
	21 to 30	4 (10.8)	0 (0)	0 (0)
	31 to 40	13 (35.1)	3 (21.4)	2 (28.6)
	41 to 50	7 (18.9)	4 (28.6)	2 (28.6)
	51 to 60	6 (16.2)	4 (28.6)	1 (14.3)
	61 to 70	7 (18.9)	3 (21.4)	2 (28.6)
	71+	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Practitioner type	Physician assistant	2 (5.4)	2 (13.3)	0 (0)
	Nurse practitioner	2 (5.4)	4 (26.7)	2 (28.6)
	MD/DO	33 (89.2)	9 (60.0)	5 (71.4)
Any formal training in dermoscopy?	Yes	11 (29.7)	5 (33.3)	0 (0)
Any formal training in dermoscopy?	No	26 (70.3)	10 (66.7)	7 (100.0)
Do you have access to a dermatoscope?	Yes	29 (78.4)	15 (100.0)	5 (71.4)
Do you have access to a dermatoscope?	No	8 (21.6)	0 (0)	2 (28.6)
How many years have you been evaluating skin lesions?	≤10	18 (48.7)	6 (40.0)	1 (14.3)
How many years have you been evaluating skin lesions?	>10	19 (51.3)	9 (60.0)	9 (60.0)