Improving Diagnostic Accuracy in Skin Cancer Diagnostics Using Educational Mobile App: a Randomized Controlled Study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 3
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Multiple-Choice Questionnaire (MCQ) Score
研究概览
简要总结
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.
详细描述
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.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Other
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 120 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Primary Care Physician who works in General Practice
排除标准
- 未提供
研究组 & 干预措施
Intervention
Access to educational mobile application for 8 days, diagnosing 500 digital patient-cases.
干预措施: Dermloop Learn (Other)
Control
Control group receiving no intervention, continuing daily practice.
结局指标
主要结局
Multiple-Choice Questionnaire (MCQ) Score
时间窗: 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.
次要结局
- Diagnostic proficiencies(During the 8 days of access to the educational mobile application.)
- Time spend(During the 8 days of access to the educational mobile application.)
研究者
Gustav Gede Nervil
Medical Doctor
Herlev Hospital