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Skin Cancer Education for Primary Care


	Name	Skin Cancer Education for Primary Care
	Authors	Clara Curiel- Lewandrowski MD & Stuart Salasche MD
	Length	Up to 12 CME credits
	Funding	Development supported by grant R44 CA78056 from the US National Cancer Institute
	Released	May 1, 2001
	Updated	May 1, 2013
	Publications	Three
	CME Sponsor	University of Arizona College of Medicine at the Arizona Health Sciences Center
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Description
Skin Cancer Education for Primary Care contains a unique pretest/posttest developed by national experts, as well as six stand-alone modules that address the prevention, recognition, and management of important dermatologic malignancies. The program features hundreds of high quality photographs and encourages self-assessment and self-paced learning.

Experience
Skin Cancer Education for Primary Care is MDI's most acclaimed online education program. It has been used by thousands of physicians, 95% of whom rate it "Excellent" or "Above Average." Sections of this program have been shown to improve the practice skills of physicians in training and physicians in the U.S. and the U.K. Medical organizations in California and Maryland have purchased Skin Cancer Education for Primary Care on behalf of their physicians.

You can see Skin Cancer Education for Primary Care at The Virtual Lecture Hall^®. Usage data, including satisfaction ratings and all comments, are publicly available.

References
Harris JM, Salasche SJ, Harris RB. The Internet and the globalisation of medical education. British Medical Journal. 2001;10;323(7321):1106.

Harris JM, Salasche SJ, Harris RB. Can Internet-based continuing medical education improve physicians' skin cancer knowledge and skills? Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2001;16(1):50-6.

Harris JM, Salasche SJ, Harris RB. Using the Internet to teach melanoma management guidelines to primary care physicians. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. 1999;5(2):199-211.