Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa and The Ottawa Hospital, ON, Canada.
J Cutan Med Surg. 2023 May-Jun;27(3):214-218. doi: 10.1177/12034754231163543. Epub 2023 Mar 20.
Dermatology for diverse skin types is a globally growing area of medicine, but the inclusion of skin of color dermatology has not yet been formally included across all Canadian undergraduate medical education curricula. There is also a paucity of representation of diverse skin types in most medical textbooks, research, and clinical trials.
The main objective was to develop a concise, Skin of Colour Dermatoses Self-Learning Module (SOCSLM) that could be implemented at an undergraduate medical education level. The secondary objective was to analyze participant responses to improve and add to learning module content.
From March to May 2022, second-year medical students at the University of Ottawa completed pre- and post-SOCSLM questionnaires which were available in French and English through their online student learning portals. The pre-test consisted of five multiple choice questions relating to images of dermatoses seen in diverse skin types. The post-test repeated the same five questions, rearranged, with an additional five new ones, and responses were analyzed.
Twenty-five participants completed the surveys, and twenty responses were included. Percent correct answers increased between pre- and post-test, 51% vs 87%. In the post-test, questions repeated from the pre-test had a mean score of 95% while the new post-test questions had a mean score of 80%. Interest in dermatology did not have an impact on correct response rates.
Skin of color dermatology self-learning modules may be an effective way to integrate skin of color dermatology into undergraduate medical curricula.
针对不同类型皮肤的皮肤病学是全球范围内不断发展的医学领域，但在加拿大所有本科医学教育课程中尚未正式纳入有色人种的皮肤学。在大多数医学教科书、研究和临床试验中，也缺乏对不同类型皮肤的代表性。
主要目标是开发一个简洁的“有色人种皮肤病自学模块”（SOCSLM），可在本科医学教育层面实施。次要目标是分析参与者的反馈，以改进和添加学习模块内容。
2022 年 3 月至 5 月，渥太华大学的二年级医学生通过其在线学生学习门户，以法语和英语完成了 SOCSLM 课前和课后的问卷调查。预测试包含五个与不同类型皮肤中出现的皮肤病有关的图片的多项选择题。后测重复了相同的五个问题，重新排列，并增加了另外五个新问题，对答案进行了分析。
共有 25 名参与者完成了调查，其中 20 名的回复被纳入分析。答对率从课前到课后有所提高，从 51%提高到 87%。在后测中，与前测重复的问题平均得分为 95%，而新的后测问题平均得分为 80%。对皮肤病学的兴趣对正确回答率没有影响。
有色人种皮肤病自学模块可能是将有色人种皮肤病学纳入本科医学课程的有效方法。
