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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| >10 | 19 (51.3) | 9 (60.0) | 9 (60.0) |
MD, medical doctor; DO, doctor of osteopathic medicine.