Status:
UNKNOWN
Computer-Based Continuing Education for Doctors in Examination and Counseling of Patients on Skin Cancer or Weight Control
Lead Sponsor:
Rhode Island Hospital
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Conditions:
Melanoma (Skin)
Non-melanomatous Skin Cancer
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
RATIONALE: Computer-based continuing education courses may be effective in improving the skills of primary care doctors to identify skin cancer risk factors, perform skin cancer exams, and counsel pat...
Detailed Description
OBJECTIVES: Primary * Compare the efficacy of a continuing education course designed to improve primary care physician performance in examination and counseling of patients about skin cancer vs a co...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
- Primary care physician, meeting all of the following criteria:
- General internist or family physician
- Must devote at least 75% of their time to primary care practice
- At least 1 year in practice
- Must be in a community-based practice with no more than 1 participating physician per practice
- Must not be planning to retire within the next 2 years
- Has a patient population that is predominantly at substantial risk of melanoma and other skin cancers (i.e., adults whose non-sun-exposed skin color is white or tan, but not brown)
- Patient
- Adult who is scheduled for a routine office visit with a study physician
- PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
- Not specified
- PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
- Not specified
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2004
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
Estimated Enrollment :
4550 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00295906
Start Date
June 1 2004
Last Update
December 18 2013
Active Locations (5)
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1
Scripps-Ranch Family Medicine Clinic at University of California
San Diego, California, United States, 32131
2
University of Kansas School of Medicine - Wichita
Wichita, Kansas, United States, 67214-3199
3
Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute at Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43210-1240
4
Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University - Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19107-5541