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Table 1 Table showing the median number of lesions that the students witnessed, split across the 3 cohorts of students for all 16 lesions contained in the UK guidelines

From: Dermatology undergraduate skin cancer training: a disconnect between recommendations, clinical exposure and competence

UK “Recommended lesions”

Student cohort 1 (n=16)median exposure

Student cohort 2 (n=17) median exposure

Student cohort 3 (n=17) median exposure

Overall student median exposure n=50 (Range)

Percentage of students observing 1 or more example of each lesion

Percentage of students observing >3 examples

Percentage of students observing >5 examples

Individual lesions “Very Important”

       

BCCs

6

2

6

5 (0–11)

98%

70%

42%

SCCs

0

2

1

1 (0–4)

76%

2%

0%

Melanomas

1

0

0

0 (0–2)

38%

0%

0%

Individual lesions “Important”

       

Viral warts

0

0

0

0 (0–1)

28%

0%

0%

Epidermoid cysts

0

0

0

0 (0–1)

10%

0%

0%

Melanocytic naevi

1

1

5

2 (0–7)

72%

30%

14%

Seborrhoeic keratoses

6

4

8

6 (1–10)

100%

78%

56%

Solar keratoses

3

4

5

4 (1–7)

100%

60%

12%

Bowen’s disease

1

1

2

1 (0–4)

96%

6%

0%

Dermatofibromas

1

1

1

1 (0–3)

80%

0%

0%

Keratoacanthomas

1

2

0

1 (0–2)

64%

0%

0%

Lipomas

0

0

0

0 (0–1)

6%

0%

0%

Pyogenic granulomas

1

0

1

1 (0–2)

54%

0%

0%

Mycosis fungoides

0

1

0

0 (0–2)

28%

0%

0%

Paget’s disease

0

0

0

0 (0–1)

2%

0%

0%

Cutaneous metastases

0

0

0

0 (0–0)

0%

0%

0%

All 16 lesions

       

Total number of lesional diagnoses seen

9/16

8/16

8/16

8 (5–11)

426/800 (53%) Overall Observation Rate

123/800 (15%)

62/800 (8%)

Total number of skin lesions seen

23

18

31

23 (7–36)

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