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 |
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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) | NA |