Clinical trial · Interventional
Training Primary Care Physicians to Perform Melanoma Opportunistic Surveillance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This is a four-phase educational intervention for primary care practitioners (PCPs) to perform opportunistic melanoma surveillance. Based on prior research, the investigator will develop an interactive melanoma early detection skills training program for PCPs according to the principals of mastery learning. The proposed educational intervention will improve practicing PCPs' knowledge, competence, confidence, and diagnostic performance regarding pigmented lesions and attitude concerning importance of skin surveillance. In addition, this research aims to examine the clinical proficiency of PCPs regarding pigmented lesions. The proposed educational intervention will reduce the percentage of benign lesions referred to dermatology.
Conditions
Conditions (3)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Educational training program | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Educational training program
- description
- PCPs randomized to the intervention group will receive the educational training program at the beginning of the study, extending over a maximum of five months.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Educational training program
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Control
- description
- PCPs randomized to the control group will have the option of receiving the educational training program at the end of the study.
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Change from baseline performance at 5 months (difference-in-difference)
- timeFrame
- Baseline and 5 months
- description
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria for PCPs: * is a practicing PCP in the section of General Internal Medicine of Northwestern Medicine Exclusion Criteria for PCPs: * is NOT a practicing PCP in the section of General Internal Medicine of Northwestern Medicine Inclusion Criteria for Patients providing lesions to be photographed: * is a patient of a PCP enrolled in the study * is at least 18 years old * able to read at a 6th grade level or higher Exclusion Criteria for Patients providing lesions to be photographed: * is NOT a patient of a PCP enrolled in the study * under 18 years of age * unable to read at a 6th grade level
References
Publications (2)
- BACKGROUNDRobinson JK, Jain N, Marghoob AA, McGaghie W, MacLean M, Gerami P, Hultgren B, Turrisi R, Mallett K, Martin GJ. A Randomized Trial on the Efficacy of Mastery Learning for Primary Care Provider Melanoma Opportunistic Screening Skills and Practice. J Gen Intern Med. 2018 Jun;33(6):855-862. doi: 10.1007/s11606-018-4311-3. Epub 2018 Feb 5. PMID 29404948
- BACKGROUNDRobinson JK, MacLean M, Reavy R, Turrisi R, Mallett K, Martin GJ. Dermoscopy of Concerning Pigmented Lesions and Primary Care Providers' Referrals at Intervals After Randomized Trial of Mastery Learning. J Gen Intern Med. 2018 Jun;33(6):799-800. doi: 10.1007/s11606-018-4419-5. No abstract available. PMID 29637481