Development and evaluation of an online training tool to aid in the diagnosis of chronic plaque psoriasis

Maha Abo-Tabik, Rosa Parisi, Mark Hann, Rod Tucker, Sarah Willis, Darren M. Ashcroft, Christopher E. M. Griffiths, the Global Psoriasis Atlas (GPA)
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Abstract

Background

Chronic plaque psoriasis (CPP) is underdiagnosed, undertreated and mistaken for other skin conditions such as eczema, tinea corporis and pityriasis rosea.

Objectives

To develop and evaluate an online training tool to improve the diagnostic skills of nondermatologists for CPP.

Methods

The study involved: (i) developing an online training tool to improve CPP diagnosis by nondermatologists; and (ii) evaluating the performance of the newly developed training tool by conducting a before-and-after exploratory investigation. Participants included three groups of primary care health professionals: general practitioners (GPs); nurses; and pharmacists. The tool contained written recommendations for the diagnosis of CPP in different skin colours and a medical artist's illustrations of psoriasis to overcome the lack of representative images of the disease in skin of colour and to illustrate the salient features more clearly than clinical photographs.

Results

In total, 60 participants completed the study (20 per participant group). The training tool improved participants' diagnostic skills for CPP. The diagnostic ability of GPs was, on average, higher than nurses and pharmacists before and after training. Participants found the training valuable and relevant to CPP diagnosis in primary care settings.

Conclusions

Our findings show that a training tool, using medical illustrations, for nondermatologists can be beneficial in terms of recognition of CPP. This may lead to more timely diagnosis and treatment of psoriasis and support relevant and faster referral to specialist dermatology clinics.

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开发和评估在线培训工具,以帮助诊断慢性斑块型牛皮癣
慢性斑块型银屑病(CPP)被误诊、治疗不足,并被误认为是其他皮肤病,如湿疹、体癣和玫瑰糠疹。目的开发和评估一种在线培训工具,以提高非皮肤科医生对CPP的诊断技能。方法研究包括:(i)开发一个在线培训工具,以提高非皮肤科医生对CPP的诊断;(ii)通过进行前后探索性调查来评估新开发的培训工具的性能。参与者包括三组初级保健卫生专业人员:全科医生(gp);护士;和药剂师。该工具载有诊断不同肤色的CPP的书面建议和医学艺术家的牛皮癣插图,以克服缺乏有色皮肤疾病的代表性图像,并比临床照片更清楚地说明突出特征。结果总共有60名参与者完成了研究(每个参与者组20名)。培训工具提高了参与者对CPP的诊断技能。培训前后,全科医生的诊断能力平均高于护士和药师。参与者发现培训有价值,与初级保健机构的CPP诊断相关。结论:我们的研究结果表明,使用医学插图的培训工具对非皮肤科医生在识别CPP方面是有益的。这可能会导致更及时的诊断和治疗牛皮癣,并支持相关的和更快的转介到专科皮肤科诊所。
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