Effects of a skin type diversity seminar on undergraduate medical students’ self-assessed competence in managing skin diseases in patients with skin of color
Finn Abeck,
Ines Heinen,
Rachel Sommer
et al.
Abstract:Background
Skin diseases in patients with skin of colour (Fitzpatrick skin types IV to VI) are underrepresented in dermatology training, which may lead to lower quality of care for these patients. To address this underrepresentation in medical education, a newly developed seminar on skin type diversity using an interactive teaching method was implemented in an undergraduate medical curriculum. This study examined the effects of a seminar on the self-assessed competence of medical students in ma… Show more
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