Journal article
Oregon primary care providers as a frontline defense in the War on Melanoma™: improving access to melanoma education
Frontiers in medicine, v 12, 1427136
2025
PMID: 40160331
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Abstract
Melanoma is one of the deadliest forms of skin cancer but is typically cured with surgical excision when detected early. As an access point to medical care, primary care providers (PCP) play an integral role in early skin cancer detection. However, limited time for examinations and dermatologic training may present barriers to effective skin examination in the primary care setting. As a facet of Oregon Health & Science University's War on Melanoma (TM) (WoM), our multi-pronged outreach initiative aims to provide PCPs across Oregon with free, convenient, and effective melanoma education. The WoM PCP education campaign was disseminated starting in May 2019 through primary care networks throughout the state of Oregon to 12,792 PCPs, and education was delivered across several platforms: online multimedia tools, large group didactics, individualized practice-based sessions, and in-person distribution of materials to clinics. To date, 829 PCPs have participated in the online Melanoma Toolkit for Early Detection curriculum, 1,874 providers have attended CME didactics, and 9 clinics have received facilitated meetings by Oregon Rural Practice-based Research Network. Eighty-three clinics (comprising 770 providers) were visited on-site and provided educational materials, and more than 150 PCPs have received a free smartphone dermatoscope to aid in skin examination and e-consultation. OHSU's WoM has successfully implemented a multifaceted approach to provide accessible melanoma education to PCPs across the state of Oregon. As a result, we hope to encourage appropriate skin examination in the primary care setting and improve PCPs' diagnostic accuracy and confidence in pigmented lesion evaluation.
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- Title
- Oregon primary care providers as a frontline defense in the War on Melanoma™: improving access to melanoma education
- Creators
- Alyssa L. Becker - University of Hawaiʻi at MānoaJacob H. Nelson - Oregon Health & Science UniversityAlex Verdieck-Devlaeminck - Oregon Health & Science UniversityElizabeth G. Berry - Oregon Health & Science UniversityVictoria E. Orfaly - Oregon Health & Science UniversityElizabeth R. Stoos - Oregon Health & Science UniversityJessica Tran - Oregon Health & Science UniversityEmile Latour - Oregon Health & Science UniversityVikram N. Sahni - Oregon Hlth & Sci Univ, Dept Dermatol, Portland, OR 97239 USAShuai Xu - Northwestern Univ, Feinberg Sch Med, Dept Dermatol, Chicago, IL USAMegan Babcock - Oregon Health & Science UniversityAnna Bar - Oregon Health & Science UniversityMirna Becevic - University of MissouriCandace Chan - Oregon Health & Science UniversityDuncan Chisholm - Oregon Health & Science UniversityKyra Diehl - Oregon Health & Science UniversityKaren Edison - University of MissouriLaura K. Ferris - University of PittsburghEmilie A. Foltz - Oregon Health & Science UniversityAlan C. Geller - Harvard UniversityHeidi Jacobe - The University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterMariah M. Johnson - Oregon Health & Science UniversityPatrick Kinghorn - Oregon Health & Science UniversityJustin Leitenberger - Oregon Health & Science UniversityJoanna Ludzik - University of PortlandDanielle Mcclanahan - Oregon Health & Science UniversityStephanie Mengden-Koon - Oregon Health & Science UniversityKelly Nelson - Stanford MedicineRyan Petering - Oregon Health & Science UniversitySmriti Prasad - Oregon Health & Science UniversityAdam Roscher - Oregon Health & Science UniversityStephanie Savory - The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterEmily H. Smith - University of Pittsburgh Medical CenterSusan M. Swetter - Stanford MedicineSusan Tofte - Oregon Health & Science UniversityMartin A. Weinstock - Brown UniversityKevin White - Oregon Health & Science UniversityOliver Wisco - Brown UniversityAlexander Witkowski - Oregon Health & Science UniversitySancy A. Leachman - Oregon Health & Science University
- Publication Details
- Frontiers in medicine, v 12, 1427136
- Publisher
- Frontiers Media Sa
- Number of pages
- 9
- Grant note
- Oregon Rural Practice-based Research Network Cancer Early Detection Advanced Research Center (CEDAR)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- College of Medicine
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001454514900001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-105001126528
- Other Identifier
- 991022173776604721
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