Protocol for a systematic review of reviews on training primary care providers in dermoscopy to detect skin cancers.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Globally, incidence, prevalence and mortality rates of skin cancers are escalating. Earlier detection by well-trained primary care providers in techniques such as dermoscopy could reduce unnecessary referrals and improve longer term outcomes. A review of reviews is planned to compare and contrast the conduct, quality, findings and conclusions of multiple systematic and scoping reviews addressing the effectiveness of training primary care providers in dermoscopy, which will provide a critique and synthesis of the current body of review evidence.

Methods and analysis

Four databases (Cochrane, CINAHL, EMBASE and MEDLINE Complete) will be comprehensively searched from database inception to identify published, peer-reviewed English-language articles describing scopin

SUBMITTER: McCaffrey N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10729275 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature