What should undergraduate medical students know about psoriasis? Involving patients in curriculum development: modified Delphi technique.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify the content of a psoriasis curriculum for medical students.

Design

Literature review and modified Delphi technique.

Setting

Primary and secondary care in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire.

Subjects

19 dermatologists (7 teaching hospital consultants; 6 consultants in district general hospitals; 6 registrars); 2 general practitioner senior house officers working in dermatology, 5 dermatology nurses, 7 rheumatologists, 25 general practitioner tutors, and 25 patients with chronic psoriasis.

Main outcome measures

Percentage of agreement by participants to items derived from literature and our existing psoriasis syllabus.

Results

71 (84.5%) of 84 questionnaires were returned. A 75% level of consensus was reached on key items that foc

SUBMITTER: Alahlafi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC554910 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature