Lupus & antiphospholipid syndrome
Power of Representation in Educational Materials: Teaching Cutaneous Lupus Across Skin Tones in an Interactive Module
Authors' conclusion
This module is the first to introduce an approach to assessing CLE across skin tones, effectively increasing medical knowledge and confidence among graduate medical trainees.
Study context
- Population
- Graduate medical trainees from five academic institutions94 completed post-test
- Comparison
- Post-module vs pre-module medical knowledge and confidence
- Outcome
- Changes in medical knowledge and clinical confidence
Methodological detailsonline interactive module, pre-post testing, multicentre (five academic institutions)
- Online interactive module
- Pre-post testing
- Multicentre (five academic institutions)
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Significant improvement in medical knowledge identifying serologic studies associated with subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE) (χ2 = 14.035)
- P < 0.001
- Significant improvement in medical knowledge describing how to photograph rashes (χ2 = 38.211)
- P < 0.001
- Improved confidence across all learning objectives after module completion
- P < 0.001
Further findings
Module representation of light, medium and dark skin tones (102 images)
- Skin tone representation χ2
- 4.788
- Novel images from authors' personal libraries
- 77.5%, n = 79
- P = 0.091
Original publication
Power of Representation in Educational Materials: Teaching Cutaneous Lupus Across Skin Tones in an Interactive Module. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). Published 20 September 2023. doi:10.
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