Improving the quality of information dermatologists receive from primary care: a multidisciplinary educational outreach
ISRCTN | ISRCTN29111144 |
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DOI | https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN29111144 |
Secondary identifying numbers | N0530128900 |
- Submission date
- 30/09/2004
- Registration date
- 30/09/2004
- Last edited
- 18/07/2016
- Recruitment status
- No longer recruiting
- Overall study status
- Completed
- Condition category
- Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data
Record updated in last year
Plain English summary of protocol
Not provided at time of registration
Contact information
Dr Deborah Kirklin
Scientific
Scientific
Royal Free and University College Medical School
Centre for Medical Humanities, Archway Campus
2nd Floor Holborn Union Building
2-10 Highgate Hill
London
N19 5LW
United Kingdom
Phone | +44 (0)20 7288 3467/3597 |
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d.Kirklin@pcps.ucl.ac.uk |
Study information
Study design | Practice level-randomised controlled trial |
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Primary study design | Interventional |
Secondary study design | Randomised controlled trial |
Study setting(s) | GP practice |
Study type | Other |
Participant information sheet | Not available in web format, please use contact details to request a participant information sheet |
Scientific title | Improving the quality of information dermatologists receive from primary care: a multidisciplinary educational outreach |
Study objectives | This study will investigate whether General Practitioners and Primary Care Nurses who take part in a multidisciplinary educational outreach intervention, designed to foster observational skills, display an increased accuracy of identification of diagnostic features in images of pigmented skin lesions. It will assess the feasibility of delivering such an intervention in primary care. Any improvement in observational skills would have direct implications for the quality of information received by dermatologists from primary care, with the potential to allow for improved prioritisation of out-patient appointments, and shorter waiting times for patients with potentially cancerous skin lesions. |
Ethics approval(s) | Not provided at time of registration |
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied | Dermatologist training; developing observational skills |
Intervention | 12 practices will be randomised to either: 1. Intervention group (educational outreach) 2. Control group |
Intervention type | Other |
Primary outcome measure | This pilot project, based in primary care, addresses the national priority of Cancer Service Provision, and focuses on the importance of the flow of good information from primary care to secondary care, when referrals of suspicious skin lesions are made. Whilst this study focuses on one area of clinical practice - dermatology referrals from primary to secondary care, it is anticipated that any improvements in observational skills would have widespread implications for clinical practice. It is anticipated that the clinical area of concern of this work be broadened in further studies. |
Secondary outcome measures | Not provided at time of registration |
Overall study start date | 13/02/2003 |
Completion date | 12/02/2004 |
Eligibility
Participant type(s) | Health professional |
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Age group | Adult |
Sex | Both |
Target number of participants | 12 |
Key inclusion criteria | 12 General Practices in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey |
Key exclusion criteria | Does not meet inclusion criteria |
Date of first enrolment | 13/02/2003 |
Date of final enrolment | 12/02/2004 |
Locations
Countries of recruitment
- England
- United Kingdom
Study participating centre
Royal Free and University College Medical School
London
N19 5LW
United Kingdom
N19 5LW
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Department of Health
Government
Government
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
Website | http://www.dh.gov.uk/Home/fs/en |
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Funders
Funder type
Research council
North Central London Research Consortium (UK)
No information available
Results and Publications
Intention to publish date | |
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Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share | No |
IPD sharing plan summary | Not provided at time of registration |
Publication and dissemination plan | Not provided at time of registration |
IPD sharing plan |
Editorial Notes
18/07/2016: No publications found, verifying study status with principal investigator.