A sight for sore eyes: Visually training medical students to better identify melanomas
Thursday, May 28, 2015 - 09:30
in Health & Medicine
New research is helping to improve the ability of medical students and health professionals to detect early forms of skin cancer. The study concludes that traditional teaching methods can be improved substantially by training health professionals to put a greater focus on the visual aspects of the task, as opposed to an emphasis on learning the physiology and anatomy of skin lesions.