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Appendix C - Training requirements for a store-and-forward teledermatology consult manager

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 September 2009

Hon S. Pak
Affiliation:
Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center, Fort Detrick, Maryland, USA
Karen E. Edison
Affiliation:
Department of Dermatology and Missouri Telehealth Network, University of Missouri, Columbia Missouri, USA
John D. Whited
Affiliation:
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Division of General Internal Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Hon S. Pak
Affiliation:
Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas
Karen E. Edison
Affiliation:
University of Missouri, Columbia
John D. Whited
Affiliation:
Duke University Medical Center, Durham
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Summary

Requirement: Approximately 8 hr of initial training

  1. Receive hands-on training on a digital camera (up to 2 hr).

  2. Receive training on photographic techniques specific to teledermatology (Macro Imaging, Standards-based imaging protocol, Lighting, Hair imaging, etc). See appendix D (up to 3 hr).

  3. Learn the basic terms used in clinical dermatology as it relates to four major characteristics of skin disease (up to 1 hr).

  4. Learn to recognize the 10 most common skin conditions (classic-type only) to include seborrheic dermatitis, nevus, eczema, psoriasis, melanoma, basal cell carcinoma, and squamous cell carcinoma (up to 1 hr).

  5. Receive hands-on training on the application to be used to enter consult data and upload images (up to 1 hr).

  6. Receive training on consult flow for his or her organization to include the patient enrollment procedures, follow-up procedures, and exclusion criteria for teledermatology (up to 2 hr).

  7. Receive training on how to prepare and set up room to take images of patients (use of background, lighting, etc.) (up to 1 hr).

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Teledermatology
A User's Guide
, pp. 130
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2008

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