Quantitative digital image assessment of skin of colour representation in a medical school dermatology course-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Quantitative digital image assessment of skin of colour representation in a medical school dermatology course

Published:2024-03-22 Issue:9 Volume:49 Page:1069-1070
ISSN:0307-6938
Container-title:Clinical and Experimental Dermatology
language:en
Short-container-title:

Author:

Nayudu Krithika¹²^ORCID,Hazen T J¹³,Patil Mihir K¹⁴^ORCID,Milosavljevic Sofia¹³,Braun Natalie¹³,Nambudiri Vinod E¹³

Affiliation:

1. Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Department of Dermatology , Boston, MA , USA

2. Medical College of Georgia , Augusta, GA , USA

3. Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA , USA

4. Carle Illinois College of Medicine, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign , Champaign, IL , USA

Abstract

This article utilizes a novel objective method to analyse the representation of various skin tones in a medical school dermatology course. By employing quantitative methods, the research aims to improve representation of skin of colour in medical curricula and highlight the importance of inclusive education for better patient care.

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Link

https://academic.oup.com/ced/advance-article-pdf/doi/10.1093/ced/llae108/57955956/llae108.pdf

Reference5 articles.

1. Skin of color in preclinical medical education: a cross-institutional comparison and a call to action;Okoro;Cutis,2021

2. Racial disparities in dermatology training: the impact on black patients;Perlman;Cutis,2020

3. Increasing skin of color representation in a medical school dermatology course through student and faculty engagement: the dermatology IDD Image Verification Ensuring Representation of Skin of Color initiative;Kassamali;J Am Acad Dermatol,2023

4. Evaluation of a simple image-based tool to quantify facial erythema in rosacea during treatment;Logger;Skin Res Technol,2020

5. Research techniques made simple: cutaneous colorimetry: a reliable technique for objective skin color measurement;Ly;J Invest Dermatol,2020