Confidence of Irish dermatologists in caring for patients with skin of colour
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2021-08-16
Authors
O'Connor, Cathal
Gallagher, C.
Bourke, John
Murphy, Michael
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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Abstract
To assess Irish dermatologists’ confidence with dermatology in patients with skin of colour (SOC), an online survey was distributed to all members of the Irish Association of Dermatology (IAD) by email. Half (50%) of respondents were ‘not confident’ or ‘not at all confident’ in diagnosing skin conditions and one-third (33.9%) were ‘not confident’ or ‘not at all confident’ in managing skin conditions in patients with SOC. Irish dermatologists have low confidence with skin pathology in SOC, and specific training could reduce this disparity.
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Skin of colour , Ethnic dermatology , Pigmented skin , Dermatology training , Medical education
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O'Connor, C., Gallagher, C., Bourke, J. and Murphy, M. (2021) 'Confidence of Irish dermatologists in caring for patients with skin of colour' [Letter to the Editor] Clinical and Experimental Dermatology. doi: 10.1111/ced.14897
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© 2021, British Association of Dermatologists. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. This is the peer reviewed version of the following item: O'Connor, C., Gallagher, C., Bourke, J. and Murphy, M. (2021) 'Confidence of Irish dermatologists in caring for patients with skin of colour' [Letter to the Editor] Clinical and Experimental Dermatology, doi: 10.1111/ced.14897, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/ced.14897. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.