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Dermatology Education Resources & Modules (UtahDERM): Implementing a Digital Dermatology Education Platform

by Adriene Pavek ↓; Stormy Foster-Palmer ↓; Annabelle Huntsman ↓; Nathan Shen ↓; Bryan E. Hull, MEd ↓; Shreya Sreekantaswamy, MD ↓ & Julia Curtis, MD ↓

Abstract

Authors: Adriene Pavek1, Stormy Foster-Palmer1, Annabelle Huntsman1, Nathan Shen2, Bryan E. Hull, MEd3, Shreya Sreekantaswamy, MD4, Julia Curtis, MD4

Affiliations:
1 University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah
2 University of Michigan School of Medicine, Mount Pleasant, Michigan
3 Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, Salt Lake City, Utah
4Department of Dermatology, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, Utah

Objective: Summarize the development of UtahDERM, an open-access and searchable database of a vast repository of clinical images.

Background and/or problem addressed: Dermatological diagnoses are challenging for clinicians. To address this educational gap, the University of Utah Department of Dermatology and Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library digitized photographs of pediatric and adult dermatologic cases donated by Dr. Leonard Swinyer.

Design: Approximately 15,000 slides (400 DPI/slide) were digitized using CyberViewX5-MS for placement online in an image viewer. Dermatologists applied clinical characteristics (location, distribution, configuration, color, primary lesion, secondary change, and Fitzpatrick 1-VI) using Google Forms. The Editor-in-Chief reviews assigned standardized diagnoses in accordance with Bolognia textbook for accuracy.

Website usage data was collected via Google Analytics.

Results: UtahDERM’s Image Viewer is currently in an alpha release stage: Current functions include browsing by diagnosis, filtering by characteristics, and searching by textbook chapters.

The website received 13,000 views with 6,800 new users from primarily U.S (5,400), Canada (308), and UK (254) from 2022-2023.

Conclusions: UtahDERM is a promising advancement in dermatological education, but faces challenges in data collection, slide categorization, and reviewer recruitment. Ongoing refinement is necessary to provide a framework for future open-source large-scale image repositories.

References

  1. Bolognia J. Schaffer J. V. & Cerroni L. (2018). Dermatology (Fourth). Elsevier.
  2. University of Utah. (2023). UtahDERM Clinical Slides Viewer. UtahDERM. https://utahderm.med.utah.edu/image-viewer/


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Dermatology Education Resources & Modules (UtahDERM): Implementing a Digital Dermatology Education Platform by Adriene Pavek, Stormy Foster-Palmer, Annabelle Huntsman, Nathan Shen, Bryan E. Hull, MEd, Shreya Sreekantaswamy, MD & Julia Curtis, MD