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Table 2 Qualities of adequate dermoscopy training derived from thematic analysis with illustrative quotations

From: Dermoscopy use in primary care: a qualitative study with general practitioners

Quality of Adequate Training

Example Quotation

Simple

‘If it’s kept quite simple…at a GP level of knowledge, as opposed to making us dermatologists.’(I7)

Practical

‘It needs to be more hands-on…bring your scopes…get people practising.’ (I6)

Contextualized

‘Dermoscopy isn’t a tool on its own, it’s a tool along with…your history and your exam and all that sort of stuff’(I11)

Spaced

‘Come back for another training session after a while…there has to be an on-going training thing.’(I3)