Family Medicine Residents' Perceptions of Dermatology Training: The Skin Color Gap

• In Event: Fairmont Roundtable Session One
  In Roundtable Session: Race and Gender in Professions Education (Table 6)

Abstract

Canada's diverse populations pose unique challenges regarding skin presentations in patients with skin of colour (SoC) but dermatology training in Family medicine programs is limited despite dermatology complaints in approximately 8% of primary care. This study recruited current and recently graduated family medicine residents of the University of Toronto(UofT) for a concurrent parallel mixed-methods study of their perceptions of their dermatology training and their preparedness and comfort in diagnosing and managing common skin conditions in different skin phototypes. The majority (91%) of participants felt they lacked adequate dermatology exposure during residency training and were inadequately prepared to assess and manage skin conditions in SoC patients (94%) compared with Caucasian patients (27%). They had limited exposure to SoC dermatology resources.

Authors

• Darshini Persaude, Self Employed
  Presenting Author

• Abdullah Cader, University of Toronto
  Non-Presenting Author

• Travis Sutherland, University of Toronto
  Non-Presenting Author

• Nikola Unic, University of Toronto
  Non-Presenting Author

• Christal Zhou, University of Toronto
  Non-Presenting Author

• Babak Aliarzadeh, University of Toronto
  Non-Presenting Author

• Joyce Nyhof-Young, University of Toronto
  Non-Presenting Author