Improving Identification of Dermatological Conditions in Skin of Color

Vermont primary care practitioners are less likely to have experience diagnosing dark skin tones given that the state population is 94.2% white. Only 4.5% of images in general medicine textbooks and 4-19% of images in dermatology textbooks depicted darker skin. Black patients are significantly less likely to see a dermatologist, which highlights the importance of diagnosis at the primary care office.https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/fmclerk/1906/thumbnail.jp