Table 4 The characteristics of GPs and their adherence to guidelines for up to three scenarios of patients presenting with suspicious melanocytic lesions
From: Choosing to biopsy or refer suspicious melanocytic lesions in general practice
GP characteristic | Number of GPs | Number of scenarios where GPs adhered to guidelines | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | None of the Scenarios | One Scenario | Two Scenarios | Three Scenarios | ||||
Training* | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  Dermoscopy only | 19 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 5% | 7 | 37% | 11 | 58% |
  Biopsy only | 69 | 4 | 6% | 6 | 9% | 25 | 36% | 34 | 49% |
  Trained in both | 62 | 5 | 8% | 5 | 8% | 21 | 34% | 31 | 50% |
  No training | 94 | 1 | 1% | 11 | 12% | 17 | 18% | 65 | 69% |
Full-time** | 137 | 6 | 4% | 18 | 13% | 38 | 28% | 75 | 56% |
Part-time | 86 | 3 | 3% | 5 | 6% | 22 | 22% | 56 | 56% |
GP specialises in skin cancer management | 5 | 1 | Â | 0 | Â | 4 | Â | 0 | Â |
Routine use of dermoscopy# | Â | 7 | 78% | 13 | 57% | 52 | 74% | 62 | 49% |
Mean (SD) biopsies per month## | Â | 8.50 | (8.11) | 3.30 | (3.47) | 8.21 | (14.37) | 1.98 | (2.86) |