Assessing patient satisfaction at a medical student-organized free community skin cancer screening.
6 affiliations
- 1The University of Kansas School of Medicine, 3901 Rainbow Blvd, KS, 66160, Kansas City, USA. [email protected].
- 2Kansas City University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kansas City, MO, USA.
- 3The University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO, USA.
- 4The University of Kansas School of Medicine, 3901 Rainbow Blvd, KS, 66160, Kansas City, USA.
- 5Department of Dermatology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and Geisel School of Medicine, Lebanon, NH, USA.
- 6Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA.
Abstract
Introduction
Skin cancer screening is a safe and simple screening test in medicine. To provide skin cancer screenings for the Kansas City (KC) metropolitan area, students from local medical schools collaborated with dermatologists to organize the first annual collaborative skin cancer screening event.Methods
To assess patient satisfaction and barriers to dermatologic care, participants completed a survey, which included multiple-choice questions addressing demographics, access to dermatologic care, and event satisfaction. Statistical significance was determined using Fisher's Exact and chi-square tests.Results
A total of 48 screenings were performed and 46 attendees participated in the study. The majority of participants were female (61%), White (65%), English-speaking (80%), with at least a bachelor's degree (72%) and health insurance (78%). Most participants had not been seen for a skin concern in the past year (70%) and had never attended a community screening event (89%). Many participants (50%) stated they would not have had an annual skin check without the event. Participants were largely satisfied with the event, and most reported being very likely to attend again. Race was associated with prior attendance at a screening event (p = 0.045) and reporting cost (p = 0.0099) or lack of insurance (p = 0.0016) as barriers to care. Younger age was associated with first-time screening attendance (p = 0.004).Discussion
Despite being free and open to the public, the event primarily attracted groups not traditionally underserved. These findings support ongoing efforts to expand community-based screening initiatives in the KC area.
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BibTeX
@article{kerr2026assessing,
title = {{Assessing patient satisfaction at a medical student-organized free community skin cancer screening.}},
author = {Mary Elizabeth Kerr and Mehraeil Zaki and Shekhar Gugnani and Grace Keirn and Jonique Depina and Urmi Khanna and K Allen Greiner},
journal = {Journal of health, population, and nutrition},
year = {2026},
month = jul,
doi = {10.1186/s41043-026-01405-8},
url = {https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42908023},
note = {CC BY-NC-ND},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Assessing patient satisfaction at a medical student-organized free community skin cancer screening.
AU - Mary Elizabeth Kerr
AU - Mehraeil Zaki
AU - Shekhar Gugnani
AU - Grace Keirn
AU - Jonique Depina
AU - Urmi Khanna
AU - K Allen Greiner
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/07/01
JO - Journal of health, population, and nutrition
DO - 10.1186/s41043-026-01405-8
UR - https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42908023
AB - Introduction Skin cancer screening is a safe and simple screening test in medicine. To provide skin cancer screenings for the Kansas City (KC) metropolitan area, students from local medical schools collaborated with dermatologists to organize the first annual collaborative skin cancer screening event.Methods To assess patient satisfaction and barriers to dermatologic care, participants completed a survey, which included multiple-choice questions addressing demographics, access to dermatologic care, and event satisfaction. Statistical significance was determined using Fisher's Exact and chi-square tests.Results A total of 48 screenings were performed and 46 attendees participated in the study. The majority of participants were female (61%), White (65%), English-speaking (80%), with at least a bachelor's degree (72%) and health insurance (78%). Most participants had not been seen for a skin concern in the past year (70%) and had never attended a community screening event (89%). Many participants (50%) stated they would not have had an annual skin check without the event. Participants were largely satisfied with the event, and most reported being very likely to attend again. Race was associated with prior attendance at a screening event (p = 0.045) and reporting cost (p = 0.0099) or lack of insurance (p = 0.0016) as barriers to care. Younger age was associated with first-time screening attendance (p = 0.004).Discussion Despite being free and open to the public, the event primarily attracted groups not traditionally underserved. These findings support ongoing efforts to expand community-based screening initiatives in the KC area.
SN - 1606-0997
SN - 2072-1315
ER -