AMBULATORY DERMATOLOGY ELECTIVE

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions Learning Outcomes: 1. Accurately describe skin lesions including morphology, configuration and distribution. Audience: Graduate 2. Recognize cutaneous manifestations of systemic diseases. Audience: Graduate 3. Demonstrate familiarity with common diagnostic and therapeutic procedures used in dermatology, including cryotherapy, shave and punch skin biopsy, potassium hydroxide mounts, scabies oil mounts, Tzanck smear, and dermoscopy. Audience: Graduate 4. Describe 1st and 2nd lines of therapy for common and important lesions and eruptions. Audience: Graduate 5. Identify risk factors for melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancers. Audience: Graduate 6. Perform supervised full-body skin exams for high-risk patients. Audience: Graduate 7. Demonstrate ability to write appropriate clinical notes and communicate effectively with the health care team. Audience: Graduate 8. Identify clinical situations in which a dermatologist should be consulted and other clinical situations which may be managed in a primary care clinic without referral. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Accurately describe skin lesions including morphology, configuration and distribution. Audience: Graduate 2. Recognize cutaneous manifestations of systemic diseases. Audience: Graduate 3. Demonstrate familiarity with common diagnostic and therapeutic procedures used in dermatology, including cryotherapy, shave and punch skin biopsy, potassium hydroxide mounts, scabies oil mounts, Tzanck smear, and dermoscopy. Audience: Graduate 4. Describe 1st and 2nd lines of therapy for common and important lesions and eruptions. Audience: Graduate 5. Identify risk factors for melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancers. Audience: Graduate 6. Perform supervised full-body skin exams for high-risk patients. Audience: Graduate 7. Demonstrate ability to write appropriate clinical notes and communicate effectively with the health care team. Audience: Graduate 8. Identify clinical situations in which a dermatologist should be consulted and other clinical situations which may be managed in a primary care clinic without referral. Audience: Graduate