AEDT
Overview
Dermoscopy is an essential clinical skill for all health professionals. This comprehensive dermoscopy workshop will be presented by highly regarded dermatologists A/Prof Alvin Chong and Dr Hugh Roberts.
This workshop is specially designed for GPs, podiatrists, physiotherapists, and nurses to gain expertise in dermoscopy, improve diagnostic accuracy and make confident decisions in diagnosing and managing skin cancers.
This workshop will equip you with:
- In-depth knowledge of dermoscopy
- Practical diagnostic skills to recognise common skin lesions, including acral and nail lesions, skin cancers, melanoma and pathognomonic vascular patterns
Learning outcomes
- Explain the principles of dermoscopy
- Recognise and describe common skin lesions using a dermatoscope
- Recognise and describe common patterns seen on dermoscopy for non-melanocytic skin cancers such as squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma and melanoma, including vascular patterns
- Recognise and describe acral and nail lesions using dermoscopy
- Understand the limitations of dermoscopy
