DERM 604: APC Clinical Dermatology

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Course Description

Participation in dermatology clinics and inpatient consultations. There are weekly clinical conferences with the entire department as well as a continuing series of teaching seminars and dermatopathology conferences. This course is a clinical clerkship. (Four weeks). 

Location: Seattle, WA 

Goals & Objectives

Goals 

  • Learn basic approach to the diagnosis and management of the most common skin problems. 

  • Learn the basic principles and practice of oral and topical dermatologic therapy with wet dressings, steroids, emollients and antipruritic therapy. 

  • Learn to recognize major life-threatening skin diseases and markers of systemic disease. 

  • Learn and become facile with dermatologic vocabulary in order to generate clinical differential diagnoses and accurately describe a rash or a lesion when requesting consultative services. 

  • Learn to recognize common skin tumors, and understand appropriate diagnostics tests used in dermatology. 

Objectives 

  • By the end of the rotation, students should be able to: 

  • Use the language of dermatology to effectively and accurately describe skin conditions or lesions. 

  • Demonstrate focused history-taking, physical examination, and oral and written presentations suitable for the skin. 

  • Outline a basic approach to the diagnosis and management of common skin conditions including atopic dermatitis, psoriasis, and seborrheic dermatitis. 

  • Apply the basic principles and practice of oral and topical dermatologic therapy including the appropriate use of emollients, topical steroids, antipruritic therapies, and systemic immunosuppressants. 

  • Correctly identify common skin tumors such as basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and melanoma; outline basic management plans including the method of biopsy, appropriate surgical management, and patient follow up intervals. 

  • Recognize potentially life-threatening skin diseases such as serious drug eruptions, toxic epidermal necrolysis, and autoimmune blistering disorders. 

  • Successfully demonstrate essential dermatologic diagnostic procedures including KOH examination, scabies prep, shave biopsy, and punch biopsy of the skin. 

 

Site(s)

  • UW Roosevelt 
  • FHCC-UW Roosevelt 
  • UW Inpatient 
  • Harborview Medical Center 

Registration Information

  • Credits: 8  
  • Pre-Reqs: Successful completion of required Internal Medicine Clerkship. 
  • Grading: Honors/High Pass Eligible 
  • Notes: Requires permission (please contact drmedstu@uw.edu); Fulfills Advanced Patient Care (APC) Requirement