Syllabus

Module 1: Premalignant and malignant non-melanoma skin cancer

• Basal cell carcinoma
• Actinic keratoses and actinic porokeratoses
• Bowen’s disease
• Actinic chelitis and squamous cell carcinoma of the lip
• Squamous cell carcinoma
• Keratoacanthoma
• Paget’s disease and extramammary Paget’s disease
• Cutaneous T cell lymphoma
• Other cutaneous lymphomas and lymphoma-like diseases
• Cutaneous metastasis

Module 2: Melanoma and melanocytic lesions

• Epidemiology, aetiology and clinical diagnosis of melanoma and benign melanocytic lesions
• Assessing melanoma risk
• Management of the patient at high risk for melanoma
• Biopsy and management of melanoma
• Dermoscopy

Module 3: Benign skin tumours

• Seborrhoeic keratoses
• Skin tags
• Dermatofibromas
• Hypertrophic and keloid scars
• Naevus sebaceous
• Chondrodermatitis nodularis helicis
• Epidermal cysts
• Pilar cysts
• Sebaceous hyperplasia
• Syringoma

Module 4: Practical procedures in dermatology

• Cryotherapy
• Intralesional steroid injections
• Local anaesthesia
• Biopsy techniques (punch, shave, curette and incision)
• Curettage and electrodessication
• Surgical anatomy and danger zones
• Sutures and suturing
• Elliptical excisions
• Full thickness skin grafts
• Split thickness skin grafts
• Principles of flap repairs
• Regional approach to closures
• Wound care and surgical dressings
• Surgical complications and risk management
• Nonsurgical treatments for skin cancer

Module 5: Dermatological surgery workshop (4-6 November, Coogee Beach, Sydney)

(Workshop content may be modified in accordance with program participant feedback)

• Cryotherapy
• Local anaesthesia
• Biopsy techniques
• Electrodessication and curettage
• Procedure room set up
• Surgical anatomy
• Elliptical excision surgery
• Sutures and suturing
• Biopsies and suturing techniques – practical using pigs bellies
• Advancement flaps
• Rotation flaps
• Transposition flaps
• Island pedicle flaps and myocutaneous flaps
• Flaps – practical using pigs bellies
• Dermoscopy
• Full thickness skin grafts
• Split thickness skin grafts
• Surgical risk management and surgical complications
• Non surgical management of skin cancer
• Intralesional steroids
• Closure options by anatomical site
• Open forum
• Interactive – which closure option should I use here?

Module 6: Clinical experience

This module consists of several education options including clinical attachment, peer group discussion and virtual classroom. Participants can only undertake module 6 after they have completed all 24 other modules.

Module 7: Introduction to the skin

• Skin structure and function
• Lesion morphology
• Differential diagnosis by body region
• Basic principles of treatment
• Topical corticosteroids

Module 8: Eczema, dermatitis and related conditions

• Acute, subacute and chronic eczematous inflammation
• Plant dermatitis
• Lichen simplex chronicus
• Hand eczema
• Asteatotic eczema
• Allergic contact dermatitis
• Irritant contact dermatitis
• Fingertip eczema and keratolysis exfoliativa
• Nummular eczema
• Pompholyx
• Prurigo nodularis
• Chronic venous insufficiency: stasis dermatitis and venous leg ulcers
• Atopic dermatitis
• Ichthyosis vulgaris
• Keratosis pilaris
• Pityriasis alba

Module 9: Psoriasis and other papulosquamous diseases

• Psoriasis vulgaris (plaque)
• Guttate psoriasis
• Pustular psoriasis (localised and generalised)
• Flexural (inverse) psoriasis
• Erythrodermic psoriasis
• Seborrhoeic dermatitis
• Grover’s disease
• Pityriasis rosea
• Lichen planus
• Lichen sclerosus
• Pityriasis lichenoides chronica and pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta

Module 10: Bacterial skin infections

• Impetigo
• Cellulitis and erysipelas
• Folliculitis and Pseudomonas folliculitis
• Pseudofolliculitis barbae and acne keloidalis
• Furuncles and carbuncles
• Otitis externa

Module 11: Viral infections with cutaneous manifestations

• Warts
• Molluscum contagiosum
• Herpes simplex
• Varicella
• Herpes zoster (shingles)
• Hand, foot and mouth disease
• Ross River Fever (RRV disease)

Module 12: Fungal skin infections

• Candidiasis
• Tinea versicolor and pityrosporum folliculitis
• Onychomycosis
• Angular cheilitis
• Tinea pedis and tinea cruris
• Tinea corporis and tinea manuum
• Tinea faciei and tinea barbae
• Tinea capitis
• Tinea incognito

Module 13: Acne vulgaris, acne rosacea and related disorders

• Acne vulgaris
• Rosacea
• Perioral dermatitis
• Hidradenitis suppurativa
• Hyperhidrosis

Module 14: Urticaria

• Acute urticaria
• Angioedema
• Chronic urticaria
• Physical urticaria
• Mastocytosis (urticaria pigmentosa)
• Pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy

Module 15: Exanthems and drug reactions

• Nonspecific viral rash
• Roseola infantum
• Erythema infectiosum
• Kawasaki disease
• Cutaneous drug reactions
• Toxic shock syndrome

Module 16: Hypersensitivity syndromes and vasculitis

• Erythema multiforme
• Stevens-Johnson syndrome
• Toxic epidermal necrolysis
• Erythema nodosum
• Cutaneous small vessel vasculitis (hypersensitivity vasculitis)
• Henoch-Schönlein purpura
• Schamberg’s disease—pigmented purpuric dermatoses (capillaritis)
• Sweet’s syndrome
• Panniculitis

Module 17: Skin infestations and bites

• Scabies
• Pediculosis (lice)
• Papular urticaria, flea bites and bed bugs
• Swimmers itch
• Cutaneous larva migrans

Module 18: Vesicular and bullous diseases

• Dermatitis herpetiformis
• Bullous pemphigoid
• Pemphigus vulgaris
• Pemphigus foliaceus

Module 19: Connective tissue diseases

• Chronic, subacute and acute cutaneous lupus erythematosus
• Dermatomyocitis
• Scleroderma
• Morphea

Module 20: Light related skin diseases and pigmentation disorders

• Photodamage
• Polymorphous light eruption (PMLE)
• Porphyria cutanea tarda
• Vitiligo
• Idiopathic guttate hypomelanosis
• Freckles and lentigines
• Melasma

Module 21: Vascular tumours and malformations

• Haemangiomas of infancy
• Vascular malformations
• Cherry angiomas and angiokeratomas
• Venous lake and pyogenic granuloma
• Kaposi’s sarcoma
• Telangiectasias
• Spider angioma (spider naevus)

Module 22: Hair and nail disorders

• Male pattern baldness
• Androgenetic alopecia in women
• Telogen effluvium
• Alopecia areata
• Trichotillomania
• Onycholysis
• Paronychia (acute and chronic)
• Ingrown toenails and subungual haematoma
• Digital myxoid (or mucoid) cysts
• Naevi and melanoma in nails

Module 23: Neonatal skin diseases

• Toxic erythema of the newborn (erythema toxicum neonatorum)
• Miliaria
• Cutis marmorata

Module 24: Sexually transmitted infections and skin

• Syphilis
• Chancroid
• Genital warts
• Genital herpes simplex
• Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and the skin

Module 25: Cutaneous manifestations of internal disease

• Acquired cutaneous neoplastic syndromes
• Inherited cutaneous paraneoplastic syndromes
• Acanthosis nigricans
• Neurofibromatosis
• Tuberous sclerosis
• Granuloma annulare
• Necrobiosis lipoidica
• Pyoderma gangrenosum