Specialties
- WHOLE PERSON
- CARDIORESPIRATORY
- METABOLISM
- HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
- BRAIN AND BEHAVIOUR
- LOCOMOTOR
LOCOMOTOR: Dermatology
Index
- General Outcomes for Dermatology
- Systemic Disease in Dermatology
- Dermatological Emergencies
- Blisters
- Skin Lumps and Bumps
- Skin Infections
- Inflammatory Skin Disease
- Hair Loss and Gain
- Skin Cancer
- Pressure Sores
- General Outcomes for Dermatology
- Medical knowledge: ANATOMY (TD 8.1)
- Medical knowledge: PHYSIOLOGY (TD 8.2)
- Medical knowledge: PATHOLOGY (TD 8.7)
- Medical knowledge: MICROBIOLOGY and INFECTION (TD 8.9)
- Sources of Infection and Routes of Transmission
- Medical knowledge: CLINICAL FEATURES of DISEASE (TD 8 b)
- Skin Infections
- General Outcomes for Dermatological Diseases
- Understand the clinical significance of losing the skin barrier for health and disease (LOC2)
- Can describe the clinical features of common skin disorders, using appropriate terminology, and to relate the signs to the underlying pathology eg eczema, urticaria, psoriasis, benign and malignant skin lumps (DERM4)
- Medical knowledge: SOCIOLOGY (TD 10 a-e)
- Chronic Illness and Disability
- Clinical skills: HISTORY (TD 13 a-b)
- Taking a History
- Examination of the Skin
- Clinical skills: PLANNING AND INTERPRETING INVESTIGATIONS (TD 14 c-d)
- Clinical skills: MAKING A DIAGNOSIS and CLINICAL JUDGEMENT (TD 14 e-f)
- Clinical skills: FORMULATING A TREATMENT PLAN (TD 14 g)
- Clinical skills: INTERACTION WITH PATIENTS (TD 15 a-b)
- Interacting with Patients - General
- Clinical skills: PRESCRIBING DRUGS SAFELY AND EFFECTIVELY (TD 17 a-h)
- Pharmacological Therapy - Dermatological Disorders (General)
- Demonstrate knowledge of the basic pharmacology and use of topical treatments, including emollients and steroids (DERM4)
- Can describe the common or important adverse effects, including important drug interactions, of the systemic treatments commonly used in the index dermatological conditions. (DERM4)
- Demonstrate knowledge of the basic pharmacology of common and important systemic therapeutic agents used in skin disease including methotrexate, roaccutane, prednisolone, azathioprine and the biologics. (DERM4)
- Pharmacological Therapy - Dermatological Disorders (General)
- Systemic Disease in Dermatology
- General
- Demonstrate an ability to recognise skin signs of common or important systemic diseases including: Granuloma Annulare; Dermatitis herpetiformis, Necrobiosis lipoidica; Acanthosis nigricans; Splinter haemorrhage; Dermatomyositis; Systemic lupus erythematos (DERM4)
- Describe the relevant investigations for confirmation of the following systemic diseases: Granuloma Annulare; Dermatitis herpetiformis, Necrobiosis lipoidica; Acanthosis nigricans; Splinter haemorrhage; vasculitis, Dermatomyositis; Systemic lupus erythema (DERM4)
- The above, but also for Erythema nodosum; Erythema multiforme and Pruritus (DERM4)
- General
- Dermatological Emergencies
- General
- Demonstrate an ability to recognise a dermatologic emergency including the following conditions: Erythroderma; Toxic Epidermal Necrosis; Necrotising Fascitiis and Stevens Johnson Syndrome (DERM4)
- Describe the relevant investigations required for the following conditions: Erythroderma; Toxic Epidermal Necrosis; Necrotising Fascitiis and Stevens Johnson Syndrome (DERM4)
- Outline a basic management plan for first contact care of a patient with a life threatening skin disease including: Erythroderma; Toxic Epidermal Necrosis; Necrotising Fascitiis and Stevens Johnson Syndrome (DERM4)
- General
- Blisters
- General
- Demonstrate an ability to recognise the signs and symptoms of a patient with a blistering dermatosis. (DERM4)
- Describe the relevance of the investigations employed in a patient with Blistering Dermatosis (DERM4)
- Have a working knowledge of the functional biology of the basement membrane in relation to blisters. (DERM4)
- Have a working knowledge of the treatments available and any complications for the following conditions: Bullous Pemphigoid; Pemphigus Vulgaris and Dermatitis Herpetiformis (DERM4)
- General
- Skin Lumps and Bumps
- General
- Demonstrate an ability to recognise and distinguish common benign skin lumps including: Moles; Freckles; Dermato-fibroma; Pyogenic Granuloma; Seborrheic Keratosis and Haemangioma (DERM4)
- Have a working knowledge of the treatment options available for the following: Moles; Freckles; Dermato-fibroma; Pyogenic Granuloma; Seborrheic Keratosis and Haemangioma (DERM4)
- General
- Skin Infections
- General
- Be able to demonstrate an ability to recognise presentation of common skin infections including: Cellulitis; Impetigo; Fungal infection; Herpes simplex; Herpes zoster; Human papillomavirus and Yeast infections (DERM4)
- Describe the relevant investigations required for the following skin infections: Cellulitis; Impetigo; Fungal infection; Herpes simplex; Herpes zoster; Human papillomavirus and Yeast infections (DERM4)
- To consider the range of different organisms that cause infection in skin: bacteria, viruses, yeast/fungi, and parasites. (LOC2)
- Describe the basic management outline for following conditions: Cellulitis; Impetigo; Fungal infection; Herpes simplex; Herpes zoster; Human papillomavirus and Yeast infections (DERM4)
- To consider the different skin sites that may become infected and the different associated clinical features: epidermal, dermal, subcutaneous, appendigeal. (LOC2)
- To be familiar with common skin infections including impetigo, cellulitis, herpes simplex, herpes zoster, tinea and scabies. (LOC2)
- General
- Inflammatory Skin Disease
- General
- To appreciate the patho-physiology underlying the signs of inflammation in the skin redness, swelling and pain. (LOC2)
- Recognise and be able to distinguish between: eczema, psoriasis, dermatitis, acne, ulcer, warts
- Demonstrate an ability to recognise common inflammatory skin disorders including: Psoriasis; Eczema and Lichen Planus (DERM4)
- Safely treat common skin conditions
- To appreciate the different types of inflammation in the skin - mast cell mediated, immune complex mediated, delayed-type hypersensitivity, granuloma formation. (LOC2)
- Appreciate the differences between Th1 and Th2 responses and the pathogenesis of allergic contact dermatitis.
- Have a working knowledge of the treatments available for common inflammatory skin disorders including: Psoriasis; Eczema and Lichen Planus (DERM4)
- To appreciate the differences between Th1 and Th2 responses and the pathogenesis of allergic contact dermatitis. (LOC2)
- Cellulitis: organisms and choice of antimicrobial (CSP3)
- Recognise that some drugs are for use under only specialist advice and direction
- Describe important adverse effects or complications of common therapies employed in the treatment of Psoriasis; Eczema and Lichen planus (DERM4)
- To describe the cutaneous manifestations of vasculitis and appreciate the common causes. (LOC2)
- Recognise dermatological adverse reactions
- General
- Hair Loss and Gain
- General
- Demonstrate an ability to discriminate between different patterns of hair loss eg distribution, pathology (scarring, non-scarring alopecia) (DERM4)
- Be able to list the common causes of hair loss (DERM4)
- Demonstrate an understanding of the impact of hair loss/gain on the patients quality of life (DERM4)
- Describe relevant investigations for a patient presenting with hair loss/gain including: Adrogenetic Alopecia; Hirsutism and Alopecia Areata (DERM4)
- General
- Skin Cancer
- General Outcomes for Skin Cancer
- Appreciate the concepts of benign, dysplastic and malignant.
- Demonstrate an ability to recognise and distinguish malignant lesions including; Actinic Keratoses; Basal Cell Carcinoma; Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Melanoma (DERM4)
- Demonstrate an ability to recognise and distinguish malignant lesions including; Actinic Keratoses; Basal Cell Carcinoma; Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Melanoma (DERM4)
- Demonstrate competence in the recognition of moles, dysplastic moles and melanoma (DERM4)
- Have a working knowledge of the treatment options available. (DERM4)
- Appreciate the pre-cancerous (dysplastic) nature of solar/actinic keratoses and Bowen’s disease.
- Demonstrate an ability to recognise the signs of skin cancer and premalignant lesions.
- Have a working knowledge of the public health strategies for increasing awareness of skin cancer and to understand the major risk factors for skin cancer. (DERM4)
- Understand the difference between melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancers: their epidemiology, clinical manifestations and treatment
- Have a working knowledge of the public health strategies for increasing awareness of skin cancer and to understand the major risk factors for skin cancer. (DERM4)
- Malignant Melanoma
- General Outcomes for Skin Cancer
- Pressure Sores