Tropical Dermatology
Short course
In London
Description
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Type
Short course
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Level
Intermediate
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Location
London
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Duration
3 Days
The School is partnered by the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in providing education in Tropical Dermatology. This course provides up to date teaching on the diagnosis and management of skin disorders affecting individuals living in or travelling to tropical settings.
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About this course
The impact of tropical and other skin disorders affecting people in the tropics
The diagnosis and management of tropical skin disorders
This course is designed for physicians, nurses and other health care professionals who are involved in the management of skin disorders. It aims to provide health care professionals with an opportunity to develop and update their knowledge and skills in tropical dermatology. The course is open to registered medical practitioners, registered nurses and other health care professionals with an interest in skin health.
This course has been approved by the Federation of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the UK for 18 Category 1 (external) Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credits in previous years and we expect the same approval will be granted for the 2020-intake.
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Subjects
- Dermatology
- Objectives
- Resource
- Ectodermal
- Parasitic
- Relevant
- Helminths
- Filariasis
- Lymphoedema
- Opportunistic
- Leprosy
Course programme
The course will cover a range of topics relevant to tropical dermatology:
- The burden of skin disease in tropical and resource limited settings
- Ectodermal parasitic skin disease
- Fungal infections of the skin
- Filariasis, lymphoedema and podoconiosis
- Helminths and the skin
- HIV and associated opportunistic infections of the skin
- Leprosy
- Leishmaniasis
- Other mycobacterial skin infections
- Public health interventions
- Pyoderma
- Teledermatology
- Travel-related skin problems
- Yaws and other treponematoses
- Neglected Tropical Diseases
- Non-communicable skin disease in tropical settings
- Wound management
Tropical Dermatology