| Title: | Dermatology: Principles and Practice Strategies for the Primary Care Office |
| Dates: | April 11, 2022 - April 14, 2022 |
| Location: | Bahia Mar, Fort Lauderdale, FL |
| Daily Schedule: | 7:30am-12:50pm EST |
| Course #: | SEMLA-3620220411 |
| Type: |
In-Person & Live Webinar
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Agenda & Learning Objectives
Essentials of Dermatology Terminology and Diagnosis.
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: COMP
- Essentials of Dermatology Terminology and Diagnosis.
- Approach dermatologic disorders with a consistent and logical method.
- Apply common diagnostic modalities, including light, dermoscopy, photography, telemedicine, and microscopy to aid in dermatologic diagnoses.
- Detangle the labels of common OTC topicals.
- Recommend simple but effective skin care regimens for common issues like dry skin, antiaging, and pruritus.
- Dispel myths about popular and widely-advertised OTC subscription products.
- Acquire a basic understanding of both therapeutic and harmful effects of ultraviolet radiation in dermatology based on recent literature.
- Recognize common photosensitivity disorders, and develop an approach to diagnosis and treatment of these conditions.
- Gain a clinical understanding of the diagnosis of actinic keratosis and approach to “lesion” vs. “field” therapy based on latest evidence-based guidelines.
- Identify clinical features of non-melanoma skin cancer and develop treatment (including Mohs surgery) and follow-up approaches to these lesions.
- Demonstrate increased awareness of the incidence and associated morbidity with NMSC in transplant patients, particularly with reference to squamous cell carcinoma and its updated staging and management, and facilitate appropriate skin cancer screenings.
- Outline appropriate sun protective measures for your patients as per FDA standards and American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) recommendations and decode sunscreen safety data from the media.
- Distinguish between types of intrinsic and extrinsic dermatitis, including contact, atopic, stasis, and seborrheic dermatitis.
- Plan the testing for identification of allergens in contact dermatitis, including poison ivy and common household and workplace contact allergens.
- Develop prevention and treatment plans for various types of dermatitis based on recent AAD guidelines, particularly for atopic dermatitis.
Common Benign Tumors, Part I: Warts, Mollusca, Fibrous Tumors, Cutaneous Horns.
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: GL,COMP
- Devise a treatment plan for common tumors, which may include observation, biopsy, removal, and referral.
- Recognize the multiple cutaneous manifestations of warts and “wart-like” lesions and develop a stepwise treatment approach based on literature review and recent guidelines.
- Employ data-driven scripts for patients about observation versus active treatment of benign tumors with self-limited natural histories.
- Develop an approach to common dermal tumors, including most appropriate type of biopsy or excision based on pathophysiology.
- Initiate systemic evaluation in setting of certain skin lesions that may be associated with underlying medical conditions.
- Demonstrate awareness of guidelines and implementation and/or appropriate referral for managing infantile hemangiomas as per the American Academy of Pediatrics.
- Identify cutaneous markers of certain systemic diseases.
- Distinguish specific and nonspecific findings in relationship to underlying disease.
- Evaluate pruritus and differentiate those cases associated with systemic disease vs. primary cutaneous disease.
- Differentiate many types of eruptions including lichen planus, granuloma annulare, pityriasiform dermatoses, blistering disorders, and urticaria.
- Employ diagnostic measures for these rashes, including physical exam, appropriate biopsy type, and laboratory modalities when indicated.
- Develop etiology and symptom-specific treatment regimens to address these eruptions.
- Drug Eruptions: Etiology, Differential Diagnosis and Treatment.
- Recognize, identify and avoid the “most common” suspected drugs in producing certain reaction patterns.
- Employ workup and treatment of DRESS and other severe drug reactions.
Psoriasis.
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: EBM,GL,COMP
- Evaluate the spectrum of classical and subtle cutaneous changes of psoriasis.
- Formulate the basic pathophysiology of psoriasis.
- Approach topical psoriasis therapy with a basic algorithm.
- Develop a treatment plan based upon the AAD Guidelines for Management of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis and Use of Biologics, Phototherapy and Chemotherapy.
- Utilize the ABCDE approach to the description of pigmented lesions and features of melanoma.
- Analyze the biology of melanoma.
- Appraise and employ the AAD Guidelines of Care for the Management of Primary Cutaneous Melanoma.
- Refer for a surgical approach, as per the NCCN (National Comprehensive Clinical Network) guidelines for melanoma.
- Appraise "dysplastic nevi" and describe the relationship between dysplastic nevi and melanomas.
- Develop an approach to examination, testing and follow up of families with dysplastic nevi and melanomas as per NCCN guidelines.
- Identify benign nevi variants and the risks and benefits of removal based on cosmesis, histopathological report variances, and recurrence.
- Identify rarer malignancies like Merkel cell carcinoma, cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, and angiosarcoma, and cutaneous metastases with reference to referral recommendations.
- Differentiate viral infections like herpes simplex and herpes zoster based on morphology, distribution of lesions, and laboratory testing.
- Determine appropriate treatment and prevention (including vaccination) plans for herpes simplex and herpes zoster as per CDC and FDA recommendations.
- Diagnose bacterial (including MRSA) and fungal infections of the skin and employ first line therapy.
- Outline key travel history inquiries and diagnostic modalities for patients with parasitic infections and initiate first line therapy.
- Speciate arthropods and that commonly cause skin disease like ticks, mites, bed bugs, and stinging insects so that appropriate therapy can be initiated acutely.
- Review preventative measures, including indications and safety of pesticides, and other measures for arthropod assault avoidance.
Disorders of Hair and Nails.
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: GL,COMP
- Develop an objective, simplified approach to hair loss and its common triggers per AAD recommendations.
- Determine the common causes of nail dystrophy .
- Formulate a treatment strategy for nail fold inflammation.
- Quickly diagnose common skin findings in inpatients, like stasis dermatitis, graft-versus-host disease, and drug reactions.
- Determine a workflow for ‘dermatologic emergencies’.
- Utilize appropriate lexicon, clinical descriptions, and acuity of cutaneous eruptions to arrive at an efficient primary care/dermatology team approach to inpatients.
- Characterize types of acne lesions and determine appropriate therapy based on pathophysiology.
- Develop a therapeutic ladder with a clear understanding of treatment indications, expectations, and side effects.
- Recognize current issues regarding usage of isotretinoin and long-term oral antibiotics to include the AAD Guidelines for prescribing isotretinoin in females of childbearing potential..
- Recognize various acneiform eruptions to include post-adolescent acne, periorificial dermatitis, folliculitis, hidradenitis, and rosacea.
- Analyze physical findings and testing results to distinguish such conditions, including culture and biopsy when appropriate, and initiate therapy.
- Diagnose and treat rosacea and consider possible systemic associations as per published evidence.
- Apply the breadth of management pearls covered over these 5 days to common dermatologic cases that present in primary care.
- Implement a few basic procedural modalities (like biopsies and KOH), topical office-based therapies (like for warts), and surveillance measures (like quality photography) into routine primary care practice.
- Develop a strong communicative relationship with dermatology and dermatopathology in a primary care region for comprehensive patient care and consider telemedicine as a touchpoint.
Certifications
AMA
American Medical Seminars, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 20 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Venue
- Bahia Mar, Fort Lauderdale, FL
-
801 Seabreeze Blvd
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 United States + Google Map
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Presented By
Lorraine Rosamilia, M.D.
Renee Straub, M.D.
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Venue
- Bahia Mar, Fort Lauderdale, FL
-
801 Seabreeze Blvd
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 United States + Google Map
Details
- Start:
- April 11, 2022 @ 7:30 am
- End:
- April 14, 2022 @ 12:50 pm
- Cost:
- $599 – $924.00
- Event Categories:
- Dermatology, Family Medicine, Primary Care, Webinar
Presented By
Lorraine Rosamilia, M.D.
Renee Straub, M.D.
