Workshop Timetable
Friday: Diagnosis
| Time |
Topic |
| 8.30am – 9.00am |
Registration |
| 9.00am – 10.30am |
Diagnosis
- Quiz
- Skin Anatomy and Histology
- Skin History and Examination
- Common Benign Skin Lesions and Cancer Mimickers
- Biopsy (pun ch and shave) – wh ere and why
|
| 10.30am – 11.00am |
Morning Tea |
| 11.00am - 12.30am |
Pigmented Skin Lesions
- Where Nevi come from and their Natural History
- Clinical Alarms
- 3 Point Checklist for Dermoscopy
- Melanoma
|
| 12.30am – 1.30am |
Lunch |
| 1.30pm – 3.00pm |
Non Pigmented Skin Lesions
- Actinic Keratosis
- Bowens Disease
- BCC
- SCC / KA
- Dermatopathology
|
| 3.00pm – 3.30pm |
Afternoon Tea |
| 3.30pm – 5.00pm |
Non Surgical Treatment
- Dysplastic Nevi and DNS
- Cryotherapy
- Non surgical treatments
- Clinical Cases
- Quiz
|
Saturday: Treatment
| Time |
Topic |
| 8.30am – 9am |
Registration |
| 9am – 11am |
Surgical Theory
- Surgical Anatomy
- Principals of Wound Healing
- Dressings
- Equipment
- Sutures and Needles
- Complications
- Malignant Melanoma
- Margins
|
| 11am – 11.30am |
Morning Tea |
| 11.30am -
1pm |
Surgery Practical
- Biopsy – Punch and Shave
- Suturing – Interrupted
|
| 1pm –
2pm |
Lunch |
| 2pm – 3.30pm |
Surgery Practical
- Suturing – Advanced and Deep
- Dog Ear Repair
|
| 3.30pm –
4pm |
Afternoon Tea |
| 4pm – 5pm |
Surgery Practical
- Elliptical Excisions -
Theory and Practical
|
Sunday: Business
| Time |
Topic |
| 8.00am – 8.30am |
Registration |
| 8.30am – 10.30am |
The Business of Skin Cancer and How to Set Up Your Clinic
- Setting up skin cancer within your clinic
- How to set up an efficient appointment book for skin cancer
- Practical Application of Workflow Management
- How to convert an exam room in 30 seconds
- Photos and skin cancer – see moles on a big screen
- Tools required / cost of supply
- Staff and how to maximise utilisation
- Laser & sun damaged skin / PDT
- A US Physician’s experience in running a skin cancer clinic
|
| 10.30am - 11.00am |
Morning Tea |
| 11.00am - 12.30pm |
Coding, EMR and Medico-Legal
- CTP codes
- Consultation
- Biopsies
- Non Surgical Treatments
- Lesion Removals
- What a financial difference skin cancer will make to
your family practice (i.e. FP = $300 vs. Skin Cancer = $560)
- The beauty of skin cancer - less complex / more $
- Example of an EMR
- Medico – legal protec tion in skin cancer
- Skin cancer documentation
- Using photos in note taking
- Practical examples
- Patient handouts / inf ormation sheets
|
| 12.30pm – 1 .30pm |
Lunch |
| 1.30pm – 3 .00pm |
Marketing Skin Cancer Services
- The patient expectations and how to exceed them
- How to maximise your practices existing patient database
- How to get referrals
- Q & A
|
| 3.00pm |
Course concludes |
|
Certificate in Primary Care Skin Cancer Medicine
|
