Prof Anthony Dixon
8:00 - 10:00
The golden rules of managing skin cancer - avoiding the traps
Essentials
ESSENTIALS WORKSHOP
Essentials program over 10.5 hours
This 2 day course is held at the ACCO Docklands facility Lunch and tea breaks provided
Day 1
Session 1 - 120 mins
Morning Tea
Session 2 - 90 mins
10:30 - 12:00
SKILL SESSION Shave, punch, and incisional biopsy techniques ( with skin models)
Equipment for skin surgery
Lunch
Session 3 - 120 mins
13:30 - 15:30
SKILLS SESSION Direct closure of skin defect (with skin models)
Role of imiquimod, 5-FU, ingenol mebutate, diclofenac and PDT
SKILLS SESSION Suture techniques (with skin models)
Afternoon Tea
Session 4 - 90 mins
16:00 - 17:30
Cysts and lipomata
SKILLS SESSION An introduction to flaps (with pigs trotters) Curretage of skin lesions
Day 2
Session 5 - 120 mins
8:00 - 10:00
Melanoma management
Morning Tea 10:00-10:30
COMMON SESSION TO BOTH PROGRAMS
Session 6 - 90 mins
Session 6 - 90 mins
10:30 - 12:00
Working with your pathologist
Introduction to dermoscopy of melanoma
- The Gachon approach
Lunch and workshop closure
The essentials course covers the core post graduate skin cancer medicine education for doctors working in general practice. The course focuses on key skills, diagnostic essentials and safe practice.
Procedures covered in this workshop include: curettage, cryotherapy, cautery, punch biopsy, shave biopsy, elliptical excision and incisional biopsy. Surgical procedures are reinforced with the opportunity to practice techniques on pigs trotters.
Dr. Nirenberg