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Rhomboid Flaps 1

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Rhomboid Flaps 1
CPD 8.5 hours accredited learning
Learning format Self-paced online, start anytime
Recognition Digital badge upon completion

Overview

The "Rhomboid Flaps 1" course provides healthcare professionals with a detailed introduction to rhomboid flap surgery, focusing on the theory, design, and practical application of traditional and modified rhomboid flaps. Participants will learn how to design, plan, and execute these flaps to close skin defects, especially following skin cancer excision. This course emphasises aesthetic outcomes, flap movement principles, and the management of common complications like dog-ears. Through clinical examples and case studies, this course equips practitioners to confidently use rhomboid flaps in their practice.

What you will learn

  • Recognise key clinical features and subtypes
  • Develop practical treatment plans using topical, systemic and procedural options
  • Identify triggers, patient factors and long-term management strategies
  • Apply evidence-based approaches in everyday clinical practice

Course contents

Meet your presenter

Dr Francis Tan

Dr Francis Tan

MBBS MMed (Skin Cancer) 

Certificate in Advanced Dermoscopy & Digital Imaging, The University of Queensland

Doctor, National Skin Cancer Centres, Coorparoo 

Dr Francis Tan graduated from The University of New South Wales in 1986. He worked in a variety of general practice surgeries throughout Australia, including clinics in Sydney, Tweed Heads, the Gold Coast, Brisbane and Cairns. He now practises at the Coorparoo Skin Cancer Centre in Brisbane.

Francis obtained a Masters of Medicine from The University of Queensland in 2014 and holds an impressive portfolio of university-certified Professional Diplomas in Skin Cancer Medicine and related fields. He is particularly interested in using dermatoscopy to detect melanoma in situ and performing skin cancer surgery to the best of his ability for the benefit of his patients.

CPD hours

Education hours3.5
Reviewing performance hours5.0
Total CPD hours8.5

Accreditations

Royal Australian College of General Practitioners

Accreditation number: 1423046

Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine

Accreditation number: 38992

Continue your learning

Our short courses provide focused, standalone learning. If you wish to deepen your expertise, you can stack them towards a broader certificate pathway.

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Professional Certificate of Skin Cancer Surgery Principles Certificate pathway

Professional Certificate of Skin Cancer Surgery Principles

Acquire and hone various skin cancer surgical techniques, including large elliptical excision, flaps, and grafts.

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