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Skin Cancer Medicine Case Management

Plan surgical procedures in a simulated setting including curettage and cautery, elliptical excisions and biopsies.

Skin Cancer Medicine Case Management
CPD 10.0 hours accredited learning
Learning format Self-paced online, start anytime
Recognition Digital badge upon completion

Overview

Enhance your expertise in skin cancer medicine with the "Skin Cancer Medicine Case Management" course. Tailored for healthcare professionals, this program explores advanced case management techniques for treating basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and melanoma. Through clinical case studies, you'll master procedures like elliptical excisions, suturing, lower leg grafts, and biopsies while learning to manage complex lesions in high-risk anatomical areas. With evidence-based insights and practical demonstrations, this course equips practitioners to deliver optimal patient care and achieve superior outcomes in skin cancer treatment.

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 Colin Armstrong

Dr Colin Armstrong

 BSc BMBS MMed (Skin Cancer) FRACGP

Doctor, National Skin Cancer Centres, Redcliffe

Dr Colin Armstrong is a general practitioner and part-time clinical trials investigator at the Wesley Research Institute, Brisbane. He completed all HealthCert certificate courses and The University of Queensland Master of Medicine (Skin Cancer) in 2011. Working primarily in skin cancer since 2010, Colin is passionate about building GPs’ confidence in their management of skin cancer and has an ongoing commitment to GP education in all facets of skin

CPD hours

Education hours5.0
Reviewing performance hours5.0
Total CPD hours10.0

Accreditations

Royal Australian College of General Practitioners

Accreditation number: 1420433

Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine

Accreditation number: 39022

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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