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Skin imaging techniques (Nurses)

Summarise the uses, benefits and procedures of skin imaging techniques for melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer.

Skin imaging techniques (Nurses)
CPD 5.0 nurse CPD hours
Learning format Self-paced online, start anytime
Recognition Digital badge upon completion

Overview

"Skin Imaging Techniques" is a specialized course designed for healthcare professionals to enhance their understanding of modern skin imaging technologies used for detecting melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancers. The course covers a range of techniques, including digital dermatoscopy, total body photography, reflectance confocal microscopy, and more experimental methods like optical coherence tomography. Participants will gain insights into the clinical applications, evidence, and cost-effectiveness of each technique, empowering them to make informed decisions about patient diagnosis, referral, and treatment options. This course is essential for professionals involved in skin cancer detection and management.

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

Professor Philipp Tschandl

Professor Philipp Tschandl

MD PhD 

Executive board member of the International Dermoscopy Society, Secretary of the National Dermatopathology Society in Austria, and member of the Fostering Trainee Education Committee of the EADV.

Professor Philipp Tschandl graduated from the Medical University of Vienna where he also obtained his PhD degree. His main research field is skin cancer, especially its early diagnosis through dermatoscopy, and the teaching of that method. He is an executive board member of the International Dermoscopy Society, secretary of the National Dermatopathology Society in Austria, and member of the Fostering Trainee Education Committee of the EADV.

Philipp is teaching dermatology in the core curricula of Human and Dental Medicine, lectures continuously on dermatoscopy at national and international meetings and workshops, and co-organised the 4th World Congress of Dermoscopy 2015 in Vienna. He has published more than 30 peer-reviewed scientific articles and is co-author of a major dermatoscopy textbook which has been translated into multiple languages.

CPD hours

Education hours5.0
Total CPD hours5.0

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