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Topical treatments and lesion-directed treatments

Summarise key features and elements of topical skin cancer treatments as an overview of this field.

Topical treatments and lesion-directed treatments
CPD 10.0 hours accredited learning
Learning format Self-paced online, start anytime
Recognition Digital badge upon completion

Overview

Advance your knowledge in skin cancer management with our "Topical Treatments and Lesion-Directed Treatments" course. This comprehensive program equips healthcare professionals with the expertise to identify, diagnose, and treat actinic keratosis and other skin lesions effectively. Covering both topical and lesion-directed therapies, including cryotherapy, curettage, and 5-fluorouracil application, the course blends evidence-based approaches with practical techniques. With interactive case studies, clinical demonstrations, and the latest treatment insights, this course empowers practitioners to deliver optimised, patient-focused care.

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 Zoe Apalla

Dr Zoe Apalla

MD PhD

First Dermatology Department of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Dr Zoe Apalla was board certified in dermatology in 2008 at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. She was trained in dermatopathology at the St John’s Institute of Dermatology in London in 2010 and obtained her PhD degree at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 2013.

Zoe has worked as a consultant in the First Dermatology Department of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki since 2010. She oversees the Supportive Oncology Outpatient Clinic and the Skin Cancer Outpatient Clinic, and the department’s dermatopathology laboratory. She also holds General Dermatology and Inflammatory Dermatoses Outpatient Clinics.

Zoe’s main research fields include skin oncology, melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer, topical treatments, photodynamic therapy and dermatoscopy. She has published more than 100 peer-reviewed scientific articles in international journals and has lectured at many international and national congresses and meetings.

CPD hours

Education hours4.0
Reviewing performance hours6.0
Total CPD hours10.0

Accreditations

Royal Australian College of General Practitioners

Accreditation number: 407600

Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine

Accreditation number: 39032

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