Learning Objectives of the Online Training course
Learning Aims:
- To provide primary care nurses and other relevant healthcare professionals with the confidence and ability to triage photographs from skin lesions submitted in the form of digital images
Learning Objectives:
By the end of these sessions you should be able to:
Session 1
- Explain the ultra-structure of the skin and its different layers
- Describe the different cell populations in the skin and their functions
- Understand the physiology of the different skin cancers
- Discuss the different incidence numbers for every skin cancer
- Link skin cancer to geography and socioeconomic status
- Identify the components of the ABCDE algorithm
- Understand UV protection and be able to offer advice on it
- Understand the clinical aspects of common dermatological conditions using a case study approach
- Recognise a range of commonly seen dermatological conditions
- Interpret the clinical history, signs and symptoms of commonly encountered skin conditions to form a presumptive diagnosis
- Apply the ABCDE rule to determine whether a lesion might be malignant or benign
- Appraise and assess from a patient's history and photographs whether you would request further information, refer to secondary care, or arrange for a face-to-face appointment
- Evaluate lesions to ascertain whether they might be benign or malignant
- Understand the clinical aspects of common dermatological conditions using a case study approach
- Recognise a range of commonly seen dermatological conditions
- Interpret the clinical history, signs and symptoms of commonly encountered skin conditions to form a presumptive diagnosis
- Apply the ABCDE rule to determine whether a lesion might be malignant or benign
- Appraise and assess from a patient's history and photographs whether you would request further information, refer to secondary care, or arrange for a face-to-face appointment
- Evaluate lesions to ascertain whether they might be benign or malignant
Session 2 & 3
