Project Description
Dermatopathology Courses from the AID
The Australian Institute of Dermatology offers a series of DermPath Courses tailored to the needs of different members. Specific courses are available to Membership, Advanced Membership and Fellowship candidates. There are also advanced DermPath courses for Specialist Pathologists, Dermatologists and their Trainees. These courses are run through the website www.aiddermpath.com
The courses for Specialists are run through www.mydermpathconsult.com
You can download Registration forms for the courses at www.aiddermatopathology.com
A knowledge of Dermatopathology is important in all areas of treatment of skin diseases. Much of DermPath diagnosis needs good clinicopath correlation to arrive at the correct diagnosis.
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Check out the areas covered by each course below.
- Membership DermPath Course – This course combines the Membership Dermatology Course with a detailed conventional pattern analysis DermPath Course where the topics in each module are studied at the same time. You learn what the clinician sees when he submits a specimen.
- Advanced DermPath Course – Mainly clinico path correlation looking at histopathology seen in various clinical situations eg facial nodules, painful leg nodules etc in Semester 1 and detailed Tumour Pathology in Semester 2
- Fellowship DermPath Course – Detailed appreciation of the problems faced by dermatopathologists in various medical and surgical disorders including melanoma diagnosis. Problem areas for both the Clinician and Dermatopathologist are examined in detail.
There are Dermpath courses for different groups of Doctors
Course details can be found in the video below. The course material varies with the needs of the Doctors taking the course. Dermatopathology is a core subject in any dermatology course. The cost of the Specialist DermPath course is listed below. The Membership, Advanced Membership and Fellowship DermPath courses are integrated into the fees for those courses and no extra fee is required to access them.
Details of Specialist DermPath Courses
The Membership course is a conventional Dermpath course looking at reaction patterns in Inflammatory skin diseases and the histopathology of tumours by cell or adnexal structure of origin. Candidates will also take the Institute’s Membership course as this will provide the clinicopath correlation required in DermPath reporting and give the candidate a good understanding of the clinician’s perspective when biopsying a lesion or rash.
The course fee is $3850. The Specialist DermPath course can be started at any time. It is self paced, with website, text and video material that you can complete in your own time. However the best time to begin the course would be in early Feb to coincide with the commencement of the Membership Course. There is a formal online examination at the end of the course. The course will seek to cover the knowledge content required for the new RCPA “Diploma” in Dermatopathology.
Subjects Covered
The Membership DermPath Course covers all the common skin diseases seen in a dermatology practice that are likely to be biopsied and all the common skin tumours seen in a specialist skin cancer practice.
The Advanced Dermpath Course looks at common conditions presenting at specific skin sites in Semester 1 and a detailed overview of benign and malignant skin tumours in Semester 2
The Fellowship DermPath Course concentrates on problem areas in Dermatopathology both in inflammatory skin diseases and skin cancer diagnosis.
We cover all the major and minor reaction patterns in Inflammatory Dermatopathology with videos on each pattern. Tumour pathology covers all the common adnexal tumours and carcinomas and metastases likely to present in the skin.
The Links above go to other teaching websites of the Australian Institute.
Course Requirements
The Specialist DermPath courses are only open to Specialist Pathologists and Dermatologists.
There is a Post Fellowship Medical DermPath Course for those people who have achieved the Fellowship of the Australian Institute of Dermatology . It is offered every second year after Fellowship is obtained.
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The AID courses are specifically designed to be completed online. The use of recorded webinars using high quality digital slides allows you to complete the course material at a time that suits you best. You can still attend live webinars to ask questions of your lecturers.
Look at the demonstration video in the Course content section for more details of the websites and courses.
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