CONNECTIVE TISSUE & SKIN SYSTEMS COURSE – SECOND YEAR
Participants = Departments of Orthopedics, Pathology, Radiology and Medicine/Divisions of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology and Dermatology. The format varies from didactic lectures to workshops and clinical pathologic correlations, including an opportunity for students to interact with patients.
CLINICAL DERMATOLOGY – 2 WEEK ELECTIVE – FOURTH YEAR
COURSE DIRECTOR
Katherine Siamas, MD
631-444-3843
1320 Stony Brook Road Building F
Suite 200
Stony Brook, NY 11790
COURSE DESCRIPTION
An understanding of dermatologic disorders, their clinical manifestations, and therapeutic management is an important part of clinical training. The eye must be trained through experience to recognize cutaneous lesions which may be clues to the presence of significant cutaneous diseases or underlying systemic diseases.
Elective time will include extensive exposure to patients with skin disease as well as teaching sessions and therapy workshops.
COURSE OBJECTIVE
- Become skilled in describing cutaneous lesions using the language of Dermatology.
- Learn to recognize the common skin diseases and skin cancer.
- Gain experience in the cutaneous manifestations of infections, including those associated with AIDS.
- Become familiar with the cutaneous signs of systemic diseases.
- Understand the essentials of dermatologic therapeutics.
