Skin Cancer Courses

PROGRAM

Registration	8:30 – 9:00
Session 1	9:00 – 10:30	THE FOUNDATIONS • Quiz • Skin anatomy and histology • Skin history and examination • Common benign skin lesions and cancer mimickers • Biopsy
M/Tea	10:30 – 11:00
Session 2	11:00 – 12:30	AN APPROACH TO PIGMENTED SKIN LESIONS • Where nevi come from and their natural history • Clinical alarms • 3 point checklist for dermoscopy • Melanoma
Lunch	12:30 – 1:30
Session 3	1:30 – 3:00	AN APPROACH TO NON PIGMENTED SKIN CANCERS • Actinic keratosis • Bowens disease • BCC • SCC / KA • Dermatopathology
A/Tea	3:00 – 3:30
Session 4	3:30 – 5:00	TREATMENT • Dysplastic nevi and DNS • Clinical cases • Quiz

Session 5	9:00 – 11:00	MEDICARE AND WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT Workflow Management, Workplace Efficiency and Medico-Legal • Skin Cancer Workflow Management in Primary Care • Patient Consent • Medico-legal issues Medicare Australia • Presentation • Q & A session
M/Tea	11:00 – 11:30
Session 6	11:30 – 1:00	SURGICAL THEORY • Principals of Wound Healing • Dressings • Sutures and needles • Complications • Surgical Management of Melanoma Management
Lunch	1:00 – 2:00
Session 7	2:00 – 3:30	SURGERY PRACTICAL 1 • Equipment selection • Various suturing techniques
A/Tea	3:30 – 4:00
Session 8	4:00 – 5:30	SURGERY PRACTICAL 2 • Elliptical Excisions : Theory • Elliptical Excisions : Practical