Course Catalog

 
96-504 DERMATOLOGY MS3 ELECTIVE
Department DERMATOLOGY Campus Birmingham
Course Type(s) Third Year Elective Facility UAB Medical Center
Course Director CARLY ELSTON, MD Enrollment Limit 1
Contact ASHLEY FOSTER Enrollment Minimum 1
Email ashleyvfoster@uabmc.edu Address Department of Dermatology-University of Alabama at Birmingham
Faculty Office Tower, Suite 858, 510 20th Street South
Birmingham, AL 35233
Phone (205) 975-4917 Fax
Weeks
Normally Offered
See Offering Dates		 18-19, 20-21, 22-23, 24-25, 28-29, 30-31, 32-33, 34-35, 36-37, 38-39, 40-41, 42-43, 45-46, 47-48, 49-50, 51-52
Prerequisites Successful completion of the core Internal Medicine and Surgery Clerkships. Must be a third year medical student. 
Specific Clerkship Prerequisites: Medicine, Surgery
Visiting Students
No LCME students accepted.
No osteopathic students accepted.
Course Description This is a 2-week elective designed for students with an interest in pursuing dermatology. The goal of the course is to provide an introduction to the diagnosis and management of patients with skin disease. The objectives of the course are to 1. accurately describe dermatologic findings and 2. develop differential diagnoses and management plans with an emphasis on acneiform eruption, papulosquamous disorders, drug eruptions, infectious disorders, and cutaneous neoplasms.
Where To Report The Whitaker Clinic, 3rd Floor Dermatology Clinic (suite 3500).
Requirements Daily attendance in assigned clinics. Facilities may include Whitaker Clinic, Cooper Green Hospital, and The Children's Hospital; Attendance in required educational conferences but not limited to weekly Grand Rounds and Kodachrome Slide Conference
Evaluation Pass/Fail. Students are evaluated by faculty and residents on daily performance, demonstration of professionalism, evidence of background reading.
Notes THIS COURSE IS ONLY OFFERED IN BLOCKS III, IV, V, AND VI BUT HAS LIMITED AVAILABILITY.