This online course will teach participants to distinguish a range of benign and precancerous lesions that are often identified by patients as skin lesions of concern and if required provide patients with a recommended treatment plan.  

This course consists of five online topics:

1. Benign Epithelial Tumours

2. Benign Melanocytic Lesions

3. Benign Appendageal Tumours

4. Benign Tumours of the Dermis and Subcutaneous Fat

5. Premalignant or Precancerous Tumours

Webinars & Case Discussion Forum

Attend or watch online webinars and participate in open discussion on diagnosis and management direct with our expert Dermatologists. 

Practice Scenarios

Respond to authentic clinical case studies and challenge yourself to provide a diagnosis and first-step management plan on the clinical information and dermoscopic images.

Assessment

Assessment for this course requires the satisfactory completion of topic based quizzes and practice scenarios, participation in the case discussion forum, submission of 1 case study and a final MCQ exam.

Required Hours

The course requires 40 study hours and you will have 16 weeks to complete your course from date of enrolment.

You can enrol at any time during the year to access the course material for 16 weeks. Please be advised that the interactive components of this course – webinars and marking of assessments – occur only during Trimester times. 

Trimester 3 2025             25th Aug - 16th Nov   

At the successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Identify and describe cutaneous changes that may be associated with Benign and Precancerous Lesions
• Critically analyse clinical cutaneous observations and/or investigations to diagnose Benign and Precancerous Lesions
• Plan and develop treatment and management regimens appropriate to Benign and Precancerous Lesions
• Assess when to refer a patient on to a specialist dermatologist