Outline & Components
Outline & Components
Many women with vulval disease can suffer for years with undiagnosed symptoms. This online course will teach you how to diagnose and manage, from both a clinical and psychological perspective, a range of female specific skin conditions that are very common and can occur at any age. You will also gain an understanding of the anatomical structure of normal vulval variants, which is essential to an understanding of female genital skin disorders.
This course consists of five online topics:
Anatomy and normal vulval variants
Vulval dermatitis and psoriasis
Lichenoid Dermatoses
Infections
Neuropathic pain and dyspareunia
Webinars
Participate in an interactive webinar on diagnosis and management directly with your expert teaching Dermatologists. It is expected that you prepare a case study for presentation and discussion.
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
To successfully complete this subject, you must:
complete the 5 Units including prescribed activities e.g.: revision exercises, and practice scenarios
successfully complete the summative assessment tasks:
final MCQ examination (Pass mark 75%) and
three set case studies
Required Hours:
The course requires 27 study hours and you will have 16 weeks to complete your course from date of enrolment.
Course Handbook
Please download the course handbook here for more information.
Course Fees
Course Fees
One low fee includes access to the course for the duration of study including all learning material and resources:
- $2,200
Course Dates
Course Dates
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.
Current enrolments will be allocated to Trimester 1 2025 with a start date of the 10th of February.
Trimester 1 2025 10th Feb - 4th May
Trimester 2 2025 19th May - 10th Aug
Trimester 3 2025 25th Aug - 16th Nov
Course Learning Outcomes
Course Learning Outcomes
At the successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Recall dermatological issues in the context of female genitalia
- Identify the triggers and risk factors for vulval dermatological conditions
- Demonstrate confidence in diagnosing dermatological conditions in the context of female genitalia through an analytical approach to the patient’s presentation
- Interpret the clinical clues to diagnosing vulvar-vaginal infections
- Develop appropriate treatment and ongoing management plans
- Interpret the results of the investigations
- Demonstrate empathy for the ongoing social and psychological issues for patients presenting with vulval dermatological conditions
- Describe how to counsel patients on initial management of vulval dermatological conditions
- Identify situations in which referral to a specialist is the best action
Course Eligibility
Course Eligibility
This course is aimed at General Practitioners, Registrars, prevocational Doctors and nurse practitioners.
For queries regarding your eligibility, please contact us.
*General Practitioners practicing outside of Australia are also welcome to enroll in the course, but have to submit their qualifications for verification BEFORE enrolling. Please email your primary medical qualifications/degrees to us and we will get back to you with further instructions.
CPD Hours
CPD Hours
This course is approved for the below RACGP CPD hours:
This course is also ACRRM approved for the following PDP hour:
- 21 Educational Activity Hours
- 2 Performance Review Hours
- 4 Outcome Measurement Hours
The RNZCGP recognises activities and events done through Dermatology Australasia.
Upon successful completion of this course, you will receive a statement of completion with the number of awarded CPD hours in compliance with the RACGP CPD program requirements. You will also be awarded a certificate for the completed course issued by Dermatology Australasia.
Terms & Conditions
Terms & Conditions
Please view our Terms and Conditions here and FAQ here before purchasing a course. Also view the course handbook under the outline tab to ensure you are aware of the course requirements.
By purchasing a course with Dermatology Australasia you agree to these terms, conditions and requirements.
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