Dr Nur Farrah Nadia Bt.

Najib
Proposed Dermatology Training Program
Postgraduate Diploma in Dermatology by the Academy of Family Physicians
of Malaysia.
This is a distant learning course. There will be 3 Modular Clinical workshop and
seminar.
Candidates will be provided with instructive module texts beginning from the
fundamentals, to the art, real time practice and concepts of dermatology.
Objective
To provide the physicians with a structured educational experience in dermatology
with an opportunity to acquire the skills necessary for the diagnosis and treatment
of common conditions involving the skin and accessory structures.
Program schedule and cost refer to brochure for the 2014 program. The 2015
brochure will be on the Academy of Family Physicians website soon.
Certificate in Primary Care Dermatology by The University of Queensland,
Australia.

Overview
This comprehensive course has been designed by Dermatologists for GPs to help
them diagnose and optimally manage common skin conditions. This course aims to
cover the major Dermatology subjects that GPs find themselves confronted with on
a daily basis. This two-day workshop will cover modes of presentation, relevant
investigations and management of all of the common skin conditions from acne,
rosacea, eczema, psoriasis through to drug rashes, hair loss and common cosmetic
complaints.
This workshop is presented by Dermatologists, Dr Alex Chamberlain along with
his team of lecturers and Dermatologists. The presentations will be richly
illustrated with clinical examples after all Dermatology is a very visual discipline.
There will be opportunity for interactive discussion as well as opinions on cases
provided by the delegates.

Program Objectives
The certificate course will provide the clinician with a range of skills at an
introductory level including:
Improved familiarity with common skin, hair and nail problems
Improved recognition of significant dermatoses including those that deserve
immediate action
Improved management skills of common dermatoses
Improved familiarity with common dermatological investigations
Improved familiarity with novel dermatological therapies
Familiarity with identifying patients that should be referred to a
dermatologist
Weekend Workshop

The course covers:

Atopic Dermatitis
Contact Dermatitis
Pruritus
Drug Eruptions
Psoriasis
Acne
Rosacea & variants

 Blistering disorders
Dermatopathology
Hair Loss
Skin Infections
Common benign lesions
Vulvar dermatoses
Male anogenital disorders
Miscellaneous skin
Common nail disorders
Pregnancy dermatoses
Skin urgencies & emergencies
Pigmentary disorders
Aesthetic dermatology
The course includes:
2 day weekend practical workshop.
Full colour folder including reference materials and all PowerPoint slides
presented.
Post workshop online assessment to be completed in your own time within
three months of attending the workshop segment of the course.
Pre-Workshop Activity
To prepare the participant there is a short series of 50 multiple choice questions
completed online at any time prior to the workshop segment. The questions are not
marked as part of the assessment and provide instant answers.

Course Delivery
The two day workshop of the course is presented by specialists and industry
professionals in an interactive and case based program including the use of
wireless audience responders.
Timetable
Saturday
Session 1

Session 2

Session 3

Session 4

09.00 - 09.45

Atopic Dermatitis

09.45 - 10.30

Contact Dermatitis

10.30 - 10.45

Break

10.45 - 11.30

Pruritus

11.30 - 12.15

Drug Eruptions

12.15 - 01.15

Lunch

01.15 - 02.00

Psoriasis

01.00 - 02.45

Acne

02.45 - 03.00

Break

03.45 - 04.15

Rosacea and variants

04.15 - 05.00

Blistering disorders

09.00 - 10.30

Dermatopathology

Sunday
Session 5

Hair Loss

Session 6

Session 7

Session 8

10.30 - 10.45

Break

10.45 - 11.30

Skin Infections

11.30 - 12.15

Common benign lesions

12.15 - 01.15

Lunch

01.15 - 02.00

Vulvar dermatoses

02.00 - 2.45

Male anogenital disorders

02.45 - 03.00

Break

03.00 - 5.00

Miscellaneous skin
Common nail disorders

Dates and Location

Melbourne
21 - 22 February 2015
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre

Presenters
This workshop is presented by Dermatologist, Dr Alex Chamberlain along with a
team of lecturers and Dermatologists.

Dr Alex Chamberlain
Visiting consultant to the Victorian Melanoma Service, The
Alfred,
Outreach
clinics
to
Tasmania.
Editorial Board Member of the Australasian Journal of
Dermatology
Private practice "Glenferrie Dermatology" in Malvern
Dr Alex Chamberlain graduated from Monash University in 1993
and worked as a Research Fellow at The Alfred/VMS in 1999,
conducting several studies into the epidemiology of thick
melanoma and the typical presentation of nodular melanoma.
This body of research attracted a number of research awards and
has helped attract attention to this particularly aggressive
melanoma subtype. He completed his dermatology training in
2004, after spending two years as Clinical Research Fellow at the
Department of Dermatology, Churchill Hospital, Oxford in 2001
and 2002. He completed a further fellowship in Derrmoscopy and
multi-disciplinary skin cancer management at Oxford in 2007.
He is on the editorial board of the Australasian Journal of
Dermatology and is currently a visiting consultant to the
Victorian Melanoma Service at The Alfred, Outreach clinics to
Tasmania and has a private practice "Glenferrie Dermatology" in
Malvern.
Assessment Requirements
This course features an online assessment requirements comprising multiple choice
questions. The assessment is to be completed within three months of the
completion of the workshop.
The open book exams are designed in such a way that they do not have to be
completed in one sitting with the ability of multiple logging in and out sessions.
Certificates are processed at the end of the month in which the assessment is
completed.

Award
Upon successful completion of the exam
Certificate in Primary Care Dermatology

students

will

receive

the

Course Fees and Inclusions

Participants will be provided with a pre-workshop activity, reference materials
including a full colour workbook of all PowerPoint slides, catering and online
assessment.
Early Bird Payment
"Early Bird" registration 30 days or more prior to the event is $2,795 inc GST.
Advanced Payment
Standard course fee is $2,995 inc GST.