Diploma Workshops

The College is pleased to announce that we will be conducting Diploma workshops during 2010 in both Brisbane and Perth as follows :

BRISBANE
March 26 / 27 / 28 / 29 / 30 - Royal on the Park

PERTH
September 24 / 25 / 26 / 27 / 28 - Holiday Inn City Centre

The registration form for the Diploma workshop can be downloaded here.

The presenter for the Diploma workshops will be Assoc Prof Anthony Dixon.  The program is outlined below or can be downloaded by clicking here.

Day 1 Friday - Beginning flap surgery

8 AM    Registration

8:30 - 10:30 AM

Welcome and Introduction

Equipment needed for skin surgery

Principles of Random pattern skin flaps

1^st skin flap: Rhomboid flap SKILLS SESSION

Morning Tea 10:30 - 11:00

11:00 - 12:30

Anaesthesia for skin cancer surgery

 Nerve blocks around the face for skin surgery

 Danger zones on the face

2^nd flap: O-Z flap – SKILLS SESSION

Lunch 12:30 - 1:30

1:30 - 3:00 PM

3^rd Skin flap: O-S – SKILLS SESSION

Afternoon Tea 3:00 - 3:30

3:30 - 5:00 PM

Welding and Skin cancer

Using Skin lesion item numbers

4^th Skin flap: Transposition flap – SKILLS SESSION

Welcome drinks and nibbles                             
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Day 2 Saturday - Melanoma / Photodynamic Therapy

8.30 – 10AM

Introduction to some rarer skin cancers

5^th flap: Bilobed flap – SKILLS SESSION

Morning Tea 10:00 - 10:30

10:30 – 12:00

Field cancerization

Photodynamic therapy

Managing actinic Keratosis

Lunch 12:00 – 1:00

1:00 – 3:00

Melanoma Update

·        Margins  
·        Follow up
·        Investigations
·        In transit Melanoma
·        Sentinel node biopsy
·        Role of melanoma units
·        Limb infusion / perfusion chemotherapy
·        Dysplastic Naevi

Afternoon Tea 3:00 – 3:30

3:30 – 5:00

Curettage of skin cancers

 Managing skin cancer below the knee

 6th flap: ROM flap – SKILLS SESSION

 

Day 3 Sunday - Dermoscopy day

8:30 - 10:30 AM

Fundamental features of lesions under Dermoscopy

-The Gachon approach

Morning Tea 10:30 - 11:00

11:00 - 1:00

Fundamental Dermoscopy continued

Acral Dermoscopy

Lunch 1:00 - 2:00

Afternoon off

 

Day 4 Monday – Large Flaps Day

8:30 - 10:30 AM

Margin Control Surgery

7^th Flap: Large Rotation flap. – SKILLS SESSION

Skin cysts and Lipoma

Morning Tea 10:30 - 11:00

11:00 - 12:30

Management of Skin Cancer when margins are not clear

8^th Flap Multi Rhomboid flap – SKILLS SESSION

Lunch 12:30 - 1:30

1:30 - 3:00 PM

Role of Radiation therapy managing skin cancer

Where can we use topical 5 fluro uracil & diclofenac?

9^th flap: Island pedicle flap – SKILLS SESSION

Afternoon Tea 3:00 - 3:30

3:30 - 5:00 PM

Working with your pathologist

Casual Dress 6.30pm for 7pm Dinner

 

Day 5 Tuesday - Graft day

8:00 – 10:30 AM

Myths of skin cancer surgery - which are true?

10^th Flap: Multi transposition flap – SKILLS SESSION

Morning Tea 10:30 – 11:00

11:00 – 1.00

Full thickness skin graft – SKILLS SESSION

Complications of skin surgery

Partial Thickness skin graft - SKILLS SESSION

Lunch 1:00 – 2:00

Afternoon from 2:00

Exams for the Australasian College of Skin Cancer Medicine

(Optional)

Diploma Exam is 3 parts held over 3 ½ hours

Dermoscopy multi choice – 20 minutes

Surgical skills on pigs trotters – 40 minutes

Theory multi choice – 2 ½ hrs