Skin Cancer Masterclass: Dermatology, Surgery & Suturing Workshop
Description
This informative masterclass will include a morning of presentations and interactive Q&A by a multidisciplinary team of specialists: dermatologist, oncologists, pathologists and surgeons who have special interest in the diagnosis & management of skin cancers.
Topics covered include:
Dermoscopy and Diagnosis of Skin Lesions
Chemoprophylaxis and Non-Surgical Management of Skin Lesions
Skin Cancer Dermatology & MOH Surgery
Role of Laser in Treatment of Skin Lesions
Skin Cancer Histopathology
Immunotherapy Treatments for Skin cancers
Indications for radiotherapy in the management of skin cancers
Fundamentals of periocular skin cancers
The Latest Updates in Melanoma Management
Scar Management and Minimisation
Medicolegal Pitfalls in Skin Cancer Practice
The afternoon will be a hands-on suturing workshop with specialist plastic surgeons. There will be two concurrent workshops:
You will receive a questionnaire prior to the workshop that will help us allocate you into the right group. Please note that the suturing workshop will involve handling of raw pork belly, there will be no synthetic substitute available.
Fundamentals: this is a suturing workshop focused on finessing the techniques that plastic surgeons use to minimise scarring and maximise wound closure. This workshop will be concentrating on excisions, dermal sutures, epidermal techniques including subcuticular sutures, and other repair techniques used in skin cancer surgery such as basic flaps.
Advanced: this is a suturing workshop for those who have already had a broad experience in skin cancer surgery, and already have well-established fundamental skills. The focus will be on complex flap designs in difficult areas with possible pitfalls. There will also be an opportunity to learn how to perform a full thickness skin graft, including donor site management and strategies to maximise graft take.
Please note that this masterclass is open for all healthcare professionals, however, all materials will be presented at the level for medical practitioners.
CPD:
This masterclass will provide you with 7.5 CPD hours.
This masterclass is an accredited CPD activity with ACRRM and AMA CPD Homes.
Time | Topic | Facilitator/Presenter |
7.50am | Registration | |
8.00am | Introduction | Dr Lily Vrtik (Facilitator) |
8.10am | Skin Cancer Practice – Standard of Care, Risks and Medicolegal Pitfalls | Dr Lily Vrtik (Plastic Surgeon, Medicolegal Adviser) |
8.30am | Non-Surgical Treatment for Skin Cancers & MOHS | Dr Sudipta Daly (Dermatologist) |
9.00am | Lumps, Bumps and Red Flags: A General Practice Guide to Periocular Lesions and Tumours | Dr Matthew Cranstoun (Ophthalmologist) |
9.30am | Laser Dermatology: What’s We Use and What’s New in Clinical Practice | Dr Heba Jibreal (Dermatologist) |
10.00am | Morning Tea | |
10.20am | Perioperative Systemic Therapy for Skin Cancers | Dr Ciene Morton (Medical Oncologist) |
10.50am | Role of Radiotherapy in Non-Melanomatous Skin Cancer (25) | Dr Megan Carroll (Radiation Oncologist) |
11.20am | Clarifying Controversies around Pigmented Skin Lesions | Dr Sarah Wallace (Pathologist) |
11.50am | Closing the Gap: Facial Skin Cancer Reconstruction with Local Flaps | Dr Ray Goh (Plastic Surgeon) |
12.10pm | Lunch | |
1.00pm | Hands-On Suturing Workshop | Dr Lily Vrtik, Dr Ray Goh (Plastic Surgeons), Elise Bryant (NP), Kim Meade (RN) |
Fundamental | Advanced | |
Biopsies & Haemostatic Suture Dermal Sutures Epidermal Closures | Flaps -Designs -Inset -Pitfalls | |
2.20pm | Afternoon Tea | |
2.40pm | Subcutilar Sutures Other Techniques (e.g. corner stitch) Basic Flaps* | Grafts -Donor Sites -Inset -Postop care |
4.00pm | Close |
Please note that this a preliminary program which is subject to change
*If time allows
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