Comment on ‘Medical school dermatology education: a scoping review’

Abstract

We write with reference to the published article in Clinical and Experimental Dermatology by Mangion et al “Medical school dermatology education: a scoping review” who highlights a reduction in time allocated to Dermatology teaching in medical schools. This translates to the post graduate setting, where many doctors lack confidence when approaching dermatological conditions, leading to a further strain on Dermatology services. We conducted a teaching session to hospital doctors on common features of skin cancers which showed significant improvement in diagnosis and confidence in our cohort. We believe further emphasis should be made to deliver post-graduate dermatology teaching to general medical doctors to help improve initial patient assessment and accurate diagnosis.