The perceived influence of cosmetic dermatology on dermatology resident education

Cosmetic Dermatology Training in Residency: Results of a Survey from the Residents' Perspective

“…Residents are still interested in medical dermatology and plan to practice medical dermatology, despite being trained in cosmetic dermatology. These findings are in opposition to those that Schleichert and colleagues recently reported on, who voiced concern that program directors and department chairmen believe an increased emphasis on cosmetics has lessened residents' interest and expertise in medical dermatology . This does not appear to be the case, and senior residents believe competence should be achieved in most cosmetic procedures by the end of residency …”

“…Regardless of the movement toward performing more cosmetic procedures in clinical practice, some residency programs still consider this area of dermatology to be unimportant . There has been an expression of concern that, if more time is spent training residents in cosmetics, their training in medical dermatology may become compromised and could result in residents having less interest and expertise in medical dermatology …”

État des lieux de la formation des internes en DES de dermato-vénéréologie en France (2005–2010)

“…La longueur de l'indispensable formation de base à la médecine interne et à la dermatologie médicale, qui est privilégiée dans les services hospitaliers formateurs pour la dermatologie, constitue en pratique un frein pour les autres formations (dermatologie interventionnelle ou esthétique), plutôt considérées comme optionnelles dans les années 2005-2010. On note cependant une tendance générale à l'augmentation de l'apprentissage de la dermatologie esthé-tique, même si l'offre de formation est encore limitée, puisque cette discipline est très peu pratiquée dans les services hospitaliers [4]. Il faut donc augmenter l'offre de formation à la dermatologie esthétique, sans pour autant sacrifier les autres aspects de la dermatologie.…”

Partial unilateral lentiginosis associated with nevus of Ota

“…Data regarding the use of rituximab during pregnancy are scarce and have been limited to patients with hematologic disease: non-Hodgkin lymphoma, 2 B-cell lymphoma, 3 Burkitt lymphoma, 4 acute thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, 5 autoimmune hemolytic anemia, 6 and idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura. 7 In all reported cases, no abnormalities have been found in fetal or child development with the weekly regimen of 375 mg/m 2 given as four to six infusions.…”

“…6 Lastly, responders may have stronger feelings about the role of cosmetic dermatology than nonresponders, introducing bias. Second, the response rate of 31%, although well within the accepted range for survey studies of physicians, may have affected the data.…”