Dermatology Skills and Treatment

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The MSc Dermatology Skills & Treatment is a taught, masters programme for clinicians, wishing to develop or extend practical skills, knowledge and experience in clinical dermatology.

It has an emphasis on developing practical competencies; good diagnostic skills, appropriate and timely management of common chronic skin diseases to reflect current trends in clinical dermatology.

This programme is supplemented by lectures, seminars, workshops, clinical skills demonstrations, clinical placements and conference presentations by academic staff and invited expert clinicians.

This course focuses on clinical skills and has a practical emphasis. Students have the advantage of having lectures and clinics led by dermatology expertsand being taught in a variety of dermatology clinics.

Students will attend small group seminars and tutorials and have the additional support of a personal tutor. This course has a wide choice of modules and there is also an opportunity to attend short courses and conferences offered by the department.

Careers

This programme offers excellent opportunities for continuing professional development for practicing health professionals. It is an MSc programme, but UK clinicians can choose to study specific modules relevant to their professional practice as short courses.

International students should note that completion of this course does not lead to registration to practice in the UK or endorse clinicians to consider themselves a specialist in dermatology in the UK. This programme may be sufficient for practitioners to work as a specialist dermatologist in their country of origin, local requirements should be checked prior to commencing the programme.

The MSc Dermatology Skills & Treatment comprises of 6 taught modules (30 credits each) of 12 weeks duration.

Successful completion of the programme leads to award of an MSc Dermatology Skills and Treatment. Achievement of a Postgraduate Diploma in Dermatology Skills and Treatment is possible for those who are unable to complete the final dissertation project.

A minimum of 2 specialist optional modules (60 credits) must be studied plus 2 compulsory core modules (60 credits). The remaining credits may be selected from optional modules of common interest.

Full Time Programme
* Semester A (Oct - Jan): Therapeutics Skin Conditions; Evidence Based Practice
* Semester B (Jan - May): Chronic Skin Diseases; Mind & the Skin
* Semester C (June - Sept): Clinical Practice in Action; Health Disciplines Project

Note: It cannot be guaranteed that all modules/short courses offered in any particular academic year. If a module is not available a suitable alternative will be provided.

Modular Structure
Optional specialist modules (30 credits each)

* Therapeutics Skin Conditions (Oct January 2014)
* Chronic Skin Diseases (Oct January 2014)
* Mind and the Skin (February April 2014)
* Recognition & Management of Skin Lesions1 (Oct January 2014)
* Skin Surgery Skills1 (September February 2014)

Optional modules common interest (30 credits each)

* Business Skills for Clinicians (Oct January 2014)
* Clinical Practice in Action2 (Oct January 2014, February May 2014 )
* Consolidating Specialist Practice (June September 2014 )
* Leadership in Practice (February May 2014 )
* Heath & Medical Education in the Workplace

Compulsory core modules (30 credits each)

* Evidence Based Practice (Oct January 2014, February May 2014 )
* Health Disciplines Project (Oct January 2014, February May 2014, June September 2014 )

Additional short courses
* Photo Dynamic Therapy
* Genital Dermatology
* Chronic Wound Management

1 Participants must be GMC registered and have access to patients with skin lesions requiring skin surgery

2 A practice placement fee of £500 is required in addition to the standard course fee

Why choose this course?
The Dermatology Skills and Treatment course has excellent networking and peer support opportunities and receives constant positive feedback from students.

Study Routes

* Full Time or Part Time (Home / EU students only).
* Duration of the Full Time programme is 1 year. Duration of the Part Time programme is up to a maximum of 5 years.

Summary

Credit value (UK/ECTS equivalent):

* MSc UK 180/ECTS 90.
* PG Diploma UK 120/ECTS 60
* PG Cert UK 60/ECTS 30

Awarding Institution: University of Hertfordshire

Offered by: School of Life and Medical Sciences: Postgraduate Medicine

Programme Duration: 1 year FT. Up to 5 years maximum for PT students (Home / EU students only).

Intake: October 30 places. February 30 places

Applicants will normally have : * completed a relevant university degree & have a recognised professional qualification * 2 years post qualifying clinical experience * Current clinical experience of a minimum of 1 year in a clinical setting with access to patients with chronic skin conditions * All students from non-majority English speaking countries require proof of English language proficiency. A minimum IELTS 6.0 is required . English Language Requirements IELTS band: 6 IMPORTANT NOTE: Since April 2014 the ETS tests (including TOEFL and TOEIC) are no longer accepted for Tier 4 visa applications to the United Kingdom. The university might still accept these tests to admit you to the university, but if you require a Tier 4 visa to enter the UK and begin your degree programme, these tests will not be sufficient to obtain your Visa. The IELTS test is most widely accepted by universities and is also accepted for Tier 4 visas to the UK- learn more.