Module 8: Dermatological Disorders
Module Authors
Miguel Medina, PA-C
Assistant Professor, Physician Assistant Education Department
Western University of Health Sciences Pomona, CA
Diana Lithgow, RN, MSN, FNP-C
Assistant Professor, Master of Science in Nursing/Family Nurse Practitioner Program
Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA
Tina M. Meyer, PA-C
Clinical Consultant and Adjunct Professor
Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA
Review Concepts
Review Concept 1: Dermatitis
By the end of this Review Concept you should be able to:
- Differentiate among contact, stasis, and seborrheic dermatitis terms of etiology, clinical presentation, methods of prevention and pharmacotherapeutic treatment
- Describe the epidemiology, clinical presentation and clinical management of diaper dermatitis in young children
Review Concept 2: Drug Induced and Other Inflammatory Skin Disorders
By the end of this Review Concept you should be able to:
- Describe the epidemiology and clinical presentation of drug induced inflammatory skin disorders
- Outline features that assist in the differential diagnosis of drug induced inflammatory skin disorders
- List common etiologies for drug induced skin disorders
- Describe the etiology, clinical presentation, and clinical management of pruritus
Review Concept 3: Scaling Disorders
By the end of this Review Concept you should be able to:
- Describe the etiology, clinical presentation, and clinical management of xerosis
- Describe the etiology and clinical presentation, of psoriasis
- Compare and contrast therapeutic interventions for the management of mild and severe psoriasis
- Outline measures for the prevention of recurrent psoriasis outbreaks
- Describe the epidemiology, clinical presentation, and clinical management of pityriasis rosacea
Review Concept 4: Disorders of the Hair and Sebaceous Glands
By the end of this Review Concept you should be able to:
- Describe the epidemiology, clinical presentation, and management of alopecia areata
- Describe the epidemiology and clinical presentation of acne vulgaris and cystic acne
- Compare and contrast the clinical management of mild and severe cases of acne vulgaris and cystic acne
- Describe the etiology and clinical presentation, of rosacea.
- Outline therapeutic interventions, including pharmacological agents, used in the management of rosacea
- Describe the etiology, presentation and management of sebacceous and inclusion cysts.
- Describe the etiology, presentation and management of androgenic alopecia
- Describe the etiology, presentation and management of peri-oral dermatitis
Review Concept 5: Benign Skin Changes
By the end of this Review Concept you should be able to:
- List benign neoplasms that commonly affect the skin
- Describe the epidemiology, clinical presentation, and management of
- vitiligo
- solar lentigo
- nevus flammeus (Port-Wine Stain)
- actinic purpura
- List common vascular lesions of the skin
Review Concept 6: Bacterial Skin Infections
By the end of this Review Concept you should be able to:
- List common bacterial skin infections
- Describe the epidemiology, clinical presentation, and management of the following disorders:
- Impetigo
- Folliculitis
- Furuncles
- Cellulitis
- Erysipelas
- Felon
- Paronychia
- Lyme disease
Review Concept 7: Fungal Skin Infections
By the end of this Review Concept you should be able to:
- List common fungal skin infections
- Describe the epidemiology, clinical presentation, and management of the following infections:
- Tinea pedis
- Tinea cruris
- Tinea corporis
- Tinea capitis
- Tinea versicolor
- Tinea barbae
- Onychomycosis
- Paronychia
Review Concept 8: Viral Skin Infections
By the end of this Review Concept you should be able to:
- List common viral skin infections
- Describe the epidemiology, clinical presentation, and management of the following infections:
- Verruca vulgaris
- Condyloma Acuminata/HPV
- Molluscum contagious
- Vericella (Herpes Simplex, Herpes Zoster)
- Viral exanthems
Review Concept 9: Insect Bites and Infestations
By the end of this Review Concept you should be able to:
- Describe the epidemiology of scabies.
- Explain the pathophysiology of scabies and its characteristic signs and symptoms.
- List protocols for the clinical management of scabies.
- Describe the epidemiology, clinical presentation, and management of insect bites.
Review Concept 10: Premalignant and Malignant Lesions
By the end of this Review Concept you should be able to:
- differentiate among the following types of premalignant and malignant lesions in terms of: epidemiology, clinical presentation, and management:
- Basal cell carcinoma
- Squamous cell carcinoma
- Melanoma
- Kaposi's sarcoma
- Actinic keratosis
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