Jointly Sponsored by UMDNJ-Center for Continuing and Outreach Education, Creative Educational Concepts and Skin Disease Education Foundation, a division of Global Academy for Medical Education

2013 LEARNING OBJECTIVES

At the conclusion of this live seminar, participants should be able to:

• Integrate into daily practice evidence-based recommendations on new and emerging therapies for common dermatologic diseases and incorporate them into practice.
• Implement updated strategies for managing acne, rosacea and actinic keratosis.
• Explain the roles of currently available biologic agents in the treatment of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, and appropriately incorporate newer biologics into therapeutic practice as these become available.
• Describe the mechanisms of action, efficacy, and safety of the biologic agents used to treat psoriasis, as well as the factors involved in appropriate patient selection.
• Assess patients for comorbidities and manage psoriasis as well as the comorbidities that are associated with it.
• Analyze treatment approaches for the pediatric patient with common as well as complex skin diseases: acne, psoriasis, vascular lesions, and genodermatoses.
• Incorporate the recent research advances in understanding and treating pediatric dermatology issues such as atopic dermatitis and pediatric acne.
• Discuss recent developments in the treatment of melanoma and basal cell carcinoma.
• Assess the role of diagnostic tools and technology in diagnosis and detection of skin cancers.
• Demonstrate improved skill in using injectable shaping for facial rejuvenation and other aesthetic applications.
• Compare and contrast the efficacy and safety of agents, devices, and techniques currently available in aesthetic and procedural dermatology.
• Choose the appropriate fillers and/or toxins for each area of the face and in the targeted planar depth.
• Implement communication and reputation management strategies for the use of social media  improving your office-based practice of medicine.
• Examine energy-based technology for body  contouring and discuss appropriate patient selection criteria for utilizing these devices.
• Describe the role of dermoscopy in clinical practice and demonstrate enhanced skill in using this technique to diagnose dermatologic disorders.
• Discuss the latest recommendations for patch testing and explain how these updated guidelines should be used to improve the treatment of allergic conditions.