Dermatology I
22/02/2027 - 26/02/2027 Bangkok / Thailand
Dermatology I
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Course Overview
The ESAVS Dermatology program consists of 6 one-week modules.
Dermatology I is mandatory before continuing to the next courses. The course masters and tutors are Diplomates in Dermatology (ACVD/ECVD/DVD) or diplomates, specialists and University teachers in the related disciplines within the program.
In this first introductory course, the basic principles of dermatology are reviewed. First is the biology of the skin, with special attention to the mechanisms of innate and acquired skin immunity and the skin microbiome. Second, the approach to the dermatological patient and how the diagnosis is made: the problem-oriented approach (POA), the decision-making process, the adequate use of diagnostic tests and the dual-processing model. Special attention is given to cutaneous histopathology, considered the most powerful diagnostic tool among the diagnostic tests. Furthermore, the students will learn how to design effective treatment plans under the paradigm of evidence-based medicine and the principles of conservative prescription.
In the second part of the course, the main bacterial diseases of the skin will be reviewed from common diseases such as superficial bacterial folliculitis to severe and uncommon conditions such as necrotizing fasciitis. The adequate use of diagnostic techniques (cultures, molecular techniques) and the therapy for skin infections, including those caused by multi-resistant organisms will be discussed.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, participants will be able to:
1. Understand skin structure and function (and how different components of the skin are involved in the pathogenesis of different skin diseases).
2. Approach a dermatologic patient following the POA (history, clinical and dermatologic examination, definition of the problem(s), elaboration of an adequate differential diagnosis list).
3. Perform and interpret basic diagnostic techniques (skin scrapings, cutaneous cytologies, skin cultures, skin biopsies).
4. Diagnose and treat the most common bacterial skin diseases of the dog and cat.
Special focus:
Understanding bacterial resistance and the MRS issue.
Wetlabs:
Principles of cutaneous cytology.
How to obtain useful skin biopsies.
Basic histology of the skin.
Language
All modules will be held in English.
Topics
Skin biology. Mechanisms of cutaneous immunity. Skin microbiome.
The approach to the dermatologic patient. History, lesion description, problem definition and use of diagnostic techniques (cytology, histopathology, molecular techniques). How a diagnosis is made (dual processing theory).
Bacterial skin infections. Bacterial folliculitis-other superficial pyodermas.
Folliculitis-furunculosis (generalized, post-grooming, German shepherd).
Other deep bacterial infections: botryomycosis, actinomycosis, nocardiosis.
Mycobacterial infections: feline leprosy, panniculitis caused by rapidly growing mycobacteria, canine leproid granuloma syndrome. Necrotizing fasciitis.
Course Program (Subject to change)
Monday, 22 February 2027
08:30 – 09:00 Welcome
09:00 – 09:45 Introduction – Skin biology: Keratinocyte biology (Lucia Panakova)
09:45 – 10:30 Skin biology: Basement membrane zone (BMZ) (Lucia Panakova)
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:45 Skin biology: Dermis and subcutis (Katarina Varjonen)
11:45 – 12:30 Skin biology: Hair follicles and glands (Katarina Varjonen)
12:30 – 13:15 Skin histology (online) (Chiara Brachelente)
13:15 – 14:30 Lunch
14:30 – 15:15 Skin histology (online) (Chiara Brachelente)
15:15 – 16:00 Skin cytology – Part 1 (Lucia Panakova)
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 – 17:30 Presenting a case (Katarina Varjonen & Lucia Panakova)
Tuesday, 23 February 2027
09:00 – 09:45 Immunology of the skin – Innate immune response (Lucia Panakova)
09:45 – 10:30 Immunology of the skin – Acquired immune response (Lucia Panakova)
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:45 Approach to the dermatologic patient (I) (Katarina Varjonen)
11:45 – 12:30 Approach to the dermatologic patient (II) (Katarina Varjonen)
12:30 – 13:15 Examples and clinical cases (Katarina Varjonen)
13:15 – 14:30 Lunch
14:30 – 15:15 How to obtain useful skin biopsies (Katarina Varjonen)
15:15 – 16:00 Skin histology (Chiara Brachelente – ZOOM recording)
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 – 17:30 Case-based discussion (Katarina Varjonen & Lucia Panakova)
Wednesday, 24 February 2027
09:00 – 09:45 Skin microbiome (Katarina Varjonen)
09:45 – 10:30 Diagnosis of bacterial skin infections (Lucia Panakova)
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:45 Skin cytology – Part 2 (Lucia Panakova)
11:45 – 12:30 Skin cytology – Part 3 (Lucia Panakova)
12:30 – 13:15 Surface & superficial bacterial dysbiosis (Katarina Varjonen)
13:15 – 14:30 Lunch
14:30 – 15:15 Wet lab: Skin cytology
15:15 – 16:00 Wet lab: Skin cytology
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 – 17:30 Wet lab: Skin cytology (Katarina Varjonen & Lucia Panakova)
Thursday, 25 February 2027
09:00 – 09:45 Melanocytes and skin pigmentation (Lucia Panakova)
09:45 – 10:30 Understanding bacterial resistance and the MRS issue (Katarina Varjonen)
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:45 How to interpret sensitivity test results (Katarina Varjonen)
11:45 – 12:30 Deep pyodermas (Lucia Panakova)
12:30 – 13:15 Examples and clinical cases: Diagnostic approach to focal–multifocal alopecia (Lucia Panakova)
13:15 – 14:30 Lunch
14:30 – 15:15 Journal club
15:15 – 16:00 Clinical cases – students’ cases
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 – 17:30 Histopathology workshop (online) (Brachelente, Varjonen, Panakova)
Friday, 26 February 2027
09:00 – 09:45 Mycobacterial infections (Katarina Varjonen)
09:45 – 10:30 Other deep bacterial infections (Lucia Panakova)
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:45 Principles of topical therapy (Katarina Varjonen)
11:45 – 12:30 Systemic therapy in skin infections (Katarina Varjonen)
12:30 – 13:15 Discussion of clinical cases (Katarina Varjonen & Lucia Panakova)
13:15 – 14:30 Lunch
14:30 – 15:15 Journal club / student cases
15:15 – 16:00 Student clinical cases
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 – 17:30 Wrap-up, quiz & student cases (Katarina Varjonen & Lucia Panakova)
Dermatology I
Date:
22/02/2027 - 26/02/2027Location:
Bangkok / Thailand
22/02/2027 - 26/02/2027Location:
Bangkok / Thailand
Tuition fee*:
EUR 2.200-
Early registration fee*:
EUR. 2.100.-
Early registration deadline:
22/12/2026
Total hours:
40
ATF hours (AU, DE, LU, CH):
TBA
ECTS credits (Master & Certificate):
5
* eLibrary access is included in the course fee
