Dermatopathology

Online continuing medical education designed for health professionals and students.

Learning objectives will be listed for each topic.

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Acknowledgements

Developed in collaboration with the University of Auckland Goodfellow Unit in 2007.

Authors: Hon A/Prof Amanda Oakley, Dermatologist, and Dr Paul Newman, Dermatopathologist, Hamilton, New Zealand, 2008.

Images have been sourced from the following:

• Hon Assoc Prof Amanda Oakley
• The Department of Dermatology, Health Waikato
• Prof Raimo Suhonen (Finland)
• Arthur Ellis (medical artist)

Course contents

• Preparation of specimen
• Special stains and tests
• Inflammatory dermatoses
• Cutaneous infections
• Cutaneous tumours
• Dermatopathology resources