Insights into Paediatric Dermatology
Enhance your confidence in diagnosing and managing childhood skin conditions.
Learn Today. Use Tomorrow. Empowering clinicians with skills that make a difference—right away.
Insights into Paediatric Dermatology is a targeted short course designed for healthcare professionals who assess and manage skin conditions in infants, children, and adolescents. Delivered online by leading paediatric dermatologists, this course provides practical, clinically relevant training to help you recognise, manage, and refer common paediatric dermatological conditions with confidence.
Paediatric skin issues—such as eczema, infections, and vascular birthmarks—are among the most frequent presentations in primary and acute care. Early diagnosis and effective management can significantly improve a child’s wellbeing, comfort, self-esteem, and overall quality of life. This course equips you with the foundational knowledge and clinical skills to make a meaningful difference in paediatric patient care.
Unlock the future of paediatric care with our short course: Insights into Paediatric Dermatology
Are you a healthcare professional dedicated to improving children's health? Enhance your expertise with our comprehensive short course, Insights into Paediatric Dermatology, tailored to equip you with the latest knowledge and practical skills in diagnosing and managing common paediatric skin conditions.
Why enrol?
- Specialised Focus: Dive deep into inflammatory dermatoses, infections, and vascular birthmarks affecting infants, children, and adolescents.
- Practical Skills: Recognising key skin conditions, initiating appropriate management, or making timely referrals.
- Improve Patient Outcomes: Accurate diagnosis and management can significantly enhance a child's emotional well-being, self-esteem, and quality of life. empowers you to build meaningful connections with patients, colleagues, and external experts, ensuring you thrive in your role.
What you'll learn:
- Inflammatory Conditions: Atopic dermatitis, psoriasis, irritant and allergic contact dermatitis, and acne.
- Infections: Viral, bacterial, and fungal infections, including scabies.
- Vascular Birthmarks: Understanding haemangiomas and their management.
Course highlights:
- Recognise common dermatological conditions with confidence
- Identify when to manage and when to refer
- Develop strategies to monitor and treat paediatric skin conditions effectively
Who should attend?
- General Practitioners
- Paediatricians
- Emergency Physicians
- Medical Trainees
- Nurses
- Rural and Regional Healthcare Providers
- Fellows and Healthcare Professionals across various specialities
- International English-speaking clinicians seeking specialised paediatric dermatology knowledge
Join us to strengthen your skills, improve patient outcomes, and expand your professional expertise. Whether in a hospital, clinic, or rural setting, this course is designed to support your journey in paediatric dermatology.
Register today and become a key player in transforming paediatric skin health.
Topics
Overview
- Describe common inflammatory and infectious dermatology conditions affecting the paediatric population
- Describe common inflammatory and infectious dermatology conditions affecting the paediatric population
- Manage common inflammatory, infectious dermatology conditions and haemangiomas of infancy affecting the paediatric population
- Identify when to refer common paediatric dermatology conditions
Inflammatory conditions in Paediatric Dermatology
- Describe of the common inflammatory dermatologic conditions affecting the paediatric population
- Describe the morphological findings in eczema, psoriasis, and acne
- Identify the risk factors in developing, and triggers in exacerbating, eczema, psoriasis, and acne
- Discuss monitoring and management options in eczema, psoriasis, and acne
Infection in Paediatric Dermatology
- Describe the common infectious dermatologic conditions affecting the paediatric population
- Describe the morphological findings in common viral, bacterial, and fungal conditions
- Identify causative organisms in common cutaneous infections affecting the paediatric population
- Discuss management options for common cutaneous infections affecting the paediatric population
Vascular birthmarks in Paediatric Dermatology
- Recognise and explain the difference between congenital haemangiomas and haemangiomas of infancy
- Discuss monitoring and management options in patients with congenital haemangioma and haemangioma of infancy
Learning outcomes
- -Synthesise the history of presenting complaint with clinical findings to develop a differential diagnosis for a paediatric dermatological presentation
- -Formulate a differential diagnosis based on the primary morphology of skin presentation
- -Distinguish atopic dermatitis from differential diagnoses such as tinea corporis, scabies, and contact dermatitis
- -Compare and contrast common paediatric infectious dermatological presentations
- -Develop a management plan for common inflammatory and infectious dermatological conditions
- -Integrate evidence-based practice into the management of common paediatric inflammatory dermatoses
- -Collaborate with dermatologists and paediatricians in the management of paediatric dermatological conditions
Course Delivery Method
Online. This course is primarily delivered through self-directed, interactive learning activities, supported by pre-recorded presentations that allow participants to progress at their own pace. Two live webinars are included: an introductory session with orientation and a drop-in Q&A session to support learner engagement and discussion.
Course Pre-Requisites
Participants must be AHPRA registered.
Additional Information
For terms and conditions, please view here
Participants must successfully complete at least 75% of the Program content to be eligible for completion recognition. Progression through the content will be tracked, and participants will be required to submit a self-declaration at the conclusion of the Program confirming that this completion threshold has been met. This declaration may be independently verified by the University if required.
Upon successful completion of the Program, participants will be issued with a Certificate of Completion from the University of Sydney.
This program is developed and delivered as part of an Independent Medical Education Grant supported by Sanofi.
The activity has been endorsed by the following organisations, according to approved quality standards criteria.
| Course fees |
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$300 |
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