Event information
The Clinical Dermatology Care Course Overview
The Clinical Dermatology Care Course (CDCC) is one of the St. John's DermAcademy flagship courses, designed to provide a comprehensive introduction to clinical dermatology for nurses and allied healthcare professionals who are new to the speciality or wish to extend their specialist knowledge and skills.
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It is delivered virtually through an interactive learning platform and supported by a series of six live webinars, with continuous dialogue with the course tutors over 12 weeks.
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Course overview
The course is composed of six themed sections covering a broad clinical introduction to dermatology care.
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Module 1: Patient Assessment & Dermatology Therapeutics
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Module 2: Eczema & Psoriasis
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Module 3: Inflammatory & Chronic Skin Conditions
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Module 4: Skin Cancer
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Module 5: Acute & Emergency Dermatology
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Module 6: Practical Dermatology
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What is the aim of the course?
The primary aim of CDCC is to offer the opportunity to acquire or extend your clinical knowledge and skills in dermatology care. This is the only comprehensive, practice focussed, entry level specialist course designed for nurses and AHP in the UK.
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It is widely accessible, at an affordable price and attracts practitioners in specialist care and those in generic services e.g. GP nurse practitioners, emergency care practitioners.
Here’s what some of the previous course students have to say
"The whole unit was brilliantly put together"
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"Excellent content"
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"All of the information has been so interesting and valuable"
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"Useful module as skin cancer so common and I felt I had more gaps in my knowledge of this"
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"Useful to hear more about the role of skin cancer CNS"
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"Most valuable being able to apply new knowledge at work or outside of work"
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"So many good talks in this webinar! Very informative."
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"The demos are very useful!" "A very engaging course, thank you."
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"Thank you for this course, I have now the knowledge to back up my skills. What a wealth of information!"
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"I enjoy the quizzes"
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"The content has been exceptional, especially as I am relatively new to dermatology"
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"I found it very useful in clinical practice"
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"I have really enjoyed the interaction and great personalities of the course leaders"
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What are the benefits of choosing this course?
We offer high quality teaching from a wide range of experts including: nurses, doctors, pharmacists, psychologists, scientists, patient advocates.
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The online learning platform allows flexible learning at convenient times, with a shared learning community, engagement and networking through group-work and discussion forum.
Procedural videos and lectures can be watched repeatedly. Interactive tasks check your understanding and application of learning.
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The live interactive webinars enable you to extend and consolidate your learning.
We are inclusive to all learners, with no pressure to undertake academic assessments.
There is a mix of learning materials to support different learning styles.
Participation from anywhere on the globe is feasible! We have students from across the UK and have extended internationally with students enrolling from Ireland, Canada and New Zealand.
Our course completion rate is 98.5%, illustrating high student commitment and engagement with the course.
What do I get at the end of the course?
A course certificate is awarded upon completion of the online material and attendance at live webinars.
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For those who wish to gain academic credit, extending their academic study skills, a supplementary work-based learning module can be undertaken as an option at level 6 or 7 in partnership with King College London in the semester following completion of the Clinical Dermatology Care Course.
What is the commitment as a student on the CDCC?
The course requires an estimated 45 hours of online self-directed learning plus attendance 15 hours of live webinars.
Attendance at all 6 live webinars is expected
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We ask you to give a short 10-minute presentation to a small group of fellow students at the end of the course
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Completion of all the online learning tasks is a requirement
Meet the Team
Feedback and Suggestions
If you have any feedback from past events that you'd like to share or if you have any suggestions for future events you'd like us to cover please get in contact.
Who can apply?
We welcome all Registered Nurses, Nursing Associates and Allied Healthcare Professionals with an interest in extending their dermatology knowledge and skills.
How to apply?
To register your interest and be the first to hear when our next course registration opens please email info@stjohnsdermacademy.com
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To see the Eventbrite link for the last course click here
Fees
The cost of the course is £595. If your employer is funding your place we will need a purchase order from them. Details for this process can be obtained from our team info@stjohnsdermacademy.com
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To get a little taster of the course platform see this short video
Clinical Dermatology Care Course (CDCC) (youtube.com)
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QIC AWARD FINALISTS
We were finalists in the Quality in Care Dermatology Awards 2024! Here’s what the judging panel had to say……
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“The Clinical Dermatology Care Course for Nurses and Allied Healthcare Professionals has valuable content. The judges liked that it was over 12 weeks and is an affordable price, making it good value for money. The course clearly has a role in allowing nurses to progress and gain confidence in being able to deliver dermatology care. It is clearly well-run and successful.”
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Dermatology Education Programmes for Healthcare Professionals - Quality in Care Awards Programme
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