Medical Student Orientation Manual (10-3-16)
This is the orientation manual for medical students doing their third or fourth year dermatology elective at Mount Sinai. It explains what lectures to read, scheduling, and directions to the various clinical sites.
Medical Student Rotations (8-26-16)
Non-Derm Resident Rotations (2-15-16)
This is the non-derm resident rotation schedule.
**Medical Assistant Training Schedule**
This outlines the order in which one should read the materials and receive the lectures.
**How to Avoid Errors in the Dermatology Practice [PDF]**
This lecture is given by Dr. Lebwohl and is mandatory before rotating through the FPA Dermatology Practice. It describes how to avoid common errors in patient care. In this case, you need to download the lecture to get the audio version.
**How to Handle Phones [PDF]**
This lecture seeks to explain medical assistants the meaning and significance of the abnormal labs they encounter on a daily basis.
This is the video script for the YouTube videos I made on how to clean dermatology instruments.
Derm Medical Student Curriculum [PDF]
This powerpoint reviews succinctly the basic information needed to follow along in my dermatology clinic. Ideally, it should be read before rotating in a dermatology clinic.
Derm Procedural Safety Project Video Script (9-29-12)
This is a script of the theory behind most of the common procedures in dermatology and a step-by-step guide of physically how to perform them (focusing on hand position and how to avoid injury). This document functions as the scripts for most of my dermatology procedural videos found on YouTube.
Dermatology History, Physical Exam, Differential Diagnosis
This lecture is the Sinai MSII ASM course on how to do a dermatology physical exam. Essentially, it functions as a lecture on regional differential diagnosis.
How to Set Up for Procedures and Describe Lesions
This is a "cheat sheet" for the said topics. Helpful on those first days of a dermatology rotation.
Intralesional Triamcinolone (ILTAC)
This document describes how to mix different concentrations of intralesional triamcinolone and when to use which concentration on what lesion.
Key to the Kingdom: Common Diagnosis (2012)
This is an Excel spreadsheet containing common diagnoses, how to describe them, and their common treatments. It is a good "cheat sheet" for a medical assistant in training. It was developed by Vivian Bockian, a medical assistant in our practice.
Making Patients Feel Comfortable with Medical Student Participation
This is an article I published with Dr. Golant on how to integrate medical students into a dermatology practice. Please read this before rotating with me.
Medical Assistants - Diagnoses, Descriptions, Treatments Quick Guide
This is an Excel spreadsheet containing common diagnoses, how to describe them, and their common treatments. It is a good "cheat sheet" for a medical assistant in training. It was developed by Vivian Bockian, a medical assistant in our practice.
Medical Student Rotation Schedule (8-26-16)
This is the medical student rotation schedule for the Dermatology Elective at Sinai.
This lecture describes note writing for common skin conditions as well as explains what lab monitoring is required for a variety of medications. It also describes how to write prescriptions for commonly used medications in dermatology. It is by no means comprehensive, but it is a good start for the beginning medical assistant.
Procedural Safety in Dermatology (AAD) [PDF]
This is my lecture given at the AAD on dermatology procedural safety. The lecture outlines ways to avoid physician injury in a number of common procedures in dermatology.
Rotating Resident & Student Score Sheet
Evaluation sheet for residents, fellows, and students.
This is a sample note from our paper charts in FPA. It is meant to orient the new medical student or medical assistant in what is expected of them regarding documentation. Created by Vivian Bockian, an MA in my dermatology practice.
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