You will get the most out of performing procedures when you are prepared.
Review schedule the day before
Look up how to perform the procedure. Can look in the following locations
The readings listed below or in the Pfenningers books "Procedures for Primary Care" located on the shelf in both offices
ClinicalKey on the Health Sciences Library- videos for most office procedures
Many procedures have good YouTube videos
Once you understand the procedure, discuss with your attending to understand the nuances of procedures in our office
Clinic Protocol for Procedures
Ch 4: Local Anesthesia Ch 5: Local and Topical Anesthetic Complications Ch 8: Peripheral Nerve Blocks and Field Blocks Ch 12: Approach to Various Skin Lesions Ch 21: Incisions- Planning the Direction of the Incision Ch 22: Laceration and Incision Repair Ch 23: Laceration and Incision Repair- Needle Selection Ch 24: Laceration and incision Repair: Suture Selection Ch 25: Laceration and Incision Repair- Suture Tying Ch 32: Skin Biopsy CRYO Tweezers Suturing Basics
Ch 12: Approach to Various Skin Lesions Ch 14: Cryosurgery Ch 18: Foreign Body Removal from Skin and Soft Tissue Ch 20: Incision and Drainage of an Abscess Ch 29: Ingrown Toenails Ch 30: Radiofrequency Surgery (Modern Electrosurgery) Ch 42: Wart (Verruca) Treatment Ch 107: Perianal Abscess Incision and Drainage
Dermoscopy Goals and Objectives Ch 1: Introduction to Dermoscopy Ch 2: Dermoscopedia Principals CH 3: Dermoscopic Equipment
Ch 4: Dermoscopic Structures & their Histopathological Correlation Ch 5: Terminology Ch 6: Vascular Structures
Ch 7: Non Melanocytic Lesions Ch 8: Benign Melanocytc Lesions Ch: 9 Melanoma Ch: 10 Nail Dermoscopy
Ch 11: Trichoscopy Ch 12: Other Special Locations Ch 13: Dermoscopy in General Derm/Inflammoscopy
Ch 14: Infectious Skin Diseases (Entomodermoscopy) Ch 15: Diagnostic Strategies/Algorithms Ch 16: Analytic Approach
Ch 17: Two-step Algorithm Ch:18: Clues and Tricks Ch 19: Exceptions to Rules and Mimickers Ch 20: Diagnostic Accuracy