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| >> What is a Dermatologist WHAT MAKES CONSULTANT DERMATOLOGISTS THE AUTHORITY ON SKIN DISEASE A Consultant Dermatologist is the best person to treat and represent the needs of skin disease patients, through their commitment to, and leadership of the specialty. Patients benefit from a Consultant Dermatologist’s: 1. Knowledge, which is, focused 100% on skin disease. (A dermatologist’s working life is spent dealing exclusively with skin disease, which combined with their unrivalled training, gives them the most extensive experience of dealing with dermatological disorders of all medical professionals.) 2. Ability to make diagnose skin disorders early and accurately. 3. Commitment to creating and maintaining guidelines and minimum ‘standards of care’ for patients with skin disease, to make sure any medical professional treating a skin disorder patient is working to an acceptable standard and possesses adequate knowledge. 4. Ability to treat patients whose needs are complex and challenging; this includes the rare, hard to diagnose or complex disorders, and willing to champion the cause for costly unlicensed treatments. 5. Leadership of teams and networks of healthcare workers responsible for the care of patients with diseases of the skin 6. Ability to educate patients about their disease and teach them how best to manage their condition. Leadership of local and national health education campaigns aimed at the community. 7. Availability for ‘on-call’, urgent consultation and in-hospital care of patients with severe and life threatening skin diseases. 8. Leadership of the dermatological teaching and training of medical students and doctors, and contribution to the training of GPs, nurses, pharmacists and other healthcare professionals. Consultant dermatologists ensure that systems are in place to train the next generation of dermatologists, to secure the survival of dermatology as a specialty and to maintain the continued improvement of treatment for skin disease patients. 9. Commitment to research and innovation, vital to the development of preventions, treatments and cures for all skin diseases.
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