Royal College of General Practitioners - Online Learning Environment

These are materials from a course that took place  on Monday 16 June 2025. This presentation will be available to view until 16 June 2025.

This course was facilitated by Dr George Moncrieff and designed specifically for healthcare professionals eager to enhance their skills in skin lesion assessment. There are practical insights into clinical lesion recognition and fundamental dermoscopy principles that not only boost your confidence but also improve patient outcomes.

 

Topics Include:                

• General approach to lesion diagnosis
• Introduction to dermatoscopy
• Identifying benign lesions
• Pigment network pattern and vascular structures
• Basal Cell Carcinomas (BCCs) 
• Signs of malignancy

Please note, these presentations are only available to those who attended the course on the day.

All presentations are not to be shared with others. These will only be available to view online up until 16 June 2026.

These are materials from a course that took place May 2025 - March 2026. This presentation will be available to view until 31 May 2028.

This course has been specifically designed to ensure practitioners meet the requirements of the 2014 DES Minor Surgery Contract and has been approved by NHS England formulated from the latest NHS e-guidelines to do so.

 

Topics Include:                

• Preparation and planning
• instruments materials and sterilisation
• Local anaesthesia
• Basic surgical technique
• Epidermal cysts and abscesses
• Snip, scrape and shave lesions
• Pigmented lesions
• Cryosurgery
• Joint injection techniques
• Skin cancer
• Medico-legal

Please note, these presentations are only available to those who attended the course on the day.

All presentations are watermarked and are not to be shared with others. These will only be available to view online up until 31 May 2028.