Module 9 - Rashes
Goal:
Students will gain knowledge and clinical skills to identify various infantile and childhood skin marks and rashes.
Objectives:
Following the pediatric outpatient rotation, the student will be able to:
- Identify jaundice, petechiae, Mongolian spots, salmon patches, vesicles, pustules, cellulitis, and urticaria
- Describe the skin findings of different types of diaper rashes - irritant, candidal, staph
- Describe the pathophysiology, clinical presentation, and treatment of childhood eczema
- Identify and discuss course of infantile hemangiomas
Resources:
Basic Dermatology Curriculum - AAD
Infantile Hemangiomas: An Update on Pathogenesis and Therapy
Zitelli Pediatric Atlas
reviewed 04/2016