Resident Corner

Key Opinion Leaders Weigh In: Finding Your First Job After Residency
793479347934SOCU FACULTYThe journey that one embarks upon to become a fully trained physician is not for the faint of heart. It requires you to consistently give your vital resources to an external boundless need that is much greater than the needs of your own small life. Paradoxically, as your energy is emitted in large concentric circles all around you, serving patients, your colleagues, family and friends who hunger t …
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Roadmap After Residency Training
791579157915Roadmap after residencyThe opportunities in dermatology are endless, and choosing a single option to pursue may seem both exciting and limiting. The ultimate destiny of your career is going to be based on interests that are in harmony with the practice setting you choose, combined with additional training after residency. However, nearly every dermatologist goes through some form of “mid-life crisis” in their ca …
Roadmap after residency
Oral Erosions – Friday Pop Quiz 9-13
787678767876epidermal detachment This patient also has extensive oral erosions. He tells you his only new medication is dicloxacillin, which he is taking for impetigo. How many days prior to development of the pictured eruption did this patient most likely begin taking dicloxacillin? A. Hours-2 days B. 7-21 days C. 21-56 days D. 60-90 days E. >180 days To find out the correct answer and read the explanation …
epidermal detachment
Cutaneous Manifestation – Friday Pop Quiz – 9/6
782978297829Cutaneous Manifestation All of the following are true regarding the condition pictured EXCEPT: A. Perilesional direct immunofluroescence shows granular IgA in the dermal papillae and at the dermoepidermal junction. B. Only 20% of patients have a gluten-sensitive enteropathy. C. It is associated with HLA-DQ2, HLA-DR3, and HLA-B8. D. It is associated with Hashimoto's thyroiditis. E. Cutaneous findings ar …
Cutaneous Manifestation
Ocular Cicatricial Pemphigoid – Friday Pop Quiz 8/30
775877587758ocular cicatricial pemphigoid Which of the following agent(s) has been most effective in treating severe ocular cicatricial pemphigoid? A. Cyclophosphamide B. Mycophenolate mofetil C. Cyclophosphamide + corticosteroids D. Cyclosporine E. Azathioprine To find out the correct answer and read the explanation, click here. Brought to you by our Brand Partner …
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