After retirement, a visit to a dermatology office

I’ve always been good at pattern recognition and my visual-spatial orientation is excellent. Photography is my hobby, so it was only natural that as a medical student and internal medicine resident, I loved my dermatology electives.  Each day yielded up a new parade of interesting skin lesions and rashes, and by the end of my rotations I was confident in my diagnoses and recommendations. Contact dermatitis? Steroids!  Eczema? Steroids!  Psoriasis? Yep, you got it: steroids again!  Pimples?  Well that was a diagnosis that required antibiotics.  But sometimes, when it was really bad: yes, steroids! Continue reading ... Your patients are rating you online: How to respond. Manage your online reputation: A social media guide. Find out how.
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - Category: Journals (General) Authors: Tags: Physician Cancer Dermatology Source Type: blogs