Dermatology Residency

 

Residents offer direct care under the one-on-one supervision of an attending physician. Each year is designed to allow the resident to perform more independently in the diagnosis, management and decision-making functions of dermatology according to his or her knowledge level, technical skills and expertise.

Two elective rotations in the third year allow residents to gain more in-depth experience in one or more dermatological subspecialties: pediatrics, surgery, dermatopathology, clinical or translational research.

PGY2 – Building a Foundation

PGY3 – Developing Skills

PGY4 – Polishing for Career

In addition, PGY4 residents have chief resident duties during which they gain organization, leadership and scheduling experience in addition to teaching “chief review” every other Wednesday.

Cosmetic Clinic

One Wednesday each month all residents take part in faculty-supervised cosmetic clinic from 5 to 7 p.m. Each resident brings one patient and utilizes a variety of products, such as neurotoxin and filler. Additional cosmetic procedures may be utilized pending faculty approval.

We encourage our residents to routinely attend professional dermatologic meetings to advance both knowledge and networking. Some of the conferences in which our residents participate are listed below.

PGY2

• American Academy of Dermatology (AAD)
• Texas Dermatology Society meetings, with preference given to those presenting

PGY3

• American Academy of Dermatology (AAD)
• American Society of Dermatologic Surgery (ASGS)
• Texas Dermatology Society meeting
• Other conferences as coverage allows

PGY4

• American Academy of Dermatology (AAD)
• American Society of Dermatologic Surgery (ASGS)
• Texas Dermatology Society meeting
• Additional board-review or chief-resident conferences, as appropriate

Residents are responsible for designing, submitting to Institutional Review Board (IRB) and conducting an original research investigation of their choice.

By the end of residency, they are to submit their findings to a peer-reviewed journal. Each resident must submit two original research articles to peer-reviewed journals by the end of residency.

Systems improvement project: each resident must complete a small project during each year of residency aimed at improving patient care/clinical efficiency.