Learning module: Infestations and bites

Goals and objectives

The purpose of this module is to help medical students develop a clinical approach to the evaluation and initial management of patients who present with bites and infestations.

After completing this module, the learner should be able to:

• Recognize risk factors for lice infestation and scabies. Identify nits and adult lice as diagnostic of pediculosis.

• Identify a burrow as the primary morphology of scabies.

• Identify common causes and clinical presentations of insect bite reactions with an emphasis on bedbugs and brown recluse spider bites.

• Discuss treatment options and patient education for pediculosis capitis, scabies, and insect bite reactions.