Directions in Residency archive

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2020

• Summer

  • Feature: Top five financial strategies for dermatology residents

  • Boards Fodder: Grafts

  • Clinical pearls: Pearls for phototherapy

  • Resident Life: A global pandemic – a global response

  • Race for the Case: Summer 2020

  • Inside this issue: Meet the new resident advisors

• Spring

  • Feature: Moving beyond residency

  • Boards Fodder: Genetic mutations

  • Boards Fodder (online exclusive): Testable fibrous and fibrohistiocytic proliferations of the skin: Facts and buzzwords

  • Clinical pearls: Pearls for autoimmune bullous dermatoses

  • Resident Life: Breakfast beats burnout

  • Race for the Case: Spring 2020

  • Inside this issue: Tara Oetken, MD

2019

• Winter

  • Feature: Coding basics for residents: diagnostic and procedural coding

  • Boards Fodder: Head and neck lesions of the infant

  • Boards Fodder (online exclusive): Biologics update 2019

  • Clinical pearls: Pediatric considerations

  • Race for the Case: Winter 2019

  • AAD Annual Meeting in Denver: preview for residents

  • Inside this issue: Tara Oetken, MD

• Fall

  • Feature: Coding basics: What residents need to know

  • Boards Fodder: Non-syndromic ichthyoses

  • Clinical pearls: Starting out in dermatopathology

  • Resident Life Hack: Embracing change

  • Race for the Case: Fall 2019

  • Inside this issue: Tara Oetken, MD

• Summer

  • Feature: Navigating your first employment contract

  • Boards Fodder: Skin grafts

  • Clinical pearls: Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma

  • Resident Life Hack: UMass Skin Cancer Screenings

  • Race for the Case: Summer 2019

  • Inside this issue: Tara Oetken, MD

• Spring

  • Feature: Passing the hurdles of journal publication

  • Boards Fodder: Surgical instruments

  • Clinical pearls: Contact dermatitis

  • Resident Life Hack: Like minds

  • Race for the Case: Spring 2019

  • Inside this issue: Tara Oetken, MD

2018

• Spring

  • The power of service

  • Boards Fodder: Vaccines in dermatology

  • Career Case Study: Academic dermatology

  • Time Saving Tip: The art of pairing

  • Act now! Service opportunities for residents

• Summer

  • Pregnant pause: The expected (and unexpected) aspects of expecting during residency

  • Boards Fodder: Disorders of dyschromia (hypo- and hyperpigmentation)

  • Career Case Study: Dermatopathology

  • Child care during residency: what you should know

• Fall

  • Disability Insurance 101

  • Boards Fodder: infectious diseases of genitalia

  • Career Case Study: Pursuing a career path in surgery

  • Driving and didactics: Making the most of travel time

• Winter

  • Gaining clinical confidence

  • Boards Fodder: Biopsy techniques

  • Career case study: Pursuing a career in a hospital environment

  • Resident Life Hack: A healthy support system

2017

• Spring

  • Avoid these mistakes for a blemish-free resume

  • The life of a Mohs specialist

  • Boards Fodder: Photosensitivity Disorders

• Summer

  • Where are you in the resident life cycle?

  • Boards Fodder: Danger Zones and Relevant Anatomy

  • The growth of the cosmetic career path

• Fall

  • All things considered — a primer on contracts for residents

  • Boards Fodder: Monitoring Systemic Dermatology Medications

  • The pediatric dermatology career path

• Winter

  • Self-made financial health

  • Boards Fodder: Update in Melanoma Therapies

  • Career Case Study: Medical Dermatology

  • Prioritizing debt: What to pay off first

  • Pedicures and publications: Keeping up on evidence-based medicine

2016

• Spring

  • Reaction patterns: Boards study tips

  • New Boards Fodder: Granulomas

  • Join Camp Discovery Residents Challenge

• Summer

  • Learning how to learn

  • New Boards Fodder: Flaps

  • Registration open: 2016 Legislative Conference

• Fall

  • Keeping financially afloat during residency

  • New Boards Fodder: Neonatal Ichthyosis & Infectious Diseases

• Winter

  • Seeing double: Adapting resident pathology for the big (and small) screen

  • Boards Fodder: Most Common Cutaneous Metastasis

  • Changes in reimbursement are coming, are you prepared?