Dermatological content of U.K. undergraduate curricula: where are we now?

Given its impact, prevalence and especially its prominence in primary care 1, the importance of all medical graduates developing knowledge and awareness of skin disease ought to go without saying. Yet a previous audit of undergraduate teaching against the recommendations of the British Association of Dermatologists (BAD) identified important omissions in the courses of some medical schools 2. We recently undertook a survey of all medical schools in the UK and Ireland to investigate whether this had changed. The benchmark for course content derived from the BAD recommendations for undergraduates.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.