Certificate of Advanced Skin Cancer Medicine and Surgery Module 2025

Certificate of Advanced Skin Cancer Medicine and Surgery Module 2025 is organized by Skin Cancer Symposiums and will be held from Nov 22 - 23, 2025 at The Spencer Hotel, Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand.

Description:
This course has been designed for General Practitioners, Surgical Registrars and Nurse Practitoners with existing experience in skin cancer diagnosis and basic surgical excisions.

Our team of leading surgeons and GP Skin Cancer Specialists will equip you with advanced medical and surgical skills, decision-making frameworks, and confidence to manage a broad range of skin cancers, and other cutaneous lesions, including those in cosmetically sensitive areas.  This will enable you to appropriately manage the majority of lesions you will encounter in primary practice and to help you identify when specialist referral is necessary.

A combination of lectures and practical sessions will cover medical mangement, and surgical closure techniques with ellipses (techniques to close tight wounds), flaps and grafts.

There is plenty of time for all to practise and get multiple differing tutors perspectives and advice.

This two day course will be one of the components of our new Professional Certificate of Advanced Skin Cancer Medicine and Surgery that will be launching late August. 

Eligibility Criteria: 
1. Candidates must be registered health practitioners who are operating within the scope of their governing body.
2. You will need to self declare if you are a novice or seasoned practitioner.

To get the most out of the full two day course you should be able to self declare competency in the following:

• Familiarity with the basics of skin anatomy.
• Have a solid understanding of surgical instruments and sutures and are proficient at using them.
• Can tie surgical knots, slide a knot, and perform simple elliptical excisions/closures.
• Competent in a range of suture techniques including the mattress, running, corner, pulley and deep dermal stitches.
• Have a basic understanding of flaps.