Dermatologic Simulation of Neglected Tropical Diseases for Medical Professionals.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

While patients with neglected tropical diseases may present for care in the United States, they are encountered so infrequently that medical professionals may have little chance of being exposed to these illnesses during training. This simulation on dermatological presentations of neglected tropical diseases was used as a teaching tool for multifaceted topics including disease management, interdisciplinary collaboration, and sociocultural issues. To achieve this goal, we created four cases with patients demonstrating clinical and dermatological presentations.

Methods

Through the use of a moulage kit, this simulation portrayed four common neglected tropical diseases that are rarely encountered in the United States: dengue fever, cutaneous leishmaniasis, lepromato

SUBMITTER: Mankbadi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6440398 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature