2026: Skin Biopsy Course
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Event information
Date
25th - 26th June 2026
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Venue
Guy’s Hospital Campus, London SE1 1UL
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Who Should Attend?
This course is aimed at registered healthcare professionals, especially nurses, who are new to, or early in their development of skin surgery skills. Junior doctors without procedural dermatology experience are welcome to join the course. This includes foundation year doctors, junior clinical fellows or speciality registrars from non-dermatology backgrounds.​
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Programme Overview
The skin biopsy course is designed to introduce the learner to practical skills in dermatological surgery. It is a blended learning experience involving 2 days of face-to-face teaching delivered by experts in the field of dermatological surgery, alongside access to our bespoke online learning platform, housing our skin surgery lectures and procedural videos.
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The face-to-face teaching programme includes a selection of tailored theory lectures in the mornings, followed by supervised surgical technique practice in the teaching laboratory. We maintain a high ratio of students to supervisors throughout all practical sessions.
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Theory lectures (pre-attendance and face to face) will include: skin histopathology, surgical anatomy, local anaesthetic, medico-legal aspects of skin surgery, minor surgery planning, surgery preparation, surgical wound care, and potential complications of surgery.
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The practical sessions will cover: local anaesthetic administration, basic biopsy techniques (shave, punch), skin lesion excision, along with suturing and haemostasis techniques.
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A course certificate is provided upon completion.
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Employer Funding Process
If your Trust / Employer is funding your place on the Skin Biopsy Course 2026, you will need a purchase order (PO) from the finance department for your place of work. The PO will need to be sent to info@stjohnsdermacademy.com
The PO must include each delegates' name, email, the course name (Skin Biopsy 2026) and the sum of the course (£695 per person VAT exempt).
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As a contact, please include info@stjohnsdermacademy.com
If your Trust does not have Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust on their requisition system please use the bank details in here
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Once we receive the PO we will generate an invoice back to your Trust / Employer, and at that point we can provide you with instructions on how to register for the course.
If you need any further assistance please contact us at info@stjohnsdermacademy.com
Course Fees
£695
Points awarded
TBC​
Registration
Please click on this link. Registrations close: 5pm on Thursday, 11th June 2026
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Testimonials
The Gordon Museum was an amazing venue. Food delicious each day! The surgical techniques taught have improved my surgical skills greatly. I also feel that I have extended my clinical knowledge in anatomy and patient consent. I also loved the BSDS booklet we were given and the online learning. Fantastic course.
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The venue was fantastic and the teaching was delivered with real enthusiasm.
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Excellent course and would recommend to all interested. Highlights - The Gordon Museum was a superb location for the training. Very much enjoyed presentation by Consultant Dermatologist in Anatomy and Physiology - extremely useful and very well presented. Day 2 Practical was excellent - many new skills learnt and speed of learning was perfect.
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I loved that we had a high level of supervision during the practical sessions. All the advisors were excellent.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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