MER Primary Care Conferences Dermatology for Primary Care Jul 31 – Aug 02, 2026

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+ Target Audience: Family Medicine Physicians, Internal Medicine Physicians, Dermatologists, and Emergency Medicine Physicians

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The “Dermatology for Primary Care” conference will be held at the Walt Disney World® Resort, FL, specifically at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa, from July 31 to August 2, 2026. The program is jointly accredited by the ACCME, ACPE, and ANCC to provide continuing education for the healthcare team, including physicians, nurses, physician associates, and pharmacists.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this program, participants should be better able to:

• Differentiate between the presentations and causes of atopic, contact (irritant and allergic), and nummular dermatitis.

• Discriminate the diagnostic principles and treatment options for papulosquamous diseases with red, raised bumps.

• Discriminate between various viral skin infections and treatment strategies.

• Compare the different treatment options for fungal skin infections and nail infections.

• Perform a differential diagnosis of common bacterial skin infections and recommend appropriate treatment.

• Identify cutaneous findings that serve as surrogates of internal diseases.

• Identify clinical presentations of various parasitic skin infections including scabies, lice, ticks, and bedbugs.

• Describe the step-wise approach for the diagnosis and treatment of acne and acneiform eruptions.

• Employ proper diagnostic principles to monitor and manage patients at risk for skin cancer.

• Detect pre-cancerous and cancerous skin lesions.

• Perform comprehensive and effective treatment of melanomas and other pigmented lesions.

• Review basic skin surgeries typically conducted in the primary care office.

Target Audience

This program is targeted to office-based primary care providers and other health professionals with updates in primary care medicine.

Best for Primary Care Physicians, Family Medicine Physicians, Internal Medicine Physicians, Dermatologists, and Emergency Medicine Physicians.

Topics

Friday, July 31, 2026

• Dermatitis: Overview of the causes and forms of skin irritants; Contact, atopic, irritant, nummular, seborrheic and exfoliative; Treatment of blistering, oozing, crusting and flaking; Diagnostic principles and management strategies.

• Papulosquamous Diseases: Diagnostic principles of skin lesions consisting of red or purple papules; Psoriasis, lichen planus, pityriasis rosea, lupus erythematosus; Discussion of how to tell one scaly rash from another.

• Viral Infections of the Skin: Proper diagnosis and differences in viral skin presentation; Herpes simplex, varicella-zoster, viral exanthems; Molluscum and warts; Treating lasting post-herpetic neuralgia; Symptom management and referral to dermatology.

• Bacterial Infections of the Skin: Impetigo, ecthyma, folliculitis, furunculosis, necrotizing fasciitis, Lyme disease, syphilis; diagnosis and management; Guidelines for antibiotic treatment; Management of special populations.

• Skin Manifestations of Systemic Disease: Skin will often reflect signs of systemic diseases, be useful for diagnosis, or suffer from a complication of disease or its treatment; Diagnosis of rheumatologic, endocrine, gastrointestinal, and psychologic conditions based on cutaneous findings.

Saturday, August 1, 2026

• Parasitic Infections of the Skin: Clinical presentations of various parasitic skin infections including scabies, lice, ticks, and bedbugs; Principles of treatment.

• Acne and Acneiform Eruptions: Identification of noninflammatory open or closed comedones and inflammatory lesions; Determination of treatment therapies based on acne grading scale; Bacterial folliculitis, drug-induced acne, hidradenitis suppurativa, miliaria, perioral dermatitis, pseudofolliculitis barbae, rosacea, seborrheic dermatitis; Topical and systemic therapy.

• Fungal Infections of the Skin: Dermatophytes, tinea versicolor, candidiasis; Selected deep fungal infections; Onycholysis; Drug induced nail changes; paronychia, koilonychia, nail discolorations, tumors of the nail; Fungal infections diagnosis and management; Overview and comparison of antifungal treatment options.

• Diagnosis and Management of Patients at High Risk for Skin Cancer: Actinic Keratosis recognition and need for treatment; Field therapies for actinic keratosis; Basal cell carcinoma: Different types and their appearance; Squamous cell carcinoma: Different types and their appearance.

• Premalignant, Basal, and Squamous Cell Skin Cancers: Recognition of precursors of malignancies; Excisional and punch biopsies; Actinic keratosis, Bowen’s disease, squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma, melanoma and other selected tumors; Risk reduction education.

Sunday, August 2, 2026

• Diagnosis and Management of Pigmented Lesions and Melanoma: Development and appearance of benign nevi; “Dysplastic Nevus Syndrome” controversies; Malignant Melanoma developing de novo; Diagnosis of Lentigo Maligna type of superficial malignant melanoma.

• Skin Surgery for Primary Care: Techniques and procedures to perform common dermatology procedures in the office setting; Biopsy techniques for shave, punch, and excision; Instruction and best practices for local anesthesia; Overview and proper setting for cryosurgery.