Internship The American Board of Dermatology requires all residents to have a
postgraduate year of medical training in a specialty approved by the
Board (i.e., internal medicine, general surgery, family practice,
obstetrics & gynecology, pediatrics, or emergency medicine), before
starting dermatology training. It is the responsibility of the
applicant to apply for a PGY-1 position at either UTMB or another ACGME
accredited institution. An applicant who is interested in pursuing an
internship in internal medicine at the University of Texas Medical
Branch should contact the Internal Medicine Residency Office at (409)
772-2654. Interviews with both the Department of Internal Medicine
and the Department of Dermatology cannot be scheduled on the same
day.
First Year The residency begins on July 1. House staff orientation is usually
held during the end of June. First-year residents will assist in the
Faculty Clinics as assigned in Galveston and in League City and
attend the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) Clinic
(Tuesdays). First year residents start their continuity clinic caring
for patients seen for their entire residency program. Procedures with
faculty supervision are also scheduled for the afternoons.
Second Year Second-year residents will spend six months of the year staffing the
morning dermatology clinics. They spend three months on the consult
service where they manage the inpatient consults as well as see
telemedicine clinic consults and follow-ups in the TDCJ. Three months
(Tues & Wed) are spent with Dr. Wagner and the Mohs Fellow, on the Dermatological
Surgery Service with a focus on learning Mohs micrographic surgery, skin
flaps and skin grafts. This is in addition to the surgical experience
gained during all three years of residency.
Third Year Currently all third year residents are assigned chief resident functions
(academic, scheduling, medical student education and conference), as well as
dermatolgy clinic. Each resident completes a dedicated three month
dermatopathology rotation as well (this is in addition to dermatology
training throughout the etire residency program). UTMB has an excellent
dermatopathology fellowship and the fellows and faculty are eager to
teach our residents about the subspecialty of dermatopathology.
Electives Currently electives are limited to a two week research elective that may
be taken by third year residents to complete their required scholarly
project.
Dermatology Scholarly Project:
First-year dermatology residents are required to select a
dermatology scholarly project and a dermatology faculty advisor by
December of their first year. Following regulatory approval, data
collection and statistical analyses are conducted by the resident,
culminating in the submission of an original manuscript for peer
review by January of the senior year. Scholarly projects may be done
in the areas of basic research, cutaneous infections, cutaneous
oncology, dermatologic surgery, dermatopathology, dermatopharmacology,
laser dermatology, QI and media studies related to dermatology, skin
diseases and pediatric dermatolgy. In addition to participation in the
Dermatology Scholarly Project, residents are encouraged to submit
papers for publication and for presentation at national, regional and
local meetings.
Call Call is taken from home by residents for one week at a time to
equal about 7-8 weeks per resident per year. Holidays are covered by
first-year residents.
Weekly Schedule of Clinics and Conferences Friday mornings are reserved for academic activities including
grand rounds, lectures and journal club. We have an active conference
schedule on other weekdays before clinics start that is supplemented by
participation in the monthly Houston Dermatological Society meeting.
In addition, trainees are encouraged to participate in a variety of
regional and national dermatology society meetings.