Certificate:''Occupational Dermatology (ABD)'': New curriculum 2010 of the CME-seminars of the Task Force of Occupational and Environmental Dermatology (ABD) in the German Society of Dermatology

Abstract

The certification of experts is an important constituent in a quality management concept in occupational dermatology. With the certificate ``Occupational Dermatology (ABD)'' the Task Force on Occupational and Environmental Dermatology (ABD) within the German Dermatological Society has developed a comprehensive CME concept in the field. The ABD seminars meet the current requirements of the statutory accident insurances and social welfare courts. The new CME seminar curriculum 2010 of the ABD takes into account the recent pioneering achievements in occupational dermatology, e. g. the optimized dermatologist's report and the spectrum of recently implemented preventive measures as well as new regulations, and guidelines including the Bamberg Recommendation 2008/2009 on dermatological expert opinions, including skin cancer. The ABD seminars ( total of 28 hrs) are subdivided into 4 consecutive modules ( 7 hrs each): basic, advanced and 2 special seminars, one of which covers occupational skin cancers. The seminars are interactive, based on practice-oriented discussions with experts from different disciplines ( occupational dermatology, social law). The seminars should be attended in a chronological order within 5 years. In order to maintain the certificate, one must attend a ``quality management workshop'' ( 7 hrs) at 5-year-intervals; this focuses on interdisciplinary case discussions of the current legal regulations and recent social welfare court decisions. More than 600 dermatologists have already been certified for occupational dermatology in Germany.