Table 1.

Course content.

Section	Topics
Introduction	Etiology; natural history; diagnosis; skin care; management of pruritus.
Module 1 Steroids and calcineurin inhibitors	Use of steroids on various body sites; dosage and tapering-off; side effects; maintaining control; steroid fear; calcineurin inhibitors.
Module 2 Infections	Features of infected eczema; differential diagnosis of infections; procedures for topical treatment; treatment failure.
Module 3 Allergies	Diagnosis of allergies; testing.
Appendix	Specialist treatment; phototherapy.