Document Type
OER (Open Educational Resource)
Original Publication Date
2023
Date of Submission
July 2023
Abstract
Dermatoses of the Breast during Lactation is a PowerPoint-based learning module that focuses on skin diseases of the breast and nipple that occur during lactation. It covers the diagnosis, workup, and management of a wide range of breast dermatoses with overlapping clinical presentations. Topics covered in this OER include differential diagnoses for breast masses, infections, nipple discharge, and nipple lesions. The goal of the module is to provide students with the ability to differentiate both physiologic and pathologic causes of breast dermatoses and gain awareness of the skin conditions that present in breastfeeding individuals. This module includes images and descriptions of clinical findings in different skin tones to prepare students to identify skin lesions in a diverse patient population.
Recommended Citation
"Dermatoses of the Breast During Lactation" by Divya Shan, Sindhuja Koppu, Valerie Coleman, Dr. Gauri Gulati, and Dr. Kimberly Salkey is licensed under a CC BY-NC creative commons license.
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Is Part Of
VCU Open and Affordable Course Content
PowerPoint
Final SC- Dermatoses of the Breast Assessment.pdf (102 kB)
Self-assessment
Included in
Diagnosis Commons, Medical Education Commons, Primary Care Commons
Description
This OER focuses on Dermatoses of the Breast during Lactation. It is a tailored resource for medical learners that provides an overview of the diagnosis, workup, and management of dermatoses of the breast that occur during breastfeeding, with a focus on providing examples in skin of color. The goal of this module is to provide students with the ability to differentiate the wide range of breast and nipple lesions that can arise during lactation and gain awareness of the skin conditions that present in breastfeeding individuals. The module presents differential diagnoses for breast dermatoses, followed by information on the clinical pearls, diagnostic tests, treatment, and management of these diseases. There is an additional self-assessment that can be taken before and after completing the module to help students reflect on their learning from this resource.
This module is not meant to be a complete review of breast dermatoses during lactation but rather an introduction to understanding how skin diseases and clinical findings interconnect for medical learners. It includes images and descriptions of clinical findings in different skin tones to prepare students to identify skin lesions in a diverse patient population. This module was created for use in the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine Obstetrics and Gynecology Clerkship and has been implemented since April 2023.
Some images have been removed due to copyright restrictions. When available, the citation for the image was included. The module may be updated as openly licensed images illustrating the discussed topics become available.