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M4: Adnexal Disorders: Acne, Rosacea, and Hidradenitis Suppurativa

3.5 CME Credits4 Lessons
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3hr 30min
Duration
3.5
Credits
Mar 2024
Released
Jan 2026
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What You'll Learn

Welcome to module 4 where we'll review Adnexal Disorders: Acne, Rosacea, and Hidradenitis Suppurativa!

Acne: Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis and Therapeutics

This course reviews the pathophysiology, differential diagnoses and therapeutic approaches to acne. The course will also explore treatment options including both traditional and integrative approaches to therapy. 

After completing this activity, participants will be able to:

  • Review the basic pathophysiology of acne
  • Identify conditions that might be confused with acne
  • Describe common treatment options

Rosacea: Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis and Therapeutics

This course reviews the pathophysiology, subtypes of rosacea, differential diagnoses and therapeutic options, both traditional and integrative, in addressing rosacea.

After completing this activity, participants will be able to:

  • Describe the pathophysiology of rosacea for each subtype 
  • Describe the clinical presentation, course, prognosis and therapeutic treatment options, both integrative and traditional, in treating all subtypes of rosacea
  • Identify commonly seen triggers associated with rosacea flare
  • Review the differential diagnoses associated with rosacea and patient education 

Hidradenitis Suppurativa: Diagnosis and Therapeutics

This course reviews the pathophysiology, differential diagnoses and therapeutic approaches to hidradenitis suppurativa. The course will also explore treatment options including both traditional and integrative approaches to therapy. 

After completing this activity, participants will be able to:

  • Identify and diagnose hidradenitis suppurativa in terms of physical disease and psychological aspects of disease
  • Review the Hurley stages and clinical presentation of hidradenitis suppurativa
  • Recall therapeutic options for each stage, both traditional and integrative approaches 
  • Review patient education 

The Role of Nutrition, Supplements and Microbiome in Acne, Rosacea, and Hidradenitis Suppurativa

This course explores the roles nutrition, supplements and the microbiome play in acne, rosacea, and hidradenitis suppurativa.

After completing this activity, participants will be able to:

  • Describe basics of the gut microbiome and the gut-skin connection
  • Identify how the gut microbiome and nutrition can affect skin health through the microbiome shift in acne and evidence for probiotics, and the microbiome shift in rosacea and association with SIBO
  • Review the role of oral probiotics, prebiotics, and postbiotics in skin disease 
  • Discuss the role diet plays in acne and rosacea and hidradenitis suppurativa

Accreditation Information

This module will review adnexal disorders including acne, rosacea, and hidradenitis suppurativa.

Target Audience

This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of clinicians and non-clinicians involved in the care of patients within dermatology.

Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest

Your CE Source ensures balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all our educational programs. In accordance with this policy, Your CE Source identifies conflicts of interest with its instructors, content managers, and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of an activity. Conflicts are resolved by Your CE Source to ensure that all scientific research referred to, reported, or used in a continuing education activity conforms to the generally accepted standards of experimental design, data collection, and analysis. Your CE Source is committed to providing its learners with high-quality activities that promote improvements or quality in health care and not the business interest of a commercial interest.

The faculty reported the following financial relationships with commercial interests whose products or services may be mentioned in this activity:

Name of FacultyReported Financial Relationship

Steve Daveluy, MD

Speaker, Consultant: Abbvie, UCB Researcher: Abbvie, Pfizer, UCB, Regeneron Consultant: Novartis

Apple Bodemer, MD

Advisory board for Codex Labs.

Raja Sivamani, MD MS AP

Advisor – LearnHealth, Arbonne, Codex Labs, Consultant/Honoraria – Burt’s Bees, Novozymes, Nutrafol, Abbvie, Leo, UCB, Sun, Regeneron, Bristol Myer Squibb, Novartis, Pfizer, Sanofi, Lilly, Biogena, Fotona, Image Skincare

Sonal Choudhary, MD

Speakers Bureau: Regeneron and Sanofi

The content managers reported the following financial relationships with commercial interests whose products or services may be mentioned in this activity: 

Name of Content ManagerReported Financial Relationship

Valerie Stern, DMSc MPAS PA-C

No financial relationships to disclose

Planners at Your CE Source

No financial relationships to disclose

All other faculty, planner and/or content managers have nothing to disclose nor do they have any vested interests or affiliations. All conflicts of interest have been resolved.

Physician Credit

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Your CE Source and LearnHealth. Your CE Source is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation

Your CE Source designates this enduring material for a maximum of 3.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing Credit

This CE activity provides 3.5 contact hours of continuing nursing education. Your CE Source is a provider of continuing nursing education by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #CEP 16031. 

Method of Participation

Participants must 1) read the learning objectives and faculty disclosures, 2) study the educational activity, 3) complete the post test by recording the best answer to each quiz question.

A statement of credit will be issued only upon receipt of a completed activity and post-test with a score of 70% or better. Statements of credit will be available once the evaluation form is completed.

Disclaimer

The content, views, and opinions presented in this educational activity are those of the faculty/authors and do not necessarily reflect those of Your CE Source and/or LearnHealth. The faculty/authors have disclosed if there is any discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA in their presentations. Before prescribing any medicine, primary references and full prescribing information should be consulted. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient’s conditions and possible contraindications on dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management.

Learners are required to adhere to the privacy and confidentiality policy as it relates to the CE activities provided on the Internet. Please see the policy at https://www.yourcesource.org

Contact Information

This activity is jointly provided by Your CE Source and LearnHealth.

Questions about CE accreditation or CE certificates related to this course, please contact us via email at [email protected] . For all other questions, please contact [email protected].

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Lesson 10hr 48min

Acne: Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis and Therapeutics

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Lesson 20hr 59min

Rosacea: Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis and Therapeutics

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Lesson 31hr 1min

Hidradenitis Suppurativa: Diagnosis and Therapeutics

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Lesson 40hr 39min

The Role of Nutrition, Supplements and Microbiome in Acne, Rosacea, and HS

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Post-Quiz

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Average Score
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