Dermatology Examination Description

An outline of the subject areas covered on the certification examination is included to help candidates prepare for the exam. Candidates should review this outline carefully and focus study on the areas listed. Candidates should be aware that the outline reflects the responses to practice-analysis questionnaires and enables codification of the examination for subsequent analysis of the results. Each question is linked to a specific area of the outline. No question is meant to be obscure or tricky. The percentage of questions in an area conveys the relative importance of each area of the examination. The information in the outline is meant to serve as a study aid only and not as a guarantee of success in taking the certification examination.

Dermatology Classification System

	Subject Area	# of Questions on Exam
1	Allergy/Immunology	10
2	Anatomy	6
3	Embryology	10
4	Derm Path Stains	20
5	Surg Anatomy	6
6	Surg Anesthesia	5
7	Complications	5
8	Surg Cosmetic	5
9	Surg Cryo/Laser	6
10	MOHS	4
11	Surg Techniques	6
12	Clin Areal Pustolosis	4
13	Clin Aids	2
14	Clin Appendiceal	4
15	Clin Degenerative	2
16	Clin Dermatic Disorders	5
17	Clin Follicular Dermatitis	3
18	Clin Panniculitis	3
19	Clin Genetic	8
20	Clin Granulomatous	2
21	Clin Infectious Disease	11
22	Clin Infestations	3
23	Clin Metabolic	2
24	Clin Neoplasm Benign Malignant	9
25	Clin Papulosquamous	8
26	Clin Pigmentosus	3
27	Pregnancy Dermatology	2
28	Clin Signs of Systemic	10
29	Urticarial	3
30	Vasculitis-Purpur	3
31	Venereal	3
32	Vesicular-Bullous	5
34	Mucus Membranes	2
35	Mycology	6
36	Occupational Derm	2
37	Pharmacology & Th	7
38	Physiology	5

Dermatology Examination Study References

You may wish to use the study materials to prepare for the written certification or recertification examinations. The Examinations Committee uses these references to create questions for the examinations.

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