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Closely integrated with patient care is an educational effort of such breadth that the Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology at NYU School of Medicine is regarded as one of the world's finest dermatologic teaching institutions.

Instruction in dermatology for undergraduate medical students at New York University School of Medicine includes introductory lectures in several basic science courses, sessions on pathophysiology and physical diagnosis in the second year, and didactic-practical clinical clerkship in either the third or fourth year.

During the residency years, the thrust of our formal educational programs is to provide the groundwork for a firm understanding of the principles of dermatology during the first year of training, and to emphasize individual inquiry in either clinical or laboratory investigative projects during the second and third years. During the first two months of residency, all trainees participate in a core curriculum clinical seminar as a foundation for their future learning of dermatology. Subsequently, the first year trainees join the rest of the department for seminars, which deal with clinico-pathologic correlations in cutaneous disease, pathophysiology, principles of basic science, dermatopathology, dermatologic surgery and scientific basis of dermatologic therapy.

The daily clinical conference and weekly journal club are attended by the faculty, residents and students as are the Tuesday Evening Clinical Conferences held six times per year.

The Howard Fox Lecture Series sponsored by the Department is known throughout the United States. In this educational effort, the staff and students are addressed by an outstanding physician or scientist on a subject related to dermatology. Members of the Department annually conduct the post-graduate symposium, "Advances in Dermatology," on clincial and investigative problems which attracts participants from around the world.