Meet CPD requirements while improving your skin cancer diagnosis skills
15,000+
Skin Cancers Diagnosed Each Year
Southern Sun Pathology Skin Excision Evaluation Program offers an educational experience designed to enhance your diagnostic skills in identifying high-risk lesions. By improving your ability to detect issues earlier, you can achieve better outcomes for your patients.
This unique program allows you to submit provisional diagnoses for cases requiring histological evaluation, with the added benefit of tracking your progress against peers in your clinic and all doctors enrolled in our program. You will also receive training videos to further enhance your skills in detecting skin cancers, supporting your ongoing improvement, along with direct access to our pathologists for any questions or guidance."
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How it Works
Enrolment
Enrolment is automatic and renews each year. Simply by sending your specimens to Southern Sun Pathology you are enrolled in the program. There are no forms to complete or accounts to set up.
Reporting
Quarterly audit interval reports are generated and emailed directly to you, containing statistically relevant feedback about your own practice compared to those of your peers and the wider GP cohort.
Qualification
A minimum of 15 specimens received per quarter are required to be sent to Southern Sun Pathology for a report to be generated, before CPD hours can be appointed later in the calendar year.
Evaluation
Following the completion of two consecutive intervals a Self Reflection Survey will be emailed to you. This activity helps doctors identify area’s of improvement and in most cases can request training and support from Southern Sun Pathology and the Education Team.
Report Data Analysis
Comparison of your results to your peers in the following categories:
Reporting period Summary of Diagnosis
Malignant diagnosis per specimen
BCC and SCC diagnosis per specimen
Melanoma diagnosis per specimen
Number needed to treat
Fulfill All Your CPD Requirements Hours With
Southern Sun's Exclusive Education Program Activities
20Hours
Educational Activities
25Hours
Reviewing Performance
5Hours
Measuring Outcomes
Educational Activities
Includes:
Reading, viewing, or listening to educational material
Active learning courses (online or face to face)
Study towards formal qualifications
Supervised practice attachments
Attending lectures, forums, workshops
Performance Review
Includes:
Measures that analyse and reflect on your actual work processes
Feedback from peers, colleagues, and patients, undertaking teaching activities or supervising colleagues
Undertaking practice accreditation activities
Outcome Measurement
Includes:
Reviewing practice data & reflecting on your patients' health outcomes in activities i.e PUNS and DENS
Case-based discussions, review of medical records, clinical audit, patient feedback, peer observation of teaching, morbidity and mortality meetings & practice analytics
20hrs
EducationalActivities
5hrs
Measuring Outcomes
25hrs
Reviewing Performance
Doctor Feedback98% of participants would recommend our audit
“The best way to assess my progress in this field. Shows me where I need to improve."
Dr C.W Newcastle, NSW
"98% OF PARTICIPANTS SAID THEY WOULD RECOMMEND THE SOUTHERN SUN SKIN AUDIT TO A COLLEAGUE."
“Honestly, most of the work is done for you and presented in a way that is easy to interpret and compare your clinical work with others. Easy CPD points so welcome!"
Dr A.B Perth, W.A
"86% OF PARTICIPANTS REPORT IDENTIFYING AREAS OF PRACTICE IMPROVEMENT AS A DIRECT RESULT OF PARTICIPATING IN OUR AUDIT."
“The best way to assess my progress in this field. Shows me where I need to improve."
