Videos from the one-day PHARMAC seminar on practical management of childhood eczema held in Wellington (NZ) on 17 November 2015.
The following presentations cover practical aspects of the management of eczema in childhood in both the primary and secondary care setting. This includes the use of topical therapy, improving adherence, skin infections, nutrition and when to refer to secondary/tertiary services.
1. Why does eczema matter? What is eczema?
(Dr Diana Purvis – Paediatrician and Dermatologist, Starship Hospital and Private Practice, PHARMAC, 2015)
2. Differential diagnosis
(Dr Diana Purvis – Paediatrician and Dermatologist, Starship Hospital and Private Practice, PHARMAC, 2015)
3. Principles of treatment
(Jess Tiplady – Practice Nurse, Greenstone Family Clinic, Manurewa, Dr Karen Hoare – Nurse Practitioner, Greenstone Family Clinic, and Senior Lecturer, University of Auckland, PHARMAC, 2015)
4. Practical workshop on topical therapy – optimising topical treatment, adherence, education, demonstration
(Jess Tiplady – Practice Nurse, Greenstone Family Clinic, Manurewa, Dr Diana Purvis – Paediatrician and Dermatologist, Starship Hospital and Private Practice, Dr Karen Hoare – Nurse Practitioner, Greenstone Family Clinic, and Senior Lecturer, University of Auckland, PHARMAC, 2015)
5. Eczema management in primary care
(Dr Karen Hoare – Nurse Practitioner, Greenstone Family Clinic, and Senior Lecturer, University of Auckland, PHARMAC, 2015)
6. Skin infections & eczema
(Jess Tiplady – Practice Nurse, Greenstone Family Clinic, Manurewa, Dr Karen Hoare – Nurse Practitioner, Greenstone Family Clinic, and Senior Lecturer, University of Auckland, PHARMAC, 2015)
7. Eczema & food allergy
(Dr Diana Purvis – Paediatrician and Dermatologist, Starship Hospital and Private Practice, PHARMAC, 2015)
8. Secondary care of eczema – recognising treatment failure, systemic treatments
(Dr Diana Purvis – Paediatrician and Dermatologist, Starship Hospital and Private Practice, PHARMAC, 2015)