Duke Dermatology

Residency Training Program

The three-year program offers a varied clinical experience of outpatient clinics, inpatient services and consult services. Dr. Sarah Myers is the Residency Program Director.

• First Year Residency:
  • 9 months outpatient clinics with attendings
  • Monthly Resident Duke clinic for 1st and 2nd year residents.
  • Weekly clinics at the Lincoln Community Clinic
  • Weekly continuity clinic at the nearby Durham Veterans Hospital
  • One month dermatologic surgery
  • One month dermatopathology.
  • One month pediatric dermatology
  • Consult service on weekends and week-nights for the Duke and Veterans Administration population beginning 4months into first year. Each resident spends four months providing on call coverage for the Dermatology service during his/her first and second years.
    
• Second Year Residency:
  • Outpatient clinics at Duke and the VA.
  • Monthly Resident Duke clinic
  • Weekly clinics in the Duke Student Health Clinic
  • One month of dermatologic surgery
  • Two months of dermatopathology
  • One month Pediatric Dermatology
  • 4 Months of Weekend and night coverage of Duke and VA Hospitals
  • 1 month Clinical Research/Elective (optional)
    
• Third Year Residency:
  • 3 months Consult Service Duke University Medical Center
  • 3 months consult service Durham Veterans Administration Medical Center
  • 1 month Dermatologic surgery
  • 1 month Dermatopathology
  • 1 month Clinical Research/Elective(optional)
  • 3 month Outpatient Clinics including specialty clinics