The University of Vemont Libraries: Bailey/Howe Library

LearnDerm is a free interactive self-study tool designed to provide students with a foundation in terminology and help them improve their skin examination skills. Consisting of 5 lessons, the LearnDerm Tutorial covers the basic skin exam, lesion types, distribution and body location, configurations, and an introduction to disease variation. In addition, upon completion of the self-passed tests found in 2 of the lessons, students can print their scores as proof of completion for their instructors.

So much of an accurate medical diagnosis relies on visual clues. Dermatological rashes are particularly hard to distinguish and can be a major clue in the diagnosis of a disease. VisualDx is a visual diagnostic decision support system that links health care professionals to  medical images and information prepared by physician scholars on site at the point of care. This online program includes over 50,000 images allowing visual differential diagnosis based on actual patient findings integrated with regularly updated and physician-reviewed clinical information.

VisualDx allows the user to determine how they want to use the system – to develop a patient-centric differential diagnosis or to search for a specific diagnosis. Watch this movie for a 4-minute demonstration.

VisualDx can also be used on your mobile device. See our mobile guide for more information.