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The exam consists of 200 multiple choice questions taken as two 3-hour papers with a one hour gap in-between. It is computer based and sat at RCP designated venues in the UK and abroad. It is held once a year, every October, and can be sat a maximum of five times.
The exam follows and reflects the UK syllabus of the Specialist Training Curriculum for Dermatology published by the British Royal College of Physicians Training Board. The spread of questions are as follows:
| Topic | Number of Questions |
| Cutaneous Allergy | 10 |
| Dermatopathology | 10 |
| Dressings & Wound care | 10 |
| Formulation & Systemic Therapy | 10 |
| General Dermatology & Dermatology in Primary Health Care | 50 |
| Genito-Urinary Disorders & Oral Medicine | 10 |
| Infectious Disease | 10 |
| Paediatrics & Genetics | 30 |
| Photo dermatology | 10 |
| Psycho dermatology | 5 |
| Skin Biology & Research | 15 |
| Skin Oncology | 20 |
| Skin surgery & Cosmetic dermatology | 10 |
| Total | 200 |
The pass rate varies but generally speaking 50-60% of candidates sitting the exam pass each year. This exam requires several months of preparation and directed intelligent learning in order to pass. Failing this exam is not necessarily a reflection of your dermatology knowledge because the SCE exam is about more than just textbook knowledge.
The SCE Dermatology requires rigorous preparation. By hosting a three-day face-to-face course in May/June, it allows you to identify your knowledge gaps and provides you with a strategic study blueprint for SCE revision, preparing you for the exam in October.
By coming together as a group for three days, you will realise that you are not alone, and contact with others will give you the opportunity to make new friends and study partners. We strongly encourage this as it will help you stay motivated for those weeks and months of revision.
Signing up to Revision Corner will give you access to extra resources and an easy way to stay in touch with colleagues as you all prepare for the exam.
The Dermatology consultants that teach and lecture on our course are experienced UK clinicians and have been teaching on this course since 2009. They are very familiar with the content and layout of the SCE exam, as well as being involved with a range of teaching and training initiatives across the UK for many years.
Collectively they have national expertise and specialist knowledge of skin cancer, skin surgery, dermatopathology, dermoscopy, cosmetic dermatology, biologics and small molecules, contact dermatitis, paediatrics, hair and nails.
All have been educational and clinical supervisors for UK Dermatology trainees and GPwERs in Dermatology.
Dr Bower has also held academic positions at University of Exeter Medical School and for the British Association of Dermatologists.
Delegates will be taken through key points of a wide range of common and important skin disorders as set out in the UK syllabus of the Specialist Training Curriculum for Dermatology as published by the British Royal College of Physicians Training Board. This is a unique course that will provide you with revision and exam techniques, live practice Questions & Answers for discussion, as well as helping you master core Dermatology concepts.
The UK course is extremely popular and always heavily over-subscribed so book early to secure a place.
