A concise guide to impetigo for healthcare professionals from foundation level to consultant, covering clinical features, diagnosis, management, and complications. Estimated learning time: 10–15 minutes.

Recognise the clinical features that distinguish non-bullous from bullous impetigo

Understand how impetigo is diagnosed clinically and identify when a skin or nasal swab is indicated

Apply NICE stepped antimicrobial prescribing strategy for impetigo

Recognise the rare but important complications of impetigo, including post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis and staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome

Concise guide to impetigo

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Concise guide to Dermatology conditions

MedShr's Concise Guides to Dermatology provides an expert-sourced overview of dermatological conditions relevant for all healthcare professionals.

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This module provides a concise, evidence-based overview for healthcare professionals from foundation level to consultant, covering clinical presentation and subtypes across skin types, severity assessment and management from topical therapy to biologics and newly approved small molecules. 

Concise guide to Psoriasis

A concise guide to atopic eczema for healthcare professionals from foundation level to consultant, covering clinical presentation, diagnosis, severity assessment, and the NICE stepped-care treatment ladder .

Concise guide to Atopic Dermatitis

A concise, expert-sourced overview of rosacea for healthcare professionals from foundation level to consultant dermatologist. Covers recognition, diagnosis using ROSCO criteria, and feature-targeted management.

Concise guide to Rosacea

A concise clinical overview of acne for healthcare professionals from foundation level to consultant dermatologist, covering lesion types, severity classification, investigations, and stepwise management.

Concise guide to Acne

A concise dermatology teaching module covering the clinical features, assessment tools, investigations, and management of common benign and malignant skin lesions.