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	An outline of the subject areas covered on the certification examination is included to help candidates prepare for the exam. Candidates should review this outline carefully and focus study on the areas listed. Candidates should be aware that the outline reflects the responses to practice-analysis questionnaires and enables codification of the examination for subsequent analysis of the results. Each question is linked to a specific area of the outline. No question is meant to be obscure or tricky. The percentage of questions in an area conveys the relative importance of each area of the examination. The information in the outline is meant to serve as a study aid only and not as a guarantee of success in taking the certification examination.</p>
<p>
	<b><font size="4">Dermatology Classification System </font></b></p>
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			<td width="50">
				&nbsp;</td>
			<td>
				<div align="center">
					<b>Subject Area </b></div>
			</td>
			<td>
				<div align="center">
					<b># of Questions on Exam </b></div>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<div align="center">
					1</div>
			</td>
			<td align="middle">
				Allergy/Immunology</td>
			<td align="middle">
				10</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<div align="center">
					2</div>
			</td>
			<td align="middle">
				Anatomy</td>
			<td align="middle">
				6</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<div align="center">
					3</div>
			</td>
			<td align="middle">
				Embryology</td>
			<td align="middle">
				10</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<div align="center">
					4</div>
			</td>
			<td align="middle">
				Derm Path Stains</td>
			<td align="middle">
				20</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<div align="center">
					5</div>
			</td>
			<td align="middle">
				Surg Anatomy</td>
			<td align="middle">
				6</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<div align="center">
					6</div>
			</td>
			<td align="middle">
				Surg Anesthesia</td>
			<td align="middle">
				5</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<div align="center">
					7</div>
			</td>
			<td align="middle">
				Complications</td>
			<td align="middle">
				5</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<div align="center">
					8</div>
			</td>
			<td align="middle">
				Surg Cosmetic</td>
			<td align="middle">
				5</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<div align="center">
					9</div>
			</td>
			<td align="middle">
				Surg Cryo/Laser</td>
			<td align="middle">
				6</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<div align="center">
					10</div>
			</td>
			<td align="middle">
				MOHS</td>
			<td align="middle">
				4</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<div align="center">
					11</div>
			</td>
			<td align="middle">
				Surg Techniques</td>
			<td align="middle">
				6</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<div align="center">
					12</div>
			</td>
			<td align="middle">
				Clin Areal Pustolosis</td>
			<td align="middle">
				4</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<div align="center">
					13</div>
			</td>
			<td align="middle">
				Clin Aids</td>
			<td align="middle">
				2</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<div align="center">
					14</div>
			</td>
			<td align="middle">
				Clin Appendiceal</td>
			<td align="middle">
				4</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<div align="center">
					15</div>
			</td>
			<td align="middle">
				Clin Degenerative</td>
			<td align="middle">
				2</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<div align="center">
					16</div>
			</td>
			<td align="middle">
				Clin Dermatic Disorders</td>
			<td align="middle">
				5</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<div align="center">
					17</div>
			</td>
			<td align="middle">
				Clin Follicular Dermatitis</td>
			<td align="middle">
				3</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<div align="center">
					18</div>
			</td>
			<td align="middle">
				Clin Panniculitis</td>
			<td align="middle">
				3</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<div align="center">
					19</div>
			</td>
			<td align="middle">
				Clin Genetic</td>
			<td align="middle">
				8</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<div align="center">
					20</div>
			</td>
			<td align="middle">
				Clin Granulomatous</td>
			<td align="middle">
				2</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<div align="center">
					21</div>
			</td>
			<td align="middle">
				Clin Infectious Disease</td>
			<td align="middle">
				11</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<div align="center">
					22</div>
			</td>
			<td align="middle">
				Clin Infestations</td>
			<td align="middle">
				3</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<div align="center">
					23</div>
			</td>
			<td align="middle">
				Clin Metabolic</td>
			<td align="middle">
				2</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<div align="center">
					24</div>
			</td>
			<td align="middle">
				Clin Neoplasm Benign Malignant</td>
			<td align="middle">
				9</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<div align="center">
					25</div>
			</td>
			<td align="middle">
				Clin Papulosquamous</td>
			<td align="middle">
				8</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<div align="center">
					26</div>
			</td>
			<td align="middle">
				Clin Pigmentosus</td>
			<td align="middle">
				3</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<div align="center">
					27</div>
			</td>
			<td align="middle">
				Pregnancy Dermatology</td>
			<td align="middle">
				2</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<div align="center">
					28</div>
			</td>
			<td align="middle">
				Clin Signs of Systemic</td>
			<td align="middle">
				10</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<div align="center">
					29</div>
			</td>
			<td align="middle">
				Urticarial</td>
			<td align="middle">
				3</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<div align="center">
					30</div>
			</td>
			<td align="middle">
				Vasculitis-Purpur</td>
			<td align="middle">
				3</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<div align="center">
					31</div>
			</td>
			<td align="middle">
				Venereal</td>
			<td align="middle">
				3</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<div align="center">
					32</div>
			</td>
			<td align="middle">
				Vesicular-Bullous</td>
			<td align="middle">
				5</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<div align="center">
					34</div>
			</td>
			<td align="middle">
				Mucus Membranes</td>
			<td align="middle">
				2</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<div align="center">
					35</div>
			</td>
			<td align="middle">
				Mycology</td>
			<td align="middle">
				6</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<div align="center">
					36</div>
			</td>
			<td align="middle">
				Occupational Derm</td>
			<td align="middle">
				2</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<div align="center">
					37</div>
			</td>
			<td align="middle">
				Pharmacology &amp; Th</td>
			<td align="middle">
				7</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<div align="center">
					38</div>
			</td>
			<td align="middle">
				Physiology</td>
			<td align="middle">
				5</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>
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	<font size="4"><b>Dermatology Examination Study References </b></font><br />
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	You may wish to use the study materials to prepare for the <b>written</b> certification or recertification examinations. The Examinations Committee uses these references to create questions for the examinations.</p>
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