The majority of our residents publish studies or case reports, or present their work at state and national meetings. Several have gone on to surgery or dermpath fellowships. Although most ultimately pursue private practice, we have had five pursue academic careers in recent years. Residents are involved in staffing our university clinic with about 12,000 outpatient visits per year, as well as the Student Health Clinic, the city Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinic, the VA Clinic, and a Lubbock prison hospital. Training in Mohs surgery for skin cancer is strong, since each resident performs far more cases than average for other programs, and there is no competition for cases from fellows.
Residents also spend time in the private offices of local dermatologists.
There is an optional two week out of town elective in the third year. Conferences include Kodachromes, Textbook, Grand Rounds, Dermpath, Journal Club, and Lecture series. Residents enjoy a liberal policy regarding attendance at state and national meetings with expenses paid by the department. Located on the 1839-acre campus of Texas Tech University, the Health Sciences Center consists of the Schools of Medicine, Nursing, Allied Health, and Pharmacy. The School of Medicine has entering classes of 120.