A proportion of each individual's training is spent at each of the affiliated hospital and clinical facilities. The clinical, academic, and administrative responsibilities for trainees increase each year so that the third-year resident serves as chief resident and helps to supervise the junior residents and medical students. Residents attend various outpatient clinics during all three years of training and serve as consultants for hospitalized patients. A mix of both private and medically indigent patients are seen in these clinics where outpatient dermatologic visits total approximately 11,000 per year. Primary dermatologic inpatients and consultations for patients with dermatologic conditions hospitalized on other medical and surgical services are also seen on the inpatient wards at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center.
Trainees attend three regular clinics and one surgical clinic each week.
These include patients with a variety of both common and unusual diseases, with a particular emphasis on skin malignancies and difficult management problems. Numerous dermatology consultations are also provided for VAMC inpatients as well as care for hospitalized patients with primary dermatologic problems. Applicants are also reminded that credit is no longer given for prior specialty training and that all residents are required to spend three years in training. The University of New Mexico Dermatology Residency Program is presently processing applications for the 1998 match, for one position beginning July 1, 1999. All applicants should register with the National Residency Matching Program.