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Virtual Journal Club for Dermatology Trainees

Our fantastic UK DCTN SpR Fellows organise a programme of online journal club sessions for trainees each year.

Aims of the UK DCTN virtual journal club:

To encourage dermatology health care professionals to read and appraise publications critically
To highlight new findings that could change clinical care
To offer an opportunity to reflect on practice, discuss controversies and share insights in a relaxed setting
To discuss research methods and generate ideas for future research.

Register your interest in the next journal club by emailing ukdctn@nottngham.ac.uk. Alternatively, please view videos of previous journal clubs below.

Journal Clubs

List of past and future Journal Clubs
Date	Topic/ Speaker	Paper/ Subject	Video/ slides
30 Oct 2025	Guest - Prof. Hywel Williams	Outcome measures in atopic dermatitis
4 June 2025	Guest - Prof. Brian Kirby	Large RCT phase 3 trial - Secukinumab for Hidradenitis Suppurativa
25 Nov 2024	Guest speaker Prof Matthew Ridd	Comparing emollients for childhood eczema - BEE Study	See presentation slides
1 Aug 2024	Big Data - Epidemiology studies	Risk of herpes zoster following mRNA COVID-19 vaccine administration	View August 2024 presentations
18 April 2024	Retrospective Cohort studies	Hydrochlorothiazide use and the risk of skin cancer in patients with hypertensive disorder	View April 2024 presentation
29 February 2024	Epidemiological studies with Dr Zoe Venables	Nationwide Incidence of Metastatic Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma in England	View Feb 2024 presentations
15 Nov 2023	Randomised Controlled Trials with Prof. Beth Stuart	Adalimumab & surgery vs adalimumab monotherapy for Hidradenitis Suppurativa	View Nov 2023 presentations
28 Sept 2023	Systematic Reviews	Effect of systemic treatments on pruritus in atopic dermatitis	View Oct 2023 presentation
17 April 2023	Intro to Multi-variate regression analysis With Prof. Sonia Gran	Association Between Topical Corticosteroid Use and Type 2 Diabetes in Two European Population-Based Adult Cohorts	View April 2023 presentations
16 Jan 2023	Retrospective Cohort Studies with Dr Zenas Yiu	Association of Rituximab With Risk of Long-term Cardiovascular and Metabolic Outcomes in Patients With Pemphigus - A retrospective cohort study	View January 2023 presentation
30 June 2022	Observational studies with special guest: Dr Aaron Wernham	Observational Study of infections following excision of skin tumours	View June 2022 club presentation
26 May 2022	Network meta-analysis with special guest: Dr Robert Boyle	Network meta-analysis in systemics for atopic dermatitis	View May 2022 presentation
1 Mar 2022	RCTs with special guest: Prof. Carsten Flohr	Randomised double blind study of cyclosporin in chtonic urticaria	View March 2022 club video presentation
10 Feb 2022	Decision making tools with special guest: Dr Rosalind Simpson	Development of a shared decision making tool in vitiligo	View Feb 2022 club video presentation
7 January 2021	Systematic reviews (with special guest Prof. Hywel Williams)	Repigmentation in vitiligo	View the 7 January 2021 presentations View the 7 January 2021 discussion
4 March 2021	Case control studies	Cutaneous melanoma	View the 4 March 2021 presentations View the discussion summary
6 May 2021	Qualitative studies (with special guest Dr Paul Leighton)	Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma	View the 6 May 2021 presentation View the summary discussion
5 November 2020	Cohort studies	Infection in people with psoriasis	View 5 November 2020 Club presentations View the 5 November 2020 Club discussion

To attend, simply send a message to ukdctn@nottingham.ac.uk

A certificate of attendance for your e-portfolio can be arranged.

Many thanks to UK DCTN Fellows: Fiona Tasker, Alistair Brown, Bayanne Olabi, Alison Sears and others Lisa Kirby and Veronica Melchionda for creating this initative.

UK Dermatology Clinical Trials Network

Applied Health Services Research (building 42)
University Park Campus University of Nottingham,
Nottingham
NG7 2RD, UK

Email: UKDCTN@nottingham.ac.uk