Graduates-of-foreign-dermatology residencies and military dermatology residencies and women in academic dermatology.

Background: It is well known that there is a growing shortage of academic dermatologists in the U.S. The number of graduates of foreign dermatology residencies (GFDR) and graduates of military dermatology residencies (GMDR) who take full-time academic dermatology positions are currently unknown.

Occurrence of nonmelanoma skin cancers on the hands after UV nail light exposure.

Background: Exposure to tanning beds, which contain mostly high-dose UV-A emitters, is a known cause of photoaging. Evidence is also accumulating for an association between tanning bed use and the development of skin cancer. Another source of high-dose UV-A is UV nail lights, available for use in the home and in beauty salons.

Ranking the dermatology programs based on measurements of academic achievement.

Background: The only dermatology rankings in the past were based on National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding and journal citations.

Objective: To determine the highest ranking academic dermatology programs based on 5 outcome measures and on an overall ranking scale. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report to rank the dermatology programs on 4 of the following outcome measures of academic achievement and with an overall ranking.

MD/PhDs are more likely than MDs to choose a career in academic dermatology.

There are fewer dermatologists entering and being retained in academics. We investigated the hypothesis that MD/PhDs are more likely than MDs to enter a career in academic dermatology. This retrospective study of university dermatology departments and divisions studied MDs, DOs, and MD/PhDs who completed a dermatology program in the U.

Dermatology residency program characteristics that correlate with graduates selecting an academic dermatology career.

Objective: To examine the characteristics of 107 dermatology residency programs to determine which factors are correlated with producing academic dermatologists to help reverse the trend of a growing shortage of academic dermatologists.

Design: We collected data ranging from total publications to grant funding. Extensive Internet searches were completed to obtain most of the data.