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Nondermatologists like to mock, "Hey, we know what you guys do: If it's wet, dry it, and if it's dry, wet it."
Most of the students who follow me around are headed for primary care. When I meet a new one, I'm tempted to say, "The goal of this elective is to make sure that, by the time you leave, you won't say, 'If it's eczema, I'll treat it as a fungus, and if it's a fungus, I'll treat it with a steroid.'"
That would be snide and condescending, though, so I stifle the impulse. But then comes a new student, Darlene, and a day like last Thursday....
Case 1
"Doc, I have this rash between my butt cheeks,...
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