Module                  Week                       Topic

1A                              1                          Diagnosing skin cancer

1B                              2                          Principles of excisions & curette cautery

2A                              3                          Biopsying skin cancers – How and where

2B                              4                          Excisions on the trunk

3A                              5                          Dermatoscopy of skin cancers

3B                              6                          Excisions on the limbs

4A                              7                          Melanocytic lesions

4B                              8                          Excisions on the face

5A                              9                          Histopathology of skin cancers

5B                              10                        Periocular excisions        

                                  11                        Study period

6A                              12                        Non-surgical treatment options

6B                              13                        Excisions on the nose

7A                              14                        Wound management

7B                              15                        Excisions on the ear

8A                              16                        Closing a large defect – Flaps

8B                              17                        Perioral and lip excisions

9A                              18                        Closing a large defect – Grafts

9B                              19                        Excisions on the hands and feet

                                  20                        Study period & Exam

10                              21                        Setting up your skin cancer practice

                                  22                        Summary and close

*Program subject to change without notice.

Refund of registration fees:

1. Where a student decides to withdraw from a SCCA Advanced Clinical Certificate course prior to commencement of the course, advice of their withdrawal must be received in writing by the SCCA administration office 30 days prior to course commencement.
2. Where a student decides to withdraw from a SCCA Advanced Clinical Certificate course more than 30 days prior to the commencement date of the course, they will receive a refund of any fees paid less a $250 cancellation fee. To receive this refund, written advice of course withdrawal must be received by the SCCA administration office 30 days prior to course commencement.
3. Where a student decides to withdraw from a course within 30 days after the course commencement date, they will receive a refund of the course registration fee, less a 20% cancellation fee.
4. In cases where a student withdraws from a course more than 30 days after the course commencement date, or fails to commence the course within 30 days without contacting the SCCA office to advise their inability to commence, no refund of the course fee is payable.
5. Where a student is unable to complete an Advanced Clinical Certificate course, or does not commit adequate time and effort to completing the course within the required time frame, there is no opportunity to defer registration to a future date. The registration fee is forfeited and a new registration fee will be payable if the student decides to recommence the Advanced Clinical Certificate course at a later date.

Notwithstanding the above, the management of SCCA reserves the right to make decisions regarding refund of course fees based on individual student circumstances.

Case study assessment, review and appeals:

1. The minimum number of satisfactory case studies required for the Advanced Clinical Certificate of Skin Cancer Medicine and Surgery is 20.
2. Case studies will be marked as either:
   • Satisfactory
   • Re-submit (1 opportunity to resubmit)
   • Unsatisfactory
3. If a case study requires amendment it will be marked “Re-submit”.
4. A case study can only be re-submitted once. It will then be marked as either Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory.
5. The maximum extension time available for re-submission of an individual case study is one month.
6. The maximum time allowed for submission of all case studies is 24 weeks from the commencement of the course (usually 31 July).
7. The maximum extension time available for submission of all case studies is six months.*
8. In a situation where a student considers the assessment decision applied to an individual case study to be unjustified, the student may ask their tutor for a detailed explanation of the assessment decision. Such requests should be made in writing and copied to the College administrative office at info@skincancercollege.org and the Clinical Coordinator for the relevant course. A response to the student will be made within 14 days of receipt. 
9. If required, the student, tutor or Clinical Coordinator may also request input from the College Censor to review a case study assessment decision.

*This extension will only be granted in exceptional circumstances such as serious illness or injury to the student, family emergency, bereavement, etc.

Examinations:

1. There is no opportunity available to re-sit Advanced Clinical Certificate exams.
2. Exams must be undertaken individually without assistance from any other person.
3. Students are required to complete a declaration prior to undertaking each online exam.
4. In cases where a student withdraws from an Advanced Clinical Certificate, or fails to complete the non-exam assessment requirements of the course, they will not be eligible to sit for the course exam(s). The student will however have the option to re-enrol in the relevant Advanced Clinical Certificate course as a new student, pay the full course registration fee, complete the necessary course work and then undertake the relevant exam(s).

Notwithstanding the above, SCCA reserves the right to make decisions regarding re-sitting of exams based on individual student circumstances.

Final examination outcome:

The minimum requirement to pass the final exam component of the Advanced Clinical Certificate of Skin Cancer Medicine and Surgery is 75% (60/80). However, if a student does not achieve the required 75% this does not automatically mean the student will not be awarded the Advanced Clinical Certificate. The final exam contributes only 40% of the overall assessment for the course. Based on actual results from previous student cohorts it is evident that those students who perform poorly in the final exam also tend to have poor results in the other aspects of the course including case studies and webinar attendance.

It is however, possible that a student could achieve less than 75% in the final exam despite strong results in the other aspects of the course. If this scenario arises, the Course Coordinator for the Advanced Clinical Certificate will liaise with the student’s tutor and also the College Censor to assess the overall result and performance of that student before making a final decision regarding awarding the Advanced Clinical Certificate. Despite the numerical result achieved, the underlying decision regarding award of the Advanced Clinical Certificate is based on an assessment of whether or not the student can provide accurate dermoscopic and/or surgical services to their patients.

Overall assessment review and appeals:

1. Students may request a review of their overall course assessment result.
2. The request must be made in writing to the college administrative office at info@skincancercollege.org and must include the reason(s) why the student considers the assessment result should be reviewed.
3. The request will be forwarded to the College Censor and CEO.
4. In reviewing an overall assessment result, the Censor may contact the student, tutor and/or Clinical Coordinator for further information.
5. If required, the Censor may also consult the Education Committee for their input before reaching a final assessment decision.

General feedback and complaints:

The process to handle general feedback and complaints is:

1. Receipt by administrative staff
2. All complaints directed to the CEO
3. Receipt is acknowledged to the student
4. CEO will respond directly or direct the matter to the Clinical Coordinator, College Censor and/or Education Committee for further input.
5. Response to student within 30 days.

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