The Intercollegiate Surgical Curriculum, General Surgery 2013 (Updated 2018) (p.26)
Manage benign and malignant lesions of the skin and subcutaneous tissues:
o Recognise the common benign and malignant conditions, including sebaceous cyst, lipoma,
neurofibroma, keratoacanthoma, basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and malignant melanoma
o Diagnose and excise, biopsy or treat conservatively these common lesions
(p.51)
Module 3 Basic surgical skills...
o To incise and close superficial tissues accurately
o To tie secure knots
(p.67)
Early Years training in General Surgery
...Technical Skills and Procedures...
4 In growing toenail – avulsion / wedge resection / phenolisaton
