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Life After the World Congress

Arch Dermatol. 2000;136:1255-1256.

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THE PRESENTATION of the 17th World Congress of Dermatology in Sydney in 1997 was a milestone for dermatology in Australia, but inevitably as the enthusiasm died down, Australian dermatology has been forced to take stock with the onset of the new millennium. Once again, Sydney will be in the spotlight with the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in September. For non–sports lovers who live in Sydney this will be a major disruption to their lifestyle, but for sports lovers, of course, this will represent a unique opportunity to have a major event in their own backyard, as occurred for the dermatological community in 1997.

One useful legacy of the Sydney dermatological congress was to cement relationships with dermatologists from Europe, the Americas, and Asia, and another more tangible one was the provision of some much-needed funding for dermatological research in Australia. This recently materialized as a useful publication that summarizes the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

MEDICO-POLITICAL MATTERS


SKIN CANCER

SERVICING DERMATOLOGY IN RURAL AUSTRALIA

THE EDUCATIONAL SCENE

FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS