When: 7pm-9pm on Tuesdays, 12 teaching weeks x 2-hour lectures
Course Duration: September 21st, 2021- December 7th 2021 (Autumn Trimester)
Location: Online via Zoom
This part-time and wholly online webinar based Continuing Professional Development (CPD) course includes an interactive lecture schedule of 12 hours of direct teaching to provide a fundamental and comprehensive knowledge base in human hair growth biology. The lecture block will cover an introduction to the biology of the skin and its appendages, and where relevant, will include variations with gender, age, and geographic ancestry. This then will be followed by a series of lectures specific to hair follicle biology (incl. hair growth cycle, hair fiber, hair pigmentation etc.) While this course will not focus specifically on topics of overt clinical pathology of the hair follicle, it will refer to common ‘physiological’ changes (e.g., male pattern baldness) that may be of interest to those in the personal care market.
Participants will develop a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the human hair follicle and its context in human hair growth. Participants will enhance their knowledge of the scientific basis of hair follicle function. They will also develop an understanding of the impact of the hair follicle on our well-being.
This CPD course is suitable for a range of students (graduates and non-graduates) from biological or general life sciences backgrounds and is also open to clinicians (incl. nurses) and other professionals working in industrial (Pharma/personal Care) or academic research environments.
The lectures will be delivered by Prof. Desmond Tobin, Full Professor of Dermatological Science and an active skin and hair follicle researcher (https://people.ucd.ie/desmond.tobin). There may be occasional lectures delivered by invited specialists.
All aspects of the course delivery are online, via webinars on weekday (Tuesday) evenings, see here for course schedule. As this is an interactive course with a Q & A session at the end of each live-streamed lecture, we strongly suggest that students attend the live sessions. However, webinars will also be available for limited playback unless otherwise specified.
All relevant course materials, including lecture slides in pdf format (view only), and webinars (via non-downloadable playback) will be made available on UCD’s Virtual Learning Environment (Brightspace).
This CPD course will cover aspects of human hair growth biology, with a comprehensive lecture schedule delivered by a world-respected skin scientist (and occasionally others if appropriate) who is an expert in this field. Lectures will be delivered through an interactive webinar series and organised into one block over a single trimester. Content will cover the following areas.
Participants will develop a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of human hair follicle and will enhance their knowledge of the scientific basis of hair science. They will also develop an understanding of the impact of skin appendages on our well-being.
On completion of the CPD course, participants should have the following competencies:
Webinars will be interactive, allowing the participants to actively engage with the lecturer and facilitating discussion by the participants with an expert in the field of hair follicle science. There will NOT be a formal assessment at the end of the trimester.
On completion of this CPD course we will expect the student to be able to:
Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the biology of the human hair follicle
Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of how the hair follicle varies by age, gender, and geographic ancestry.
Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the hair follicle responds in the context of wound healing
Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the basics of personal care to physiological or sub-clinical variations in the human hair follicle.
Throughout this lecture series there will be a significant emphasis on the need for self-directed learning and the importance of understanding skin/hair-related research. Critical appraisal of scientific literature will be a major feature of all lectures, to be able to separate fact from fiction.
On completion of the CPD Course participants should have the following competencies:
Critically appraise the current human hair follicle science landscape
Develop a structured approach to critical appraisal of the cutaneous scientific literature
Assess the contribution of cutaneous research to the development of personal care strategies for the hair follicle.
Evaluate personal learning and develop learning skills
On completion of this CPD Course we will expect the applicants to be able to:
Participants should further develop a multitude of learning skills. During this interactive webinar series participants will be encouraged to further explore the content of every webinar through self-directed learning and critical appraisal of current literature.
Participants will also be requested to reflect on their webinar-based content and apply what they have learnt to their current occupational contexts where appropriate. Interactive webinar-based question and answer sessions should further develop their ability to ask pertinent skin/hair personal care-relevant questions.
€750 course fee
Those who complete the Continuing Professional Development course in the Biology of Human Hair Growth will be awarded a Certificate of Attendance at the end of the course with total CPD points stated. Please note that there is no formal assessment or UCD award at the end of course for those enrolled on this course.
dermatologyeducation.charles@ucd.ie