Palpation in dermatology, will COVID-19 be the last straw?

摘要

The routine practice of dermatology has been undergoing a paradigm shift under the impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. After an initial halt of services and occasional redeployment of the dermatology workforce to help manage overwhelmed medical wards, the dermatology outpatient service has largely returned, yet changed profoundly. Telephone and video consultations-teledermatology-are becoming the norm, and neoplastic pathologies have taken precedence out of fear of backlogs. Teledermatology, with its fans and critics, therefore has gained ground.