Didactic-Year Prep

Dermatology module practice exam for PA students

Derm is a visual, vocabulary-driven module — primary lesions, distributions, and time courses. Question practice builds the descriptive fluency the exams (and clinic) expect.

The module exam

FirstPassPA's Module Exams give you a timed, single-block practice exam scoped to one module — 10, 25, or 50 questions at 60 seconds each, the same pacing as the boards. The didactic mix keeps the depth at easy and medium difficulty, matched to where a didactic-year course actually tests; one click adds the hard, board-level questions back when you're ready. The Dermatology mix currently holds 277 clinician-reviewed questions, drawn from the same 6,400+ bank you'll use through boards.

What a Dermatology didactic module covers

Lesion morphology & terminology

The primary and secondary lesion vocabulary every question uses.

Inflammatory dermatoses

Eczema-family, psoriasis, and the reactive rashes.

Infections & infestations

Bacterial, viral, fungal, and parasitic skin disease patterns.

Neoplasms

The skin cancers and their precursor lesions.

Drug eruptions & severe reactions

The rash-plus-red-flag presentations that can't be missed.

Pediatric & hair/nail disorders

The childhood exanthems and common hair and nail findings.

How to study for the Dermatology module exam

  • Describe every rash in lesion vocabulary before naming it — module questions are written in that language.
  • Time course plus distribution identifies most rashes before the picture does.
  • Then test it. Take a 25-question Dermatology module exam on the didactic mix, read every explanation — right answers included — and re-run a 10-question Quick Check on the topics that missed.

Take a Dermatology module exam

Timed, single-block, 60 seconds per question — with the didactic mix matched to your course's depth and an explanation on every answer choice. Free to start — no credit card.

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