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In this episode, Maulina Sharma tells us what dermatology is like, how to get in, and what you need to succeed.

Dr Maulina Sharma, MMedSci PhD FRCP, is a Consultant Dermatologist and Honorary Clinical Associate Professor. She works as a Consultant Dermatologist at University Hospitals of Derby & Burton NHS Foundation Trust and is the Academic Lead for Dermatology at the University of Nottingham, School of Medicine. Her specialist interests are medical education and vulval dermatology. Her dissertation thesis in her Masters of Medical Education was awarded a distinction and she has also completed a PhD in Medical Education at University of Nottingham. Maulina is a faculty member of the British College of Dermatology, previously the Undergraduate workstream at the British Association of Dermatologists (BAD). She is the co-author of the national BAD undergraduate curriculum in the UK. She leads the tertiary vulval dermatology service at Derby & Burton hospitals. Maulina is actively involved in research and was the lead author for the Cochrane systematic review on H1 antihistamines for chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU). Her research in medical education at the University of Nottingham explores the implementation of national specialty undergraduate curriculum and has been widely published in peer reviewed journals including BMJ Open.