As we approach the year’s end, we’re energized by all the exciting activity among our signature SOCS programs and initiatives.
DEEP
Recently, we launched the SOCS Dermatology E-learning + Equity Platform, (DEEP), our online learning management system offering skin of color dermatology education and practice management content. SOCS members will have free, exclusive access to all educational content for the first six months, and then non-members will be able to use the platform for a fee. Thanks to a generous grant from L’Oréal Dermatological Beauty Brands, SkinCeuticals, La Roche-Posay and CeraVe, we have been able to develop this important resource that will be easily accessible to physicians at all career levels. You can read more about this valuable membership benefit here.
We are thrilled to let you in on some very exciting news about a groundbreaking project that has been in development for some time, which we are rolling out to Skin of Color Society membership initially, and eventually, the dermatology community and the medical world at-large.
Known for short as DEEP, the SOCS Dermatology E-Learning and Equity Platform is a first-of-its-kind online learning management system that will enable members and non-members alike to learn straight from the experts at their own pace through dermatology educational webinars and practice management content.
We are thrilled to see the continuous flow of interesting, informative, and in-depth articles featuring Skin of Color Society leaders and members, who are regularly sought-after and quoted in the media about many important topics affecting people of color.
It is truly exciting to see so many SOCS members sharing their expert opinions and perspectives in such a wide range of media outlets, including: mainstream news outlets (print, digital, and broadcast); women’s magazines; health, beauty and lifestyle sites; dermatology and medical news sources, and scientific journals.
Susan C. Taylor, MD, FAAD, Founder of the Skin of Color Society (SOCS), is widely recognized as a trailblazer and inspirational role model in the field of skin of color dermatology. She has greatly influenced many physicians-in-training and young dermatologists, and has significantly impacted the careers and lives of many individuals throughout their journeys in medicine.
This year’s Black History Month (BHM) focuses on family as its theme, exploring perspectives on Representation, Identity and Diversity, according to the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASNLH), an organization dedicated to researching and promoting achievements by Black Americans and other individuals of African descent.
We are touched that several members of the Skin of Color Society (SOCS) have remarked over the years that our unique global organization “feels like family,” a sentiment that seemingly comes from common values and shared visions to make a difference in the lives of aspiring and working physicians, patients of color and society as a whole.