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Atopic dermatitis differential diagnosis: five eczema mimics to know
Better biologics haven't made eczema easy. Often it's not the treatment that's failing, it's the diagnosis. Five conditions that mimic atopic dermatitis, and how to tell them apart.

Alberto Barea
Aug 185 min read


AI for healthcare professionals: Why Clinicians Hesitate, and What Bright Med's "H.I." Model Offers Instead.
Healthcare professionals lose nearly two hours to admin for every hour spent with patients, yet most remain wary of the AI tools meant to help. This recap of Bright Med's free 13 August webinar unpacks why clinicians hesitate on AI, the evidence behind the admin burden, and Bright Med's new HI model: human dermatology expertise, made easier to use.

Alberto Barea
Aug 164 min read


Dermatology CPD Courses and Education for Healthcare Professionals UK: Why Bright Med Is the Platform Built for Your Practice
If you are looking for dermatology education for healthcare professionals UK wide, whether that is online dermatology training you can fit around shifts, structured dermatology CPD courses, or simply better dermatology courses for healthcare professionals than the generic modules you have already sat through, you have probably found no shortage of options: society modules, university diplomas, eLearning platforms, one-off courses. What you are less likely to have found is a s

Alberto Barea
Aug 29 min read


Bright Med launches interactive psoriasis PASI calculator for skin of colour at BAD 2026
Live now on the Bright Med platform · Free for all members Bright Med has released a new interactive PASI (Psoriasis Area and Severity Index) calculator with visual reference for darker skin tones, unveiled live at the 106th Annual Meeting of the British Association of Dermatologists (BAD) in Manchester, 30 June to 2 July 2026. It's free, it's live on the platform today, and it's built to do something no mainstream PASI tool has done well before: score psoriasis severity accu

Alberto Barea
Jul 72 min read


Acne Unfiltered CPD WORKSHOP: We Beat the Heat!
Despite a heat wave and warnings of transport disruption across the capital, 88% of registered attendees made it to Willan House on 25 June for Acne Unfiltered CPD workshop — and the day more than delivered. The room brought together a genuinely mixed group: consultant dermatologists, registrars, GPs, pharmacists, and specialist nurses, all there for the same reason — practical, no-nonsense acne education. What the Day Covered The programme ran from morning to afternoon and c

Alberto Barea
Jun 282 min read


new feature: Your Clinical Resources, All in One Place
We all know the feeling. You're in clinic, the next patient is waiting, and you suddenly need that protocol, dosing table or patient information sheet you saved a few weeks ago. You know it exists. You just can't remember whether it's in your downloads, your emails, a WhatsApp chat or buried somewhere on your phone. That moment of searching, while the clock keeps ticking, is exactly what Bright Toolkit has been designed to fix. What is Bright Toolkit? Bright Toolkit is a bran

Alberto Barea
Jun 142 min read


Acne Unfiltered: A Full-Day Workshop You Won't Want to Miss
25 June 2026 · Willan House, London · CPD Accredited We're excited to announce Acne Unfiltered — a practical, clinically-focused full-day event brought to you by Bright Med Education. Designed for dermatology clinicians and allied health professionals, this workshop cuts through the noise and gets straight to what matters: real-world acne management from pathophysiology to private practice. What to Expect This isn't a passive lecture day. Across eight tightly curated sessions

Alberto Barea
Jun 141 min read


From Knowledge to Confidence: A LookBack at Our First Speaker TrainingWorkshop
30 April 2026 | Willan House, London | By the Bright Med Team On 30 April 2026, Bright Med hosted its very first in-person workshop — and what a day it was. Held at Willan House in Fitzroy Square, the London headquarters of the British Association of Dermatologists (BAD), the Speaker Training Programme brought together a carefully selected group of ten healthcare professionals for a full day of practical, hands-on learning. This event was always going to be small by design. T

Alberto Barea
May 225 min read


PSoriasis in the grey zone worksop
Psoriasis is supposed to be easier now. We have biologics, more choice, and better control than ever before. Yet real practice keeps reminding us that the hardest cases never read the algorithm. This CPD-accredited, full-day workshop is built for the grey zone of psoriasis care: the patient with obesity who is not responding as expected, the patient who develops cancer while on treatment, or has become pregnant, and the clinician left navigating risk, evidence, and uncertaint

Alberto Barea
Apr 181 min read


Big news: our new Training Portfolio Tracker is now live for all members
We are delighted to announce an exciting new feature that is now available to our members: the Training Portfolio Tracker. This powerful new tool is designed to make your professional development easier, smarter, and far more organised. With the Training Portfolio Tracker, you can securely upload and store your education certificates, keep a running total of your training hours, and add personal reflections alongside your learning records. It is more than just a storage space

Alberto Barea
Mar 191 min read



Alberto Barea
Mar 120 min read


Lipids & Blood: Managing Systemic Complications
Bright Med is launching its very first live webinar on Thursday 26 February at 7:00pm: Lipids & Blood: Managing Systemic Complications — a 2-hour interactive session designed for busy dermatology clinicians navigating increasingly complex systemic monitoring in the era of modern therapeutics. Join Dr John Wong (Consultant Lipidologist) and Dr Stefania Bonetto (Consultant Haematologist) for two highly practical talks on approaching unexpectedly raised lipids and deranged blood

Alberto Barea
Jan 91 min read
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