1. Dubai regional meeting
LEO Psoriasis Academy 2018
Dubai regional meeting
GCC Derma Summit:
Saturday 22 September, :00 AM–12:00 PM

2. Summary
Dr Anthony Bewley
Prof. Sameer Zimmo

3. Key learnings
Psoriasis Academy is designed to empower patients and encourage physicians to embrace a person-centred approach to treating psoriasis
Optimised patient-physician communication may lead to improved healthcare outcomes
Research has shown that patients cluster into one of four profiles:
Understanding patients’ concerns, thoughts and needs may lead to better management of expectations and improve quality of life
Self-manager
Actively engaged
Why me?
Help me!
Ability to quickly adapt consultation style to meet each patient’s needs is essential; the first 2 minutes of a consultation are key

4. Key learnings
Suicide ideation is common among patients with dermatological disease, especially psoriasis. However, very few patients will be immediately forthcoming when bringing up this topic
Therefore, asking questions is incredibly important. Discussing these topics openly will enable patients to feel more comfortable talking about any suicidal thoughts they have been experiencing
Being able to assess the likelihood of suicide means being able to assess a patient’s risk. This means a successful intervention is possible !
Discussing suicide does not make it more likely that the patient will consider it.
Instead it is likely they will feel relief that they can talk about these feelings

5. Psoriasis Academy website
To become involved with Psoriasis Academy, visit

6. Thank you!