Learning module: Warts

Goals and objectives

The purpose of this module is to help medical students develop a clinical approach to the evaluation and initial management of patients who present with warts.

After completing this module, the learner should be able to:

• Identify and describe the morphology of various types of warts

• Discuss the pathogenesis of warts

• Develop an initial treatment plan for a patient with warts

• Describe the technique of cryotherapy

• List the side effects of cryotherapy