Lauren Ries
Specialist General Practitioner (FRACGP) at Skin Partners and Medical Doctor at Mater Health Services in Brisbane, Australia, with a special interest in skin cancer medicine and dermatology.
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Aug 7, 2026
Matt WoollardHOST
How has working in a derm-focused setting influenced your confidence and scope as a GP? Yeah.
Lauren RiesGUEST
I think it's been hugely beneficial to my understanding of dermatology and my confidence in it as well.
Lauren RiesGUEST
I mean, you can do a course online with a million different providers until the cows come home, but that's not as valuable as just asking a dermatologist who does it day in and day out.
Lauren RiesGUEST
How do you, what are your thoughts on XYZ? And I'll, A lot of what I'm loving learning is extra stuff, not necessarily, you know, step one, step two, step three for treating acne.
Lauren RiesGUEST
But what do you recommend in terms of a really great moisturizer for an intractable itch or like all these extra things that you can't really just find online as easily? Yeah.
Lauren RiesGUEST
And the other thing is if Leona comes in and she chats to a patient, if I've asked her to and she thinks it's appropriate, she's obviously talking to the patient.
Matt WoollardHOST
Lauren, what would you say to GPs interested in working more in skin in your environment?