in 2023, the dermatology branch of the chinese society of geriatrics launched a series of public welfare activities on the double ninth festival of "developing geriatrics and serving the health of the elderly".
since its establishment in 2021, the dermatology branch of the chinese geriatric society has always attached importance to the science popularization and public welfare work for the elderly group, and has organized the double ninth festival science popularization free clinic activities for three consecutive years. in september 2023, the dermatology branch continued to issue a call to all members to carry out a public welfare activity of "developing geriatric medicine and serving the health of the elderly", which continued the purpose of the chongyang festival held by the branch in the previous two years: go deep into the grassroots, make scientific and accurate skin care education to the elderly group, and at the same time communicate deeply with grassroots doctors, and strengthen the discipline construction of geriatric dermatology.
in cooperation with xuanwu hospital of capital medical university, the branch held a free clinic for the elderly in beijing luhe hospital affiliated to capital medical university on october 25. at the same time, members of other regions across the country have responded, and beijing, shijiazhuang, tianjin, shanxi, baotou, guizhou, guangxi, yunnan, xi 'an, lanzhou, chengdu and other places have held more than 10 free clinics and education activities, benefiting more than 1,000 people in total.
the popular science free clinic activity was warmly welcomed by the elderly friends, and the professional guidance of the expert team was praised by the patients. they bent over the patient to carefully examine the skin condition, carefully listen to the patient's medical history and previous diagnosis and treatment, patiently answer questions, and give specific prevention and treatment guidelines. at the same time, at each event site, experts also introduced the latest prevention and treatment measures of psoriasis, atopic dermatitis and other common elderly skin diseases to patients through symposiums, brochures, and videos, to help patients understand the frontier of medical development and consolidate health knowledge of chronic disease management.
the dermatology branch will continue to deepen the elderly groups and grassroots communities, bring advanced knowledge of geriatric skin disease prevention and treatment to them, constantly strengthen the overall level of diagnosis and treatment of grassroots physicians, and build a brand close to the masses and full of social responsibility.
