A student-led public education project on dermatology in skin of colour.

Despite the UK's population rapidly diversifying, the representation of dermatological conditions in skin of colour in education, medical resources, and clinical practice is lagging. Furthermore, resources and advancements created by recent initiatives appear not to be communicated to the general public and are not integrated into medical curricula. In this perspective article, we share our experience from a public-engagement campaign in South West England and propose that student-led initiatives hold the potential to close the existing gap in diversity and racial equity in dermatology by communicating recent efforts within the medical field to the general public. We describe how student-led initiatives allow medical students to advocate for diversity and equity within their institutions while delivering much-needed education to ethnically minoritised communities.
Competing Interests: The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest that could be perceived as prejudicing the impartiality of the research reported.
(© 2022 The Authors. Skin Health and Disease published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of British Association of Dermatologists.)