Twenty top tips to triumph in dermatology

Conflicts of interest: The authors want the best trainees to follow successful careers in academic dermatology. Funding sources: none. Madam, Not every aspiring clinician or clinical researcher makes it to the top. What are the secrets to success? Others have pointed the way.1, 2 But our non‐evidence‐based Triumvirate Twenty Top Tips (TTTTs), individually formulated then combined, are given below. ... ... These are personal thoughts. Although we haven’t always followed our own advice, we wish we had. Good luck! Thanks to Dr Bart Ramsay for suggesting this as a lecture subject to A.Y.F. in March 2011 and to Professor Alexander Enk for catalysing further thoughts at the ESDR Future Leaders meeting, Cascais, Portugal, November 2011.