What a First Injector Course Should Cover
Settling what a first injector course should cover is the first preparation step. It follows the decision to learn injecting, and the step after it is learning the products, covered in dermal filler materials explained. For a clinician looking for training in Summit, New Jersey, this page sets out what the course itself should contain before you compare any offering.
What the course content is measured against
PubMed Central publishes a tiered description of injector training. For the first tier it states: "Tier 1 will focus on core principles of aesthetic medicine including: anatomy and physiology, fundamentals of neurotoxin and dermal fillers, the science of aging, the art of facial assessment and consultation, injection techniques, aseptic protocols, and recognition and management of common complications."
Use that list as the checklist when you read a course outline. If a topic is missing, ask the course where it is taught. When a course promises competence, ask what is assessed. Wikipedia has a general entry on competence in human resources that gives you the vocabulary for that question.
Six pages, from Tier 1 to the end of the tiers
Each page below prepares one part of the decision.
- Tier 1 Foundational Injector Training prepares you to read the base level and its assessments.
- Facial Assessment and Patient Consultation prepares you to judge the consultation part of a course.
- Simulation Practice Compared With Video Lessons prepares you to judge how a course lets you practice.
- Limits of Weekend Injector Courses prepares you to judge course length.
- Tier 2 Intermediate Training and High-Risk Areas prepares you for what comes after the base level.
- Tier 3 Expert Training and Teaching Roles shows where the tiers end.
Where the anatomy and the supervision questions go
Anatomy belongs on the course outline, and high-yield injection targets and danger zones for facial filler injection is a separate place to look at it. Add one line to the checklist: where is supervision after the course covered? The AAAMS mentorship offering, as published by Plastic Surgery Practice, shows what an answer can look like.
The question to answer before step two
Can you name the tier your chosen course teaches, and match its outline against the Tier 1 topics listed above? When you can, move on to the materials.