Limits of Weekend Injector Courses

Before this step, have a course outline in front of you, with its dates and its topic list. This page looks at how short programs fit the preparation sequence, and ends with a check you can run on any outline.

What PubMed Central reports

PubMed Central reports a pattern in how providers train. It states: "Many providers undergo brief training programs or weekend courses before performing complex aesthetic procedures, leading to potential complications and ethical concerns."

Take that sentence at its own scope. It names brief programs and weekend courses, and it names complex aesthetic procedures. It does not tell you that every short course falls short. It tells you what to ask of one.

What the questions are

Ask the course what is assessed and who assesses it. The Wikipedia entry on competence in human resources can help you frame it. Then ask what happens after the weekend ends. Whether supervision follows is a plain question to put to the course, and a named program is laid out in AAAMS follow-on supervision for early-career injectors.

Scope of practice in New Jersey

A clinician seeking training in Summit, New Jersey should also check who may perform a given procedure in the state. The Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School publishes New Jersey Administrative Code § 13:35-2B.4 on scope of practice. Read it before you pay a deposit.

Three answers to get from a short course

You are done with this step when you can answer three questions about a short course: what it assesses, what support follows it, and whether the procedures it teaches fall within your scope of practice. Then continue to Tier 1 Foundational Injector Training.