Getting started in aesthetic medicine as a doctor is simpler than it seems from a legal point of view, but more difficult than it seems in practice. Legally, you need a medical degree, valid registration with the medical council, professional indemnity insurance and an authorised practice where you can practise. In practice, you need training in specific techniques, the judgement to select patients, a protocol for managing complications and, above all, patients. This guide sets out these elements in the order in which they usually come into play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Spain, aesthetic medicine is not a specialism covered by the MIR programme. Any registered doctor may practise it, although the autonomous communities and medical associations recognise it as a medical activity with specific requirements regarding the practice and advertising. There are master\u2019s degrees and university-specific qualifications that help to structure training and which some centres and insurers value, but they are not a legal requirement for practising. What is essential, however, is that the centre where you work is authorised to provide aesthetic medicine and that your insurance explicitly covers the treatments you carry out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Choose courses that include supervised practical training with real patients and are taught by practising doctors. Avoid collecting certificates without putting what you\u2019ve learnt into practice between one course and the next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s best to carry out your first treatments under the guidance of someone you can contact. This could be a supervising doctor, a masterclass with follow-up support, or a group of experienced colleagues. Document each case with photographs, noting the product, batch number, dose and treatment plan; this is your best learning tool and your best defence should anything go wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Make sure you have the protocol for managing complications ready before seeing your first patient: hyaluronidase in the surgery, a written protocol, and the contact details of an ophthalmologist and the relevant A&E department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are three approaches, and they are not mutually exclusive:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Most people start with the first or second stage and move on to the third once they\u2019ve consistently completed two or three sessions a week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sign up for or upgrade your third-party liability insurance<\/a> so that it covers the specific treatments you\u2019re going to carry out. Only buy products from authorised distributors<\/a>, complete with delivery note, batch number and traceability. And it organises the recording of every step from the outset: patient, product, batch, dose, area, photographs and consent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Your first patients usually come to you on the recommendation of other patients, fellow doctors and people you know. Whenever you want to advertise your practice, check the following first: health advertising regulations<\/a>: the centre\u2019s registration number must be clearly displayed; no promises of results; no offers encouraging the use of medicines; and particular care must be taken on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It depends on the route you take. As a practitioner working in a clinic, the costs are training and insurance. If you rent a practice, you\u2019ll also need to factor in the rent and the initial stock of products. If you run your own centre, you\u2019ll need to consider premises, building work, licences, equipment and months without income; we go into more detail in How much does it cost to set up a cosmetic medicine practice?<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Medars is a private platform for registered doctors: masterclasses delivered by practising doctors, a forum where you can discuss cases with colleagues, verified suppliers and consultation rooms available for hire. Basic membership is free for life and is activated once your registration has been verified \u2013 no card required. Request access<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A guide for doctors wishing to start a career in aesthetic medicine: legal requirements, phased training, first patients, where to practise, insurance and advertising.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":{"title":"How to get started in aesthetic medicine as a doctor | Medars","description":"What you need to practise aesthetic medicine as a registered doctor: phased training, your first patients, where to practise, insurance, equipment and common mistakes."},"_slim_seo_primary_term_category":0,"_slim_seo_primary_term_post_tag":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guias"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/med-ars.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/med-ars.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/med-ars.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/med-ars.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/med-ars.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=782"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/med-ars.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":865,"href":"https:\/\/med-ars.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782\/revisions\/865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/med-ars.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/med-ars.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/med-ars.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Stage 5: patients and advertising<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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