Just like any other clinical speciality, lifelong learning is the foundation of excellent patient care in aesthetic medicine. As a central foundation of the process of appraisal for revalidation, reflection has become a formal tool to enhance and strengthen quality outcomes for our patients. This article discusses the concept of reflection within aesthetic medicine and how you can use it to evaluate your knowledge, experience and skills to improve your clinical practice.
Medical revalidation is the process by which a medical practitioner’s regulatory body confirms the continuation of a practitioner’s licence to practise in the UK.1 It is performed every five years for a doctor2 and three years for a nurse,3 while dentists perform an annual renewal where they need to undertake continuing professional development to maintain their registration.4 Revalidation, as a central part of the…
