Despite being an unregulated sector, there are many organisations which focus on the teaching, training and assessment of aesthetic medicine. Becoming an aesthetic trainer is often seen as the next step in a medical aesthetic practitioner’s career, showing one’s development in experience and knowledge to a level which allows you to teach and share this with others. Whilst there are excellent trainers out there, we have all attended courses or sessions that were less effective, and becoming a good trainer is not necessarily as easy as just turning up and dispensing knowledge. Currently, due to the differing requirements (if any) for who can become a trainer, training and education quality varies, there are no set industry minimum requirements for subject knowledge, practical experience, or assessments of competence as a trainer when individuals wish to set up educational or training…
