Qualifications

Last Word: Are Prescribing Qualifications Alone Enough for Aesthetic Practice?

Nurse prescriber Rebecca Mansell argues that prescribing competence shouldn’t be conflated with competence in independent medical aesthetics practice Medical aesthetics has experienced rapid growth in the UK, driven by increasing demand for minimally invasive procedures and technological advances.1 The global …

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Lynton unveils two new treatment qualifications

Aesthetic device company Lynton has launched two aesthetic qualificationsto provide access for newcomers and essential knowledge for practitioners inlaser and light treatments. The VTCT Level 3 Certificate in Access to

MAP-IQ helps ‘evidence competence’ with regulated learning

Aesthetics training provider MAP-IQ is offering a range of OFQUAL regulated training courses to help practitioners ‘evidence competence.’

Aesthetic Medicine Pathways training launches

Aesthetic practitioners Dr Raul Cetto and Dr Jeremy Isaac have opened their new training academy for fellow practitioners.

BCAM celebrates exam achievements

Nine British College of Aesthetic Medicine (BCAM) members have passed the newly introduced MBCAM examination.

ATPA responds to APPG report

The Aesthetics Training Provider Association (ATPA) has addressed in a letter to its faculty its views on the recent report outlined by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Beauty, Aesthetics and Wellbeing (APPG).

BACN responds to the APPG report

The British Association of Cosmetic Nurses (BACN) has released its view on the All Party Parliamentary Group on Beauty, Aesthetics and Wellbeing (APPG) final report which was released on Wednesday.

Acquisition Aesthetics improves new learning system

Aesthetic training provider Acquisition Aesthetics has enhanced its Level 7 Learning Management System (LMS).

Learna and JCCP launch Fast Track Assessment platform

Online learning platform Learna has developed the Fast Track Assessment (FTA) for cosmetic practitioners, in collaboration with the Joint Council for Cosmetic Practitioners (JCCP).

Dr Bob Khanna Training Institute gets RSPH approval

The Dr Bob Khanna Training Institute, has received approval from the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH).

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