Mala McAlpin 
This practical workshop is the perfect excuse to spend time at Mermaid Beach on the beautiful Gold Coast! It is in the relaxed learning environment at Complexions Skincare Clinic, a fully accredited cosmetic medicine clinic.
IS IT FOR ME?
Are you new to the cosmetic industry and need to know how to start to provide treatments? Do you have your laser & IPL safety certificate and/or an Advanced theory certificate and want to know how to apply what you’ve learnt? Are you trying to decide what treatments to offer your clients and what machines to buy? Are you needing some more hours for your log book? Would you like to have two days to “pick the brains” of two highly experienced nurse practitioners with plenty of real world cosmetic medicine experience?
WHAT’S IT ABOUT?
In this comprehensive two day practical workshop you will learn about client history taking, contraindications, realistic expectations, choosing appropriate clients, therapeutic parameters, clinical endpoints, hair reduction, tattoo removal and treating pigmentation and vascular conditions using laser and IPL.
WHAT ARE THE LEARNING OUTCOMES?
You will learn about:
- Preparing a laser room
- Performing a patient consultation
- Obtaining informed consent
- Assessing contraindications and appropriateness for laser/IPL treatment
- Explaining what treatment involves
- Discussing expected side effects, risks and adverse outcomes
- Patch testing
- Performing skin rejuvenation and tattoo removal
- Providing follow up care and advice
- Determining the need for anaesthetic
- Recommending post treatment advice
- Documenting treatments
- Assessing pain and discomfort
- Managing bruising, swelling, pigment changes, burn, activation of herpes simplex virus
- Determining the need for cooling or smoke evacuation devices
- Donning personal protective equipment and infection control
- Developing a referral pathway.
You will be provided with course notes, plenty of hands-on experience and on completion, a Certificate of Attendance that you can use for your CPD. This experience may be used to commence a log book. You will be invited to complete the Advanced course at a reduced rate if you have not already completed it.
MODELS
Models will be provided and then to facilitate the learning sessions you will be invited to practice your technique on your colleagues on the second day. There will be no cost for any treatments you have.
PREREQUISITES
We have found that the students who get the most out of the workshop have educational preparation of the highest level.
Therefore, it is mandatory to have done both our online BEGINNER laser & intense pulsed light safety training course and the Advanced course.
The BEGINNER laser & intense pulsed light safety training course is designed to prepare you to be job ready after you understand the science, systems, regulation and safety principles of laser and IPL practice.
The Advanced course is to ensure you have sufficient knowledge around clinical practice and professionalism.
When: Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th October
Where: Complexions Skincare Clinic 52 Peerless Ave, Mermaid Beach, Gold Coast Queensland
Time: 9am-4pm
Cost: $2200
CPD POINTS
12 CPD points/hours are gained form this workshop
WHO IS TEACHING IT?
Two highly experienced nurse practitioners Elissa O’Keefe and Gordon Lonie who have plenty of real-world experience and are great clinicians and teachers. They have sixty years of clinical experience between them. They will help give you the confidence to understand treating common cosmetic presentations with laser and IPL technology and improve your clinical practice skills.
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