changes were made to ban doctors without the right qualifications from calling themselves cosmetic “surgeons”Mark ButlerSally LangleySydney Morning HeralddidTim Edwards
“It doesn’t explain who will do the training, who will mentor and supervise the trainees, how they will gain hands-on operative experience, how they will be examined and, most importantly, training doesn’t finish with a rubber stamp. It is ongoing for your lifetime. It makes no explanation for how ongoing professional development will be achieved,” he said, per SMH.
“The most glaring error [is] it deviates from the pathway of every other specialist surgical qualification in this country. And why on earth would you do that?
“If you say only surgeons with a speciality qualification can call themselves surgeons, but then bring in a qualification so people without that can practice surgery, then you’ve undermined the standard you sought to enforce,” he added.
“We shouldn’t be accommodating people who want to thumb their nose at the system of surgical training that applies to every other surgery, and every other discipline, in this nation.”
While it’s true there needs to be more regulation of the cosmetic industry, a murky new endorsement that exists outside of current training is probably not what we need.
At the very least, it’s sure as hell not a good look that heaps of other surgical experts have slammed the move and its effects on patient safety.
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