Specialty Focus Workshop:
Intro to Cannula Technique
≥2 years’ injecting experience with dermal fillers

Program Description:

• Intro to Cannula Technique: ≥2 years injecting experience with dermal fillers.

• Advanced Cannula Technique: ≥3 years injecting experience with dermal fillers and attendance at Intro to Cannula Technique or previous experience with cannulas.

An innovative addition to the aesthetic injector’s toolbox, these blunt tip microcannulas are designed to provide excellent results with less bruising, swelling, pain and other more serious complications (such as ischemia and possible necrosis) than conventional needles. They are quite effective and safe for dermal filler placement over a large area from a single entry point, resulting in greater patient satisfaction. A variety of different microcannulas will be provided for your use during the workshop. However, please remember to bring your dermal fillers and other supplies with you to the workshop.

Please note: Participants must have at least ≥2 years prior experience AND have passed the Online CME "Essential Anatomy for Nonsurgical Facial Rejuvenation" to participate.

Program Format:

30 minutes
Welcome and Registration
60 minutes
Didactic Session
180 minutes
Hands-on Instruction With the Experts

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of the program, participants will be better able to:

  • Interpret principles of facial anatomy and physiology, including gender- and ethnic-relevant differences and the effects of aging, in order to assess the need for nonsurgical facial rejuvenation
  • Perform comprehensive and individualized patient assessment and manage expectations – in the context of relevant cultural and gender aesthetic considerations − in order to improve patient satisfaction
  • Interpret areas of muscle activity and facial volume deficits as they contribute to aesthetic appearance, in order to properly target injection sites
  • Demonstrate injection techniques for nonsurgical facial rejuvenation, in order to assure the most beneficial product placement
  • Improve injection skills, in order to optimize patient outcomes
  • Incorporate strategies for nonsurgical facial rejuvenation in younger patients, in order to optimize the quality of outcomes over time
  • Recognize the normal and atypical anatomical positions of critical vascular and neurologic structures within the face, in order to assure patient safety and avoid/minimize treatment complications

Who Should Attend each level:

Experienced clinicians who are interested in refining their injection by incorporating the use of microcannulas to place dermal filler strategically in those areas of the face where a deeper injection in the deep dermal or subdermal plane is optimal.

  • Intro to Cannula Technique: must have 2 years injecting experience with dermal fillers
  • Advanced Cannula Technique: must have >3 years injecting experience with dermal fillers, and attendance at Intro to Cannula Technique or previous experience with cannulas

Hands-On Injection Training Workshop Requirements:

Attendees will have the option to participate or observe during the hands-on training. If you are planning to participate, you must provide the following on-site:

  • One model (Please ask your model to arrive 1-hour after start of the program)
  • United States, FDA-approved injectable products (obtained from a valid U.S. distributor) and medical supplies (List available under the FAQ tab)
  • A valid medical license (for the state in which the program takes place)
  • Supervisory Physician Approval Form (If you are a nurse, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant attending without an attending physician)
  • PLEASE NOTE: If you do not provide us with these Mandatory Documents, you will not be able to participate in the workshop.

Injectable Product Requirements:

This is a CME-certified meeting, planned and implemented completely independent from the commercial supporter. To ensure that the integrity of this CME-certified program remains intact, please be informed:

  • Attendees approved to inject at hands-on workshop are responsible for bringing their own product(s).
  • Please note: You must bring FDA-approved injectable products (obtained from a valid U.S. distributor) only. You will not be able to inject in the hands-on session if your injectable products are not United States, FDA-approved.
  • Neither Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, nor their joint provider Scientiae, is permitted to offer guidance on how or where to obtain product(s).

Treatment Areas May Include:

Specific treatment areas include malar and mid-cheek regions, nasolabial folds, jowls, chin and lips. Temples and tear troughs are for advanced injectors only.


Target Audience

The program has been developed for dermatologists, plastic surgeons and ophthalmologists as well as other physicians, nurses and physician assistants who have an interest in gaining and /or increasing their knowledge and technical skill to perform facial aesthetic procedures with injectable agents.


Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Montefiore Medical Center and Scientiae, LLC. Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Montefiore Medical Center is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.


Credit Designation Statement

This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 4.0 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.

PHYSICIANS

Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Montefiore Medical Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

NURSES

Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Montefiore Medical Center designates this educational activity for a maximum of 4.0 contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.


Conflict of Interest Statement

The “Policy on Identification, Mitigation and Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships” of Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Montefiore Medical Center requires that faculty participating in any CME/CE activity disclose to the audience any relevant relationships with an ineligible company or companies.* Any presenter whose disclosed relationships prove to create a conflict of interest, with regard to his or her contribution to the activity, will not be permitted to present

Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Montefiore Medical Center also requires that faculty participating in any CME/CE activity disclose to the audience when discussing any unlabeled or investigational use of any commercial product or device, not yet approved in the United States. All financial relationships listed for individuals have been mitigated.

*The ACCME defines an ineligible company as those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.


AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT

Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Montefiore Medical Center and the Scientiae, LLC, fully intend to comply with the legal requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. If any participant of this activity is in need of special accommodations, please contact PALETTE at least two weeks prior to the activity at 800-401-0291.


CME Peer Reviewer

Victor B. Hatcher, PhD
Professor of Biochemistry and Medicine
Associate Dean
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Research Director
Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, New York

Nurse Planner

Una T. Hopkins DNP, RN, FNP-BC,NE-BC, FACCC
Nurse Scientist
Director of Nursing Research
Assistant Professor Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, New York


 

This activity is jointly provided by Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Montefiore Medical Center and Scientiae, LLC

Albert Einstein College of Medicine Scientiae

Supported by an educational grant and in-kind contribution of disposable and biological supplies from AbbVie, and an educational grant for in-kind contribution of disposable and injectable supplies from DermaSculpt by CosmoFrance.