MedAesthetics Training Review

1. CME Accreditation for MD, DO, NP, PA, RN’s

The standard for post-graduate education is CME or CEU-accredited training that is peer reviewed and backed by an organization called a “joint sponsor” who is authorized to award AMA Category 1 Credits which are the only credits accepted for physicians, NP’s, PA’s and nurses.

MedAestheticsTraining.com states that courses are approved for CME credits backed by the American Academy of Family Practice (AAFP).  However, in 2025, when searching the AAFP accreditation site for “MedAestheticsTraining” only one single event appeared, which was a class in Miami for 8.25 credit “advanced” course, not the 9.75 credits that the website mentions for these basic events.  AAFP forbids breaks and lunch counting toward credit hours yet the basic course agenda shows a total meeting time of 9.75 hours including breaks and lunch.

In addition, AAFP credit has no reciprocity for dentists, and dentists as faculty are not germane to AAFP accreditation as it is an MD governing body.  However, this company uses numerous dentists on faculty and has recently updated their site that dentists cannot claim CME credit sponsored by AAFP.  It remains unclear if dentists can be the faculty for an AAFP-approved training cousre.

Considering that accreditation information can change over time, if you are considering this training, contact the company first and ask for a copy of the AAFP accreditation letter for the course you are interested in taking to confirm the number of credits you will receive.

2. Faculty Qualifications and Transparency

In the past, they used to name the instructors for each training date on their website.  Effective March of 2025, they have stopped naming the faculty for each date and location in favor of a single page listing all faculty.

It is crucial to know the qualifications of the person teaching you, but also to make sure that your instructor is fully licensed and credentialed to perform therapeutic injections  in that state.  Based on faculty schedules released prior to March of 2025, this company listed faculty members who were not licensed to practice in the state of the training, and dentists teaching courses in states where no dentist can perform toxin or filler in their scope of practice.  If you are considering this training, it is imperative that you know the name and licensure of your instructor prior to paying for a course.  Then check that state’s medical or nursing boards for licensure.

Their general position that dentists can supervise RN’s, NP’s, PA’s and MD’s in a hands-on training environment remains unique in the industry and is not supported by by scope of practice or supervisory rules in any US state.  Medical Providers supervise medical providers.  Medical providers do not supervise hygienists and Dentists do not supervise nurses.  This is from the Marti Law Group:

“Again, this can vary from state to state, but in nearly all cases, a dentist will need to hire a third-party Medical Director to oversee the clinical aspects and medical providers. The credentials of the Medical Director vary, but generally the individual will have to be a physician, nurse practitioner with independent practice authority, or in some instances, a physician assistant.”

Please use your judgment when attending a hands-on training supervised by a dentist, unless of course you are a dentist.

Please note, that while some RN’s have multistate licenses, there are no NP multistate licenses. Therefore, anyone functioning on a multistate license is doing so as an RN.  RN’s cannot design treatments or administer medication in a teaching setting legally in any state without local physician supervision.  A traveling or multi-state RN will need an in-state physician present at the course to complete the proper evaluation exams if RN’s are leading any hands-on training.

3. Completeness of the First Level Course.

The ideal here is to teach everything that is FDA-cleared and off-label indications that work in the level 1 course.  This includes using the most concentrated dilution for Botulinum Toxin.  Their basic toxin and filler course outline looks complete if not a bit ambitious for a class of 8 providers with one instructor meeting for only 3.5 hours of didactic time prior to hands-on. 

They have an entire advanced class solely devoted to lips and therefore, appear to omit training about lips in the basic class. Full training including lip filler will require one to spend over $3,500 just for the basic training to treat what 90% of patients want and need.   

Another potential issue is that their “advanced” toxin courses are lacking much detail about what is taught.  Since we don’t know what is being withheld for the “advanced” toxin course, it is difficult to know really sure about the completeness of the basic course.  

Please be sure to clarify agendas for each course prior to registration.

4. Transparency Regarding Hands-On Product Provided in Tuition Cost.

Nowhere do they state how much actual product you will get to inject under supervision which is included in your tuition. It is difficult to value an $1,895 course if there is no guaranteed amount of toxin or filler included.   It is up to the “needs of the patient” according to a course description online.  Other training courses for toxin and filler include up to 50u toxin and 1cc Filler, a wholesale cost of over $500

In many hands-on injectable training programs, tuition includes a predetermined supply of FDA-approved toxin and dermal filler for educational use. This structure allows participants to practice in a controlled learning environment without relying on patient-purchased product.

This course actively recruits patients who purchase hands-on product for treatment.  Please make sure you know exactly how much hands-on you are guaranteed at your particular hands-on date and location.  Please see section 9 below for more details.

5. Maximum Hands-On Class Size

Looking at social media photos and other images available online, it appears that classes may be as large as 8 students per provider.  This may be a high instructor to student ratio for a single day training to fully cover the patient selection and didactics in addition to enough one-on-one hands-on time.  Of course this depends on the completeness of the online material learned prior to the live date, if offered to all attendees.  If only offered to those who pay, the non-prequalified attendees may slow down the course for everyone.

However if interested in a date and location, call and ask if that venue has an attendee cap or how many providers are already registered.

6. Location Transparency

Location is mentioned for each course date.  Curiously, almost all sites are hotels.  Even when a faculty member is teaching in the same community as her practice, they use a hotel for training. 

7. No Fake Boards, Society, or Membership Upsells

 Medaestheticstraining does sell advanced courses and encourage providers to call themselves “advanced” injectors after this, but they do not offer paid memberships or sell titles or locally-administered board certification.

They do have a “shop” where the sell “kits” with a decapper and syringes at over a 50% markup in a travel case.  This makes one believe they encourage trainees to do procedures in homes, which is extremely risky and may not be covered by all liability insurance providers.  They also offer a $9 item that they call an insulated botulinum toxin container.  It is a jello shot glass that can be purchased on Amazon for $2.50.

8. Offers a Blended Online plus Live Learning Environment

They have a few online courses for sale that do not appear to be accredited, not bundled with the tuition for any course for pre-course study.  Therefore, every attendee shows up learning the material for the first time on the same date they do hands-on.

Having materials to review before, during and after hands-on results in the ideal education environment and eventual mastery of a procedure when students put in the study time outside of the classroom.

When considering this training, ask if you can choose a course with the online component built-in to be watched in advance of the live date.

9. No Risk of Paid Models at the Live Training

Injectable training programs require a significant financial investment. In most programs, tuition includes product and volunteer models so that participants can practice in a controlled educational environment.

Some training organizations instead recruit members of the public to pay for cosmetic treatment during the course. In this model, the patient is not a volunteer but a paying client. When a patient pays for treatment, a formal provider-patient relationship is created, which can expose the trainee to independent professional liability even though the procedure occurs during training.

Before enrolling in any course that uses paying models, clinicians should confirm:

• Who is listed as the treating provider of record on the consent form

• Whether the instructor is actively licensed in the state where training occurs

• Who holds ultimate clinical responsibility during the procedure

• What follow-up care arrangements exist if complications occur after the course

These questions become especially important when courses are taught across state lines or when the instructor’s licensure level differs from that of the trainee.

Another concern is continuity of care. According to statements on the company’s own FAQ page, follow-up care for models may be the responsibility of the patient to obtain independently after the course. In aesthetic medicine, complications sometimes require timely follow-up by an experienced injector.

Public reviews from individuals who participated as training models raise additional concerns regarding supervision, treatment planning, and post-procedure support. Rather than reproduce individual anecdotes here, readers should review publicly available feedback for the past 5 years on sites such as Yelp and the Better Business Bureau BBB and evaluate both positive and negative experiences independently.

Finally, clinicians should understand that paying patients often have higher expectations than volunteer educational models, which can increase the likelihood of disputes or complaints if outcomes do not meet expectations.

If you are considering any training program that uses paying models, ask whether you may instead bring a friend or relative as your model patient and whether product is included in tuition regardless of the model source. This approach may reduce some of the risks associated with treating unknown paying patients during training.

10. General Transparency and Accessibility

There are things to like here: location transparency is evident, and they have some CME accreditation, but make sure your location is included.  But they stopped sharing faculty names for each event publicly in early 2025.  

If you can identify your faculty member, check their licensure, bundle some home study prior to the live date, ensure your credits are valid for the location and date of your training, and treat your own patient for no additional tuition expense (bypassing the paid patient issues), then this would be training worth considering.

Final Recommendation… There may be better alternatives where you might have to drive a little longer to get a smaller group, taught by a true expert who is licensed in the state and you get the full CME credit, even for the online part of your course.  However, if you are in a remote location and these courses are convenient, call them and due your due diligence prior to registration.