Aesthetic Medical Educators Botox Training Review

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

The word “certification” is used prominently by this training program, yet it has no formal legal meaning.  It just means receipt of a piece of paper.  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, and other credit accepted by AANP (NP’s,) AAPA (PA’s) and Registered Nurses (AANC).

It appears that AMET courses are registered for CME credit for the above specialties co-sponsored by American Academy of Family Practice.  While this is one way to meet the standard, upon checking the depth of accreditation, it seems to be current, however, only one location (Jacksonville, FL) has session information.  Therefore, other locations may not offer CME Credit.

AMET uses online content (“hybrid courses”) to pre-train students in advance and has cut down the live hands-on time in half to allow for the training of two classes of 8 students into one day.  Also of note, their approved number of CME credits for their Botox and Filler course dropped from 9.75 to 7.5 hours in 2025.

A-T.com obtained an AMET certificate from a 2025 Botulinum Toxin and Dermal Filler class.  The certificate failed to mention any accreditation information or the number of hours of credit.  This may not be an accepted, accredited certificate if such information is missing.  Also, the name of the person teaching the course is omitted from the certificate.  Instead there is only a scribbled signature.

If you plan on attending an AMET training class, insist on the following prior to registration:

1. Accreditation link to AAFP for the exact course and location you are attending.
2. Faculty name and licensure in the state where the training will be held.
3. Example copy of your certificate complete with instructors name, signature and full CME accreditation statement as it will appear.

2. Faculty Qualifications and Transparency

AMET does not list faculty anywhere on their website. 

It is crucial to know the qualifications of the person teaching you, but also to make sure that your training is not occurring in a legally compliant environment, where the faculty is fully licensed to independently provide the treatments she/he is teaching in that state.

By searching some third party sites where a faculty member was listed, A-T.com has found instances of listed faculty not being licensed fully in the state of the hands-on training.  There are no multi-state NP compact licenses.  Therefore an NP in one state where she can practice autonomously cannot go to another state where she is not licensed, and function as an NP unless she has a separate medical director in the state of the class who is approving all “good faith exams” and treatment plans of patients being treated at hands-on.

If you plan on registering for a AMET class, please contact them first and ask for the name and degree of the instructor.  Then go to the state nursing board website where the class is held and be certain that provider has an active medical license or advanced nursing license, has a medical director if needed, and can practice independently. Then if she does, do your due diligence on her experience level.

It is difficult to know who the owner of AMET is, but ideally, you want to train from organizations that are run completely by medical professionals and not businesspeople who add nothing to the curriculum.  A search of LinkedIN shows that Cole Lopez is listed as the president of AMET and he has no medical background.  There is a concern that the more non-medical people involved in a training, the more diluted your tuition dollar may get before your training is delivered.

Moreover, a 2025 AMET certificate states that their “medical director” is “Stanly B. Heckrodt, MD”.  His name is nowhere to be found on AMET’s website or connected to any aesthetic or injectable knowledge bases anywhere.  Here is the website bio for Dr. Heckrodt.  Nowhere is his history and leadership as an aesthetic provider even mentioned. 

3. Completeness of the First Level Course.

The ideal here is to teach everything that is FDA-cleared and safe, popular, off-label indications that work in the level 1 course.  This includes using the most concentrated dilution for Botox.  Most providers use a 1cc dilution for a vial of toxin, yet AMET considers this “advanced”. Looking at the limited information taught in Level 1, and the important basic information reserved for Level 2, it is apparent they hope to sell additional “advanced courses” which cost a total of $3,750 and travel for two different weekends, just to get what others teach for $1,000 less in one weekend.  Here is a comment from one of the their actual attendees posted online and retrieved in 2025…

Took the botox dermal filler class. Big pitch on discount for advanced class if purchase during this beginners class at discount. Required $500 deposit and instruction to gain experience for 6 months to 1 year before attending advanced class. I since decided not to continue my practice and contacted them to request return of my deposit. I was informed that deposit was non-refundable. This was not disclosed in the class when purchase was made. I contacted customer service and the Director without a response back. I feel totally ripped off. If you attend this class do not expect alot of hands on experience and do not place deposits for future classes. Very disappointed and would not recommend.

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

Nowhere do they guarantee how much actual product you will get to inject under supervision. 

Ideally a training provider should provide a certain amount of toxin and filler for hands-on use and include it in the tuition price.  At these tuition prices, real US-sourced product should be included.  However AMET recruits patients from each local area to purchase the toxin and filler that you will be using on them.  This potentially makes your treatment in the hands-on class a “work for hire” and may have a different level of expectations than treating a volunteer in an educational environment.  Moreover, if the instructor, who should be named on the consent form as the treating provider, is not licensed where she teaches, even more problems can arise.

Moreover, if you specifically want experience in certain treatment areas, you should be able to bring a friend or relative to get a free treatment while you practice those areas and can follow her results.  This is not listed as an option at AMET.  Because recruiting paid models appears to be a main profit center for them, you have no idea what kind of hands-on experience you will get.  There are reports online of patients being overtreated and a ratio of 6 students per one patient.

Here in their own words from their FAQ page in 2025:  

• AMET cannot guarantee a specific number of injections during Botox and other training courses … the amount of hand-on (sic) training you receive depends on the number of participants as well as the number of models present and their specific needs.

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.  Some photos have 5-6 attendees to a provider. They state that their maximum class size is 10 for only one instructor.  This is too large for a single day training to fully cover the patient selection and didactics in addition to enough one-on-one hands-on.

If you are interested in an AMET local training date, please call and confirm location, instructor name, instructor licensure, name of supervising physician (if instructor is an out of state PA, NP or RN), and maximum class size prior to registration.

6. Location Transparency

Exact location is not anywhere to be found on the AMET website.  No address or map.  Digging around some third party sites showed most classes were held at hotels, but only a small fraction of the live dates could be verified on these other sites.  Location is important to know before paying for a non-refundable course, since metro areas are large and a class labeled “Los Angeles” for example could be over an hour away from an airport or public transportation.

7. No Fake Boards, Fake Society, or Membership Upsells 

Memberships, renewals and such are not required for any kind of training status over the long-term.  Training is training.  Aesthetics is not a medical specialty.  AMET is not an authority for an industry.  They are a for-profit training center that offers single day education courses.

AMET does not appear to sell memberships and unaccredited board certification pathways which is good.

8. Offers a Blended Online plus Live Learning Environment

It appears that their Botox and Filler courses which are purchased separately but held on the same date have an online component.  They call these “hybrid courses” but their accreditation may not cover the online part of these hybrid courses, only the live contact time.  That would mean that these hybrid courses would only qualify for 4 hours of credit, not the 9.75 hours that they advertise.  One must call their co-sponsor AAFP to confirm if their online component is also fully accredited.

If you are interested in an AMET local training date, please call and confirm location, instructor name, instructor licensure, name of supervising physician (if instructor is an out of state PA, NP or RN), and maximum class size prior to registration.  Ask if the online component is independently accredited from the live part.  Otherwise, your credit hours you can legally claim will be reduced.  A sample certificate should not include unaccredited time in the hours stated on the certificate.

9. No Risk of Paid Models at the Live Training

You are paying a lot of money for this training.  Do you want your training company to also profit by taking money from potentially unvetted and unexamined patients in the community to serve as your patient for your first treatment?  Moreover, no RN, even if licensed where she is teaching, can design an aesthetic treatment without a supervising provider “good faith” exam in any state.

AMET prominently advertises for paid patients at the top of their home page, yet nowhere on the website do they identify a single faculty member or the owner of the training program who will be examining, assessing, and taking responsibility for these patients prior to the live date.

When you treat someone who pays to receive a treatment, you may unknowingly establish a provider-patient relationship with them in a paid clinic setting, not a volunteer/educational setting.  Patients who pay for a treatment (not volunteer) have higher expectations and less tolerance for bad outcomes.  

Here you can read many angry testimonials from “models” and from attendees of AMET courses.

If you are interested in an AMET local training date, please call and confirm location, instructor name, instructor licensure, name of supervising physician (if instructor is an out of state PA, NP or RN).  Ask if you can bring your own patient to the training and ask for a sample consent form as well to ensure that the faculty member is listed and taking responsibility for the training they supervise.

10. General Transparency and Accessibility

When you enter into a teaching relationship, it should be collegial and not adversarial. The tone of these responses gives you a good idea of the management of this company.

Please use your own judgment when reading their reviews.  Most tend to have a very similar format and tone.  Names of instructors, even when gushing and glowing, are redacted and read as “*******”.  Ask yourself why the are so secretive about instructor names?

Reviews here seem to also indicate a variable quality of the teaching and many course cancellations with little notice.

Final Recommendation… Do your research because they are one of the cheapest options at first glance.  There may be better alternatives where you might have to drive a little longer to get a smaller group, taught by a known expert who is licensed in the state and you get the full CME credit, even for the online part of your course.