More About the Advanced Body Sculpting Institute
September 19th, 2008 Dr. John MillardI want to talk a little more about the Advanced Body Sculpting Institute. As I mentioned before, I have a lot of teachers in my family. My brother, my cousin, two aunts and my grandmother all teach. My own teaching experience comes from the Institute, and I talked a bit about how I got established in my last post.
The Institute was formed because doctors needed a space to learn about liposuction, about how to look at the human body, and about proper surgical settings within a practice. I’m proud to say that, after less than four years, our Institute has managed to raise the bar for doctor education.
We have spent years developing a syllabus that was balanced, comprehensive, and on-point in addressing physicians’ needs. It’s important, from a medical standpoint, to make sure that every article or conclusion you reach as a doctor is supported by medical literature. It’s a bit like a legal brief; you can’t fly by the seat of your pants, but instead you have to expand on a body of knowledge that’s already in place.
Unfortunately, I found that too many other cosmetic courses were too willing to do just that. And it showed: for SmartLipo procedures, there used to be quite a few training courses offering physicians knowledge and expertise on how to use SmartLipo technology. However, the other courses fell apart, and today the Body Sculpting Institute is the only space in the United States where you can find a SmartLipo course.
We’ve been approached by other teachers, trying to start similar programs, who ask to use our syllabus. I believe that our syllabus is so in demand because of the quality and attention to detail we put in. And I’m glad to say that it shows.
The mission of the Advanced Body Sculpting Institute is to provide the latest and greatest in training, as well as to provide a thorough experience for new techniques and technologies. But the philosophy of the Institute has all to do with high quality of medical standards and patient care. It’s a philosophy I apply in my own practice, and it’s a philosophy I instilled in the Body Sculpting Institute. And it’s a philosophy we try to cultivate in every cosmetic surgeon who comes through the Institute, to think of oneself as a doctor above all else.
Wishing you good health,
Dr. John A. Millard