title: Practice and Educational Gaps in Cosmetic Dermatologic Surgery.
abstract: This article identifies gaps in the practice of cosmetic dermatology and cosmetics education, and how to overcome these limitations. There is a rapid development of new devices and procedures, with limited data, patient-reported outcomes, and comparative effectiveness research from which to develop best cosmetic practice. There is a need for increased research and funding dedicated to these goals, improved and convenient training for staff to adopt new devices/procedures, and continuous evolution of databases to pool outcome data and develop outcome sets. Resident education can be improved by dedicated resident cosmetic clinics, didactic teaching from visiting professors, attendance of cosmetic dermatology courses and meetings, and encouraging postresidency training.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 676 North St. Clair Street, Suite 1600, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
authors.forename: Abigail
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Waldman
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
authors.forename: Joseph F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Sobanko
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 676 North St. Clair Street, Suite 1600, Chicago, IL 60611, USA; Department of Otolaryngology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 676 N. St. Clair, Suite 1600, Chicago, IL 60611, USA; Department of Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 676 N. St. Clair, Suite 1600, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. Electronic address: m-alam@northwestern.edu.
authors.forename: Murad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alam
mesh_terms: D003357:Cosmetic Techniques / Q000592:standards; D062109:Dermatologic Surgical Procedures / Q000193:education*; D003880:Dermatology / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000592:standards; D062069:Inventions; D018579:Patient Selection; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'
keywords: Best practice; Cosmetic dermatologic surgery; Educational gaps; Practice gaps