Feeling “Unpretty”? CME and Its Effects on Your Patient’s Decision-Making Process!

Day in and day out, psychologists and plastic surgeons are faced with people who have countless insecurities about their bodies. “My nose is too big!” and “My hips are not wide enough!” are only few of the complaints we hear every day from our patients. I guess we can’t blame them because we now live in a society where physical appearance means everything; and I mean everything! That is also the reason why there is an increasing number of people who would run to plastic surgeons the minute they see something “wrong” about their bodies; and they are getting younger and younger too.

Just recently, I read in a news article that FDA warned people with silicone breast implants that they may actually opt to have the implants removed within ten years. Almost 20 years ago, FDA already banned the use of silicone as breast implants because of the growing number of concern that it may cause cancer. A few years later, they released it back to the market saying that no substantial research can clearly prove silicone’s linkage to cancer.

What I am trying to get at here is that as members of the medical health team, it is our responsibility to make sure that our patients make sound and informed decisions; that is, after all, the entire concept of informed consents. CME plays a vital role in this process because we cannot help our patients make a decision if we, ourselves, do not have up-to-date knowledge about the matter. We need to constantly soak our brains with new information and updates on things pertaining to our practice.

Time and time again, I have pushed and tried to prove the importance of CME to everyone; and for very good reasons. Let us just say that CME helps us not look stupid in front of our patients. Yes, I know that we have learned a lot in medical school and our clinical practice but there is still so much to learn. Every day, someone somewhere discovers something new; something that helps us become better medical health professionals.

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