The Layt Clinic Dr Layt states, “I make it my mission to attend numerous conferences throughout the year in order to continually hone my skills. I have also taken on leadership roles in the past, as President of the ASAPS, with the responsibility to provide and hone educational materials for my fellow plastic surgery professionals.” Through this society, a ground-breaking conference called The Non-Surgical Symposium was established, bringing together plastic surgeons, dermatologists, cosmetic doctors and nurses to learn the latest techniques in non-surgical treatments. This has now become the ‘gold standard’ within this medical and cosmetic medicine field in Australia. This passion for education has led to some very interesting opportunities for Dr Layt over the last few years. Dr Layt is now the Director of the Allergan Academy Education Program in Aesthetic Breast Surgery, which involves educating younger plastic surgeons in the field of aesthetic breast surgery with live demonstrations as well as lectures and designing operations on live models. “This has been a very fulfilling and interesting development in my professional career and it has provided numerous opportunities to travel overseas to various Asian countries,” Dr Layt says. The most recent of these teaching trips for Dr Layt was a four-day visit to South Korea. “The interaction with my colleagues in South Korea was incredibly interesting. These programs are ongoing and very exciting, albeit sometimes tiring. However, I look forward to continuing my involvement in them as it is wonderful to share with the world, the surgical techniques and new equipment and implants that are being utilized for surgery here in Australia.” One of the most recent additions for surgical training available on the Gold Coast has been the strong commitment by professionals to develop The Breast Academy, Gold Coast. This gives young plastic surgeons the opportunity to work with recognised and experienced Plastic Surgeons in a fellowship to further their experience under the supervision of the Senior Plastic Surgeons. This enables the Fellow to have access to a greater number of patients and to learn from a number of highly experienced Plastic Surgeons. The education and experience available in this program to the Plastic Surgical Fellow has been so successful and well recognised that world renowned institutions such as Harvard and other European Medical Centres have requested to send their Graduating Plastic Surgeons to the Academy. Obviously the most important part of education within the practice area is that of educating patients, and in this world of constantly evolving multimedia, there are many interesting ways for this to be done. Historically, education would be limited to educational articles in magazines and newspapers, as well as perhaps letterbox drops or mailed materials. Nowadays, this has been replaced by mediums such as websites, email, social media and other mind-boggling interfaces. 56 Pindara Magazine 2015
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