how does one privately practice as a plastic surgeon? (in IE/UK)

imported_guy

i know in america you need to do a residancy and a fellowship to obtain board certification + licence to practice privately, but how does one go about it in ireland? i imagine you need to do like FRCS etc, but what if your already lets say a consultant and want to practice privately...?

locum-motion

Are you talking about reconstructive or cosmetic plastic surgery?

I'm open to correction here, but I'm fairly sure that for reconstructive surgery you'd have to have done the specialized training and registration etc, and probably for full-on cosmetic stuff like nose jobs too.

However, there's alot of people round the country doing stuff like botox, chemical facial peels etc and I'm pretty sure that most of them aren't consultant plastic surgeons.

opinion guy

yes my understanding is that this is all very poorly regulated in Ireland and that alot of the private practice cosmetic surgeons are very poorly trained.

this is in contrast to consultant plastic surgeons who are very highly trained

ballsymchugh

you can rent a room in a private hospital like the hermitage and go from there.
since there's only a certain amount of plastic surgery consultant posts in the public system, they're the ones that will be in your run of the mill hospital, more than likely doing reconstructive work, as locum said.
but, since they've worked hard to get that far, they're likely to be there for a while. so, another guy who has done all the appropriate exams can in the meantime start up in a private hospital and would more than likely be dealing with cosmetic stuff. they'll be good at certain aspects like nose jobs at the end though. some of them will like that, and stick to it. so to be fair to them, in a private hospital, there could be a few plastic surgeons each with their own sub-speciality.
it'd be up to the hospital owners to check that they've got all the qualifications though, and that everything is ok with the medical council.

drzhivago

imported_guy wrote: »

i know in america you need to do a residancy and a fellowship to obtain board certification + licence to practice privately, but how does one go about it in ireland? i imagine you need to do like FRCS etc, but what if your already lets say a consultant and want to practice privately...?

Basically
\Intern 1 year
Surgical BST Scheme 3 years do MRCS exams
Research or Clinical reg job 2-3 years
SPR PLastics Surgery 6 years

Then pass FRCS (Plas) and get on specialist register, many do fellowships in specialised areas in US after all the above too

Ihaveanopinion

The majority of people practicing in private plastics clinics (ie cosmetic clinics) come from abroad, usually the UK. There are specific licencing arrangements for people to come from abroad to do that kind of thing as long as they only work here on a limited basis.

The majority of people in public practice do more reconstructive or trauma related things, and only some cosmetic procedures.

However, everyone practicing plastics in ireland will have had to gone under a training programme similar to that highlighted above

drzhivago

Ihaveanopinion wrote: »

However, everyone practicing plastics in ireland will have had to gone under a training programme similar to that highlighted above

That is necessarily true

Your best marker is to check whethere a person is on the specialist register in the plastic surgery division

People who fly in and out who are registered in another country dont necessarily appear on our register