With the advent of Maintenance of Certification (MOC) and the need for continuing medical education (CME), the American Board of Plastic Surgery offers a Maintenance of Certification program for all plastic surgeons. They – along with all the 24 member boards of the ABMS or the American Board of Medical Specialties – found the need to make sure that all medical professionals under their organization are fully equipped with skills and knowledge to face all medical challenges that may come their way today and in the future. It is a well-known fact that medicine is not a constant science; new treatment for diseases is discovered every day and at almost the same rate, a new disease surfaces too. That is why we, medical professionals, must keep up with that trend through continuing medical education.

That is especially true in the field of plastic surgery. We now live in a society where there is a growing demand for perfection – in your job, your fashion sense, and most importantly, the way you look. The faintest of lines may send may to the doctor for Botox injections. With that growing demand is also a rising pressure among plastic surgeons to offer the best possible service they can offer. Of course, aesthetics is not the only reason. There are various other genetic conditions and malformations that need to be addressed by plastic surgeons; all the more reason for continuing medical education.

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