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Hands-On Training
with Over-the-Shoulder Guidance

MedSpa Network’s program places you in a real clinical setting alongside Dr. Alan Durkin, a dual board-certified plastic surgeon recognized for facial and body aesthetics. As founder of Ocean Drive Plastic Surgery, Dermatology, and MedSpa and a national educator, he provides real-time supervision while you work with live patients.

Training Format

What to Expect

Each session is structured around direct, real-world learning — from patient assessment to final injection.

  1. Observation Phase

    Watch & Learn

    Dr. Durkin begins each session with a patient assessment and a review of product selection, treatment protocols, and preparation of supplies—including dilutions and the use of needles or cannulas. You’ll then observe a live procedure, gaining insight into his precise approach to skin preparation and injection technique.

  2. Supervised Practice

    Guided Practice

    After observing, it’s your turn. Under Dr. Durkin’s direct supervision, you perform the injection while he monitors each step to ensure correct injection plane, technique, and safety.

  3. Real-Time Coaching

    Immediate Feedback

    Real-time coaching allows you to adjust and refine as you go, building confidence in both your technique and decision-making.

  4. Clinical Integration

    Confidence in Practice

    By the end of the session, you’ll leave with refined skills and the assurance needed to safely apply them in your own practice.

Customization

Tailored to Your Goals

Over-the-Shoulder Training can be customized to focus on the treatments most relevant to your practice such as, lips, cheeks, jawline, full-face rejuvenation or body contouring. Sessions can also be structured around any neuromodulator dermal filler product, ensuring the training directly supports your clinical and business objectives.

Patient Safety First

Safety at the Center

Every training session is built around patient safety. From the first product preparation to the final injection, Dr. Durkin reinforces safe practices that protect both patients and injectors, while also teaching injection approaches that achieve the most consistent, natural results.

Evidence-Based Protocols

Best practices informed by published research and Dr. Durkin’s clinical expertise.

Anatomy

A review of vascular structures and high-risk “danger zones” in both the face and/or body.

Safe Techniques

Proper injection planes, product selection, and delivery methods that optimize outcomes and minimize risks.

Complication Management

Guidance on recognizing and managing issues such as vascular compromise, nodules, or asymmetry.

Approaches for Best Outcomes

Instruction on adapting techniques to create safe, balanced, and natural results for patients.

Training Format

Focused, High-Impact Format

Sessions are designed to be efficient, comprehensive, and high impact. A single injector working with one to two models can typically achieve this training in a half-day session. Larger groups or expanded training goals may require additional time.

Requirements & Details

Participants must hold an active license to inject in the state where training occurs.

What You’ll Take Away

  • Stronger technical precision with toxins and fillers
  • Confidence to treat patients independently
  • A deeper understanding of anatomy and injection safety
  • Improved consultation and treatment planning skills
  • Practical experience you can apply in your practice

Fully Customized

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Over-the-shoulder training with Dr. Alan Durkin is tailored to your goals, group size, and location.
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