ISHRS Advanced Webinars in Hair Restoration Surgery

The ISHRS is pleased to announce its Advanced Webinars Program (web-based seminars) to meet our commitment to educating members on the latest advancements in hair restoration. These Webinars will be devoted to topics identified by physician members and/or the ISHRS Core Curriculum in Hair Restoration Surgery to provide professional enhancement and quality patient care.

Target Audience:
Taught at an advanced level for hair restoration physicians.

CME Credit:
Each Webinar will offer up to 3 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM.

The International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The ISHRS designates this activity for a maximum of 3.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.

To Register:
For further information, technical requirements, and to register, go to: http://www.registration123.com/ishrs/07WEBINARS/

Registration Fees:
Member Rate: $150.00 USD per webinar
Member Pending Rate: $165.00 USD per webinar
Non-Member Rate: $180.00 USD per webinar

2008-2009 Schedule

Advanced Hair Transplant Principles and Planning

Date: Saturday, November 8, 2008, 10:00 AM-1:00 PM (CT; Central Time/Chicago)

Director: William M. Parsley, MD

Description: This course is intended to provide the experienced transplant physician direction for counseling and planning when they are dealing with a patient who has extraordinary needs or demands, such as young patients, those wanting low hairlines, patients at risk for severe shock loss, those with body dysmorphic disorder, or patients with class VI-VII patterns. It will also provide practical surgical details to physicians wanting to practice at an advanced level utilizing a variety of recipient site orientations (perpendicular and parallel), transplanting at high densities, and advanced harvesting and closure techniques.

Learning Objectives:
o Understand how to counsel and assess patients with a variety of needs and desires that may be beyond the "standard" patient.
o Describe the factors critical for "high density" transplants.
o Define "parallel" and "perpendicular" recipient sites.
o Describe the theoretical advantages and disadvantages of "parallel" vs. "perpendicular" sites.
o Explain the variety of ways that donor tissue may be harvested and list possible uses of each.
o Describe the methods for closing a strip harvest incision.

Quality Assurance and "Six Sigma" Strategies in Hair Transplantation

Date: Saturday, January 24, 2009 10:00 AM-1:00 PM (CT; Central Time/Chicago)

Director: Carlos J. Puig, DO

Description: Quality assurance is a planned and systematic set of activities to ensure that the critical steps in a procedure are clearly identified and assessed and measures are taken in ensure that these steps meet the benchmarks to provide the patient with the optimal outcome. Preventable errors can lead to complications and poor patient outcomes. A strategy known as "Six Sigma," which reduces defects in a process to fewer than 3.4 per million, may be applicable to hair transplantation. This course will describe the underlying causes of error and provide suggestions for important changes that may include adopting new educational programs, devising strategies to increase staff awareness, and encouraging physician commitment to quality improvement.

Learning Objectives:
o Describe the difference between Quality Assurance (QA) and Six Sigma quality improvement programs. o Define and list a "critical to quality" step in hair transplantation.
o Outline the steps in implementing a Six Sigma quality program.
o Define and contrast an internal and external customer.
o Define and contrast a stable and unstable process.
o Describe the role of variation in managing quality.
o Define profound knowledge.