About the BC Employer Training Grant program

The ETG supports skills training to address provincial labour market needs. The program is delivered by the Province of British Columbia and is funded by the Government of Canada through the Workforce Development Agreement (WDA).  Jobs continue to change and evolve. For example, some will become more complicated because of innovation and changes in technology. Many workers across the province will likely be affected by automation in some way. Some jobs will involve tasks that are not yet invented. As a result, it will be

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The Nevada State Board of Dental Examiners has formally approved the botox and dermal filler courses for Nevada dentists. Dentists from Las Vegas, Henderson, Reno and the rest of Nevada who complete the following courses with PTIFA will not only meet, but exceed the training requirements outlined under NAC 631.257(1):

Nevada Botox Course: NSBDE Approval #20-007

• online Level 1 - Advanced Anatomy Review & Intro to Botulinum Toxin
• Level  2 - Basic Botulinum Toxin: Cosmetic Upper Face & Pain
• Level 4 - Basic Facial Dermal Fillers
• Total: 72 hours

Botox, Dermal Filler Courses for Nevada Dentists

 The courses provided by PTIFA for Nevada dentists exceed the NSBDE's education requirements by more than double the credit hours requirements.

Nevada State Board of Dental Examiner requirements:

• Botulinum Toxin for Dental & Facial Esthetics (6 hours didactic/4 hours hands on
• Soft Tissue Fillers for Dental & Facial Esthetics (6 hours didactic/4 hours hands on)
• Frontline TMJ & Orofacia
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We wanted to take this opportunity to let you know that our hands-on courses will be resuming later this month in June. In light of the current situation with the COVID-19 pandemic, like everyone, PTIFA has had to adapt and make a number of changes to the course format that will affect the overall program. We have included some of the key changes below, however further details will be provided upon registration. We are confident that the courses will be even more intimate, and that you will still receive an unprecedented clinical experience in a safe and controlled environment.

Courses Resuming with Reduced # of Attendees

The Level 2 course held at the University of British Columbia’s Patterson Dental Learning Centre will be resuming, but with a significantly reduced number of attendees. Our next Level 2 course is June 26/27, however you can see all dates here. Each course is currently limited to a maximum of ten practitioners, and the concurrent Team Training will be temporarily pos...

We're pleased to announce that our Medical Microneedling course is now offered online.

Medical Microneedling is a non-surgical, non-ablative procedure that can be incorporated into your practice to complement your injectable services and increase practice revenue.

An automatic pen with very fine sterile needles is used to puncture and create micro-channels within the skin. Microneedling stimulates the body to create new collagen and elastin and aids with the penetration of therapeutic serums at a deeper level.

Online Medical Microneedling Course: Treatment Benefits

• Intensify trans-dermal delivery of topical serums
• Diminish fine lines and wrinkles
• Rejuvenate the skin by improving skin tone, texture & volume
• Minimize stretch marks
• Restore a more youthful appearance by effectively tightening, lifting & thickening the skin
• Improve the appearance of scars
• Reduce pore size

Online Medical Microneedling Course

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PTIFA is pleased to announce that we will now be holding Botox courses at the recently opened, state of the art Patterson Dental Learning Centre located at the University of British Columbia's campus. As such, select Level 2 hands-on course dates will be held in the fully modernized clinical space.

"We believe that practitioners and team members learn best when working together. The large clinical space with adjacent lecture room enables the whole team to learn under the same clinical setting. The large, open-chair layout enables increased exposure to clinical cases and increased learning and guidance from our clinical faculty and experts. We look forward to welcoming dentists, physicians, nurses, naturopaths, pharmacists and their teams to the industry's leading botulinum toxin [Botox] courses in Vancouver" said Dr. Warren Roberts, Co-Founder & Clinical Director of the Pacific Training Institute for Facial Aesthetics. For more information on the clinical hands-on Level 2 courses, cli...

The following update was recently posted in the October 2016 issue of the College of Dental Surgeons of Alberta (CDSA's) Updater.

Associate or Contractual Dentists Providing Facial Esthetic Therapies and Adjunctive Procedures

Dentists can provide facial esthetic therapies and adjunctive procedures (FETAP) (ie: botox, dermal fillers, etc) services in a dental clinic that they do not own and be in compliance with the Standard of Practice: Facial Esthetic Therapies and Adjunctive Procedures (FETAP Standard).

In this scenario, the owner dentist and other dentists not providing FETAP services (ie: botulinum toxin, dermal fillers, etc) are not required to hold FETAP certification (ie: Level 1 - Advanced Anatomy & Into to Botulinum Toxin, Level 2 - Basic Botulinum Toxin, Level 3 - Advanced Botulinum Toxin courses). FETAP certification is granted by the CDSA to each individual dentist and certification is not based on whether the dentist associates at a dental clinic or owns the dental clin...