Laser /IPL Physics & Safety: Example Online Training
Dr. Godfrey Town | Dermatology Department, Aalborg University HospitalRiver Cree Ballroom 1
Distance learning offers more choices and gives the learner more control to work at their own pace and in their own time. Modern courses are secure and protected by fraud algorithms. Workbooks are provided and training videos (which can be played-back multiple times), can be viewed on a desk-top computer, laptop, tablet, or iPhone/Android before taking a series of multiple-choice competency tests at the end of each lesson. Additional resources include video PPT presentations of the course. This course is approved by the US Board of Laser Safety (BLS) and awarded 1 BLS Certification Maintenance (CM) point (10 hours).
Online learning is particularly suitable for laser and IPL practitioners in private clinics and salons where laser and light-based therapy is now in everyday use.
The topics covered include:
- Light generation & characteristics
- How lasers work and intense light sources work
- Laser Beam and intense light delivery systems
- Working safely: Non-beam hazards
- Beam related hazards
- Safety policies and procedures
- Light interaction with tissue & thermal damage from lasers and intense light sources
- Treatment bandwidths using Lasers and Intense Light Sources
- Treatment related side effects and injury potential
- Relevant national laser & IPL safety legislation, regulations, standards and guidelines.
Summary: This short review of extracts from a current BLS/BMLA independently approved, 10-lesson online course will provide an overview of how safety and applications training for laser users in the independent sector is achieved.