Orlando Botox Training and Dermal Filler Certification Hands-On in Central Florida

Frequently Asked Questions: PracticalCME Botox and Dermal Filler Training in Orlando / Central Florida

Clear answers on venue, format, faculty, curriculum, credit hours (including nursing pharmacology), scope of practice, and logistics. For the full positioning, see the Botox and Filler training hub page.

Where is the Central Florida training venue located?

The PracticalCME Central Florida clinical training site is located in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, inside Dr. Theresa Huyen’s practice. New Smyrna Beach sits on Florida’s Atlantic coast about 50 minutes from downtown Orlando and 20 minutes from Daytona Beach. The venue is accessible from Orlando International Airport (MCO), Daytona Beach International (DAB), and Melbourne Orlando International (MLB), and serves aesthetic clinicians across Central Florida including Orlando, Daytona Beach, Melbourne, the Space Coast, Lakeland, and the broader I-4 corridor. The site is a dedicated clinical facility, not a hotel conference room.

What is the live hands-on day like at the Central Florida session?

The hands-on day runs 4.5 hours. The time is spent on a brief review and Q&A, patient assessment, treatment planning for each patient on the day’s schedule, and hands-on injection on live patients under direct MD supervision. The accredited 7.25-hour online CME course is prerequisite and self-paced, so no part of the live Orlando day is spent catching up on didactic content. Every attendee performs the full workflow: anesthetic, facial prep, injection, and aftercare.

Who teaches the Central Florida session?

Dr. Theresa Huyen, MD, Director of the PracticalCME Central Florida Clinical Training Site in New Smyrna Beach, personally leads the live hands-on. Dr. Huyen is a state-licensed physician with extensive aesthetic injection experience, licensed in Florida. She also directs PracticalCME’s Washington DC (Falls Church, VA) and Houston (Sugar Land, TX) clinical training sites. The underlying Botox and Dermal Filler curriculum is authored and continuously revised by Dr. Gregory P. Zengo, MD, FACOG, Founder and Medical Director of PracticalCME, who was trained in botulinum toxin by Dr. Jean Carruthers in 2001.

How many hours of CME credit is the Central Florida Botox and Filler training?

11.75 total contact hours: 7.25 ACCME-accredited online CME hours (including 4.7 nursing pharmacology hours) plus a separate 4.5-hour Hands-On Certificate of Completion. Credit totals are identical at every PracticalCME city.

Does the Central Florida course count for nursing pharmacology hours?

Yes. 4.7 pharmacology hours are included within the 7.25 online CME hours for both AANP (nurse practitioners) and ANCC (registered nurses). This is only possible because PracticalCME holds direct ACCME accreditation through the Global Education Group joint provider arrangement. Programs that route accreditation through AAFP, dental boards, or state society equivalence credit cannot award pharmacology hours regardless of how the certificate is worded. Nurses who have struggled to meet pharmacology hours each licensing cycle find this a significant benefit. Rolled out in 2026 after direct attendee feedback.

What is covered in the Botox curriculum at the Central Florida session?

FDA-labeled indications: glabella, lateral canthal lines (crow’s feet), forehead, and platysma bands (Botox FDA-approved 2024). Dosing and handling for all 6 FDA-approved neurotoxin brands. Off-label indications well-supported in the peer-reviewed literature and included in both the online didactic and the live hands-on: masseter and lower face (DAO, mentalis), small-dose frontalis for brow balance, bunny lines, gummy smile, and low-volume reconstitution technique. Not taught by design: Trap Tox at supraphysiologic doses, Barbie Botox, and any technique whose evidence base is a viral video rather than a peer-reviewed study.

What is covered in the dermal filler curriculum?

Hands-on filler technique in Central Florida: lips (volume and shape), perioral lines, nasolabial folds, and marionette lines. Technique and safety instruction: needle versus cannula selection, vascular anatomy and danger zones, product selection by indication, hyaluronidase reversal, vascular occlusion protocol, and the step-by-step vision-loss response algorithm. Not taught by design: mid-face filler, chin and jaw projection with HA, and high-volume cheek sculpting. The decision to keep mid-face out of the curriculum is deliberate and based on 24 years of injection experience.

How much toxin and filler is included for hands-on practice?

Every Central Florida attendee receives a guaranteed 20 units of BTX-A and 1cc of hyaluronic acid filler for live injection practice at no additional charge. The product is included in tuition and dispensed on the day of the hands-on.

Can I bring my own patients for additional hands-on?

Yes. There is no cap on hands-on if you bring your own suitable patients and purchase additional toxin and filler at below-retail rates on the day of the Central Florida training. Many providers bring one or two additional patients to extend their supervised experience before performing procedures in their own practice.

How are the hands-on patients recruited and consented?

Every hands-on patient at the Central Florida training is consented by Dr. Huyen as a PracticalCME patient. Attendees never pay the patient, never collect money from the patient, never sign a treatment agreement with the patient, and never carry individual liability for the hands-on treatment. The faculty MD is the treating physician on the record. PracticalCME does not use paid community models who charge the training company.

Which licensed providers can register for the Central Florida training?

Registered Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Physicians (MD and DO), and Dentists (DDS/DMD) where their legal scope of practice allows aesthetic injection. The curriculum covers Florida-specific delegation and supervising physician requirements in detail. Florida has specific supervising physician requirements for RN and NP aesthetic injectors; attendees should review current state scope before registering. Completing a training course does not alter the legal scope of practice for the attendee’s licensure.

Can an RN or NP from another state attend the Central Florida training on a compact license?

Florida is an RN compact license state, so RNs from any compact state can practice as RNs in Florida. However, an NP license is state-specific and does not travel with the compact. An NP from outside Florida attending the Central Florida training should confirm their own home-state licensure for aesthetic injection before offering the procedure in their own practice. Dr. Huyen is licensed in Florida and is the treating physician on the record for all hands-on patients.

Is a payment plan available for the Central Florida training?

Yes. Affirm financing is available at checkout, with rates as low as 0% APR for 6 months for qualified applicants. Longer repayment terms are available at standard APR. Tuition and the Affirm option are published on the product page. There is no sales call to find out the price and no scholarship application process. The accredited online course is accessible immediately upon purchase, and the Central Florida hands-on component can be scheduled at any available date within the two-year access window.