According to Malcolm Gladwell, mastery = 10,000 hours. That’s 5 years of practice, 40 hours a week. Sounds about right for brain surgeons and elite athletes, yeah? But what about us injectors? What’s the equivalent? Try this:
50 COMPETENCY POINTS = Safe Solo Injector Status
Here’s the scorecard:
- Doing the procedure yourself = 2 points
- Observing someone else = 0.5 points
- Assisting in the procedure = 1 point
That means?
You’ll need to DO at least 20 real-world treatments and either observe or assist the rest.
Still think watching a few YouTube clips and shadowing someone once qualifies you to inject a stranger’s face?
Nah. This ain’t paint-by-numbers. It’s precision medicine.
So next time someone tells you “I’ve been trained,” ask them:
“Cool. But how many points have you scored?”
Based on the 10,000-Hour Rule – Gladwell, M. Outliers (2008)
Clinical learning models – Ericsson, K.A. Deliberate Practice theory (1993)
