Science or Spectacle? A Critical Evaluation of the Decade of Aesthetic Medicine Conferences Using the Punctuated Equilibrium Framework
Although industry-driven sessions garnered higher immediate engagement, they reduced long-term cognitive retention and compromised the educational integrity of conferences. The use of AI in this study enabled a deeper understanding of content trends and their effects. Aesthetic medicine conferences must recalibrate the balance between commercial interests and scientific rigor to ensure sustainable professional development and patient safety.
Authors
- Patricia E Garcia
- Nanze Yu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4312-6036)
- Parinitha Rao
- Eqram Rahman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8443-8338)
- Wolfgang G. Philipp‐Dormston (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2845-654X)
- Jean Carruthers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3838-6768)
- Sotirios Ioannidis
- Karim Sayed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8226-8534)
- Keming Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2653-9894)
- Richard Webb (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2701-626X)
Institutions
- Academy of Medical Sciences (GB)
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- Witten/Herdecke University (DE)
- University of Oslo (NO)
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College (CN)
- Peking Union Medical College Hospital (CN)
- University of South-Eastern Norway (NO)
- UK Research and Innovation (GB)
- Plastic Surgery Hospital (CN)
- Art Innovation (Netherlands) (NL)
- Aesthetic Surgery Center (US)
- IS practice (BE)
- Centro de Estudios Universitarios Arkos (MX)
- Kocaeli Üniversitesi (TR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
- Published
- 2024-11-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/prs.0000000000011899
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Conferences and Exhibitions Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.79