From professional athletes to weekend warriors, ensure your treatment decisions and solutions in your daily practice are current across all levels of athletic injury. Participate in case-based breakout discussions, interactive participant-expert panels and engaging dialogue with faculty for fresh learning approaches and multi-disciplinary solutions. Unparalleled sports medicine expertise, coupled with downtime for downhill – the 21st Annual Sports Medicine Course is sure to be an unforgettable learning adventure.

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This ASSH/AAHS Hand Surgery Specialty Day Program is focused on Controversies and Challenges that are encountered in hand surgical practice. The morning portion of the program is aimed at “What’s New and What’s Next” in hand surgery, with cutting edge topics and specific debatable issues in mini symposia sessions on scaphoid fractures and nonunions, evaluation and treatment of ulnar sided wrist pain, updates in nerve pathology, elbow injuries and carpal instability. Experienced faculty will present case-based scenarios and engage in lively discussion and debate with point and counter point style presentations; audience participation and questions are encouraged. In the afternoon session, expert faculty will share “What You Need to Know NOW about Common Hand Conditions”. This session is ideal for the residents, fellows, advanced practice providers, and general orthopedists, but is also of interest and applicable to the practice of experienced and expert hand surgeons. An emphasis on common conditions encountered in hand surgical practice with a specific focus on what the books don’t tell you about how to manage specific challenges and complications will be provided. Practice enhancement and optimization as well as experienced words of wisdom from seasoned surgeons will round out the program. This program is essential for residents, fellows and new practitioners, but seasoned surgeons will also find pearls for their practices!

Atlanta Trauma Symposium is designed for orthopaedic surgeons to enhance surgeon competency and provide strategies for fracture management. A distinguished faculty will present the latest concepts and techniques in orthopaedic trauma using didactic lectures, case presentations, and hands-on workshops.

The idea to have a joint meeting bringing together several spine societies at the same time and at the same place originated around the turn of the century.

The SpineWeek committee was mandated with the practical organisation of such a conference, and this led to the first SpineWeek meeting which was held in Porto, Portugal in 2004. It was well received by individual participants, the involved scientific spine societies and by the supporting MedTech industry.

Three more SpineWeeks followed: Geneva (Switzerland) in 2008, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) in 2012 and Singapore in 2016.

One of the remarkable evolutions noted from one SpineWeek to the next, was the increase of participants coming from Asia. This incited the SpineWeek committee to move east for the 2020 SpineWeek meeting, and we are pleased to announce the meeting in Melbourne on 27 April – 1 May 2020.

Next to the usual participating spine societies such as the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (ISSLS), the North American Spine Society (NASS) and the Brasilian Spine Society, we now welcome other societies. SpineWeek meetings have been at the origin of many a scientific collaboration bringing together clinicians and scientists from around the world and from very different scientific societies.

We look forward to a truly exciting week in Melbourne, both at a scientific and a social level. Join us for this first Oceanian SpineWeek meeting and spread the word!

Event for members only. More information provide on The Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons website.

Join leaders in minimally-invasive orthopaedic surgery as they convene at the world’s largest arthroscopy-focused event of the year. More than 1,000 colleagues from around the world will participate in scientific sessions, feature lectures, instructional course lectures and view the AWARD WINNING SIMULCASTED SURGERY!

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The ASES/ASSH Elbow course is an intensive course focused on state-of-the-art treatment for common elbow traumatic, degenerative and overuse conditions. The faculty of notable elbow specialists will use a combination of lectures, laboratory and clinical evidence and lab-based dissections and demonstrations, to enable the attendee to diagnose both common and more subtle conditions and to devise and execute a successful treatment plan. Conditions from throwing-related disorders to arthritic degeneration to contractures and trauma with associated instability patterns are specifically addressed and course participants will be able to implement what they have learned in their clinical practice.

This course will present up-to-date information and techniques regarding disorders that are treated by hand surgeons. In addition to covering common conditions and ensuring the participants have the best information and knowledge to provide state-of-the-art care, the course will also review conditions which are less frequently seen and less well understood. This will enable participants to apply current research and knowledge into their clinical practices and provide optimal care to their patients.

Mayo Clinic and American Society of Surgery of the Hand (ASSH) are offering a non-CME course designed for established hand surgeons and hand fellows interested in improving their hand and wrist arthroplasty operative skills. Mayo Clinic faculty members will provide evidence-based overviews covering finger, thumb, and wrist arthroplasty. Case presentations will focus on managing problems and complications which will allow participants to see how experts avoid and approach problems.

The course will be delivered by expert clinicians who can share their practical tips and tricks during the cadaveric lab workshop. Learners will have the opportunity to work with instructors and industry leaders in the cadaveric lab.

The course size will be capped at 30 participants to keep faculty-to-participant ratio low and provide ample time for one-on-one attention in the skills lab.

The Maine Orthopaedic Review has provided orthopaedic board preparation continually since 1959. It presents a unique opportunity for study and review for residents, board candidates, and practicing orthopaedists looking toward recertification. The course is a comprehensive review with strong sections in pediatric orthopaedics, trauma, adult reconstruction, spine, basic science, orthopaedic oncology, hand and upper extremity, and sports medicine. Our faculty are well-known subspecialists with national and international appointments.

The Maine Orthopaedic Review has an extensive online question bank with over 11,000 review questions, linked to our proprietary library of board preparation materials. Our tests are now customizable to adapt to individual learning styles and needs. Spend time in a setting going over questions like the ones you will see on the written boards.

The Maine Orthopaedic Review is the only board review that provides participants with up to 50 AMA Category I CME credits. The Maine Orthopaedic Review is held at Colby College, a typical quaint New England college with a scenic, well-equipped campus. It is the perfect setting to get away from the hustle and bustle and focus on board preparation. At the end of the first week, join us for a world-famous Maine lobster bake as a reward for your hard work and time well-spent.

The rural campus of Colby College offers an ideal atmosphere for study and recreation. Spend two weeks with us in Maine this June!

All classes will be held in the air-conditioned Ostrove Auditorium in the Diamond Building. Casual clothing is the style for all occasions.

Computer-assisted Orthopaedic Education

The computer component of the course provides a unique opportunity for interactive, self-paced individual education with self-assessment exams and online references, throughout the length of the course.

A Computer lab with a small number public workstations are available weekdays from 8 a.m. to midnight. Participants may bring an ethernet-equipped or wireless computer with access (24/7) to these review materials from on-campus locations.

More information about computers at the Review.

Course Objectives

The Maine Orthopaedic Review Course is designed to meet the needs of the board candidate or practicing orthopaedist for a thorough review of current orthopaedic practice.

The registrants will:

Increase their fund of knowledge through daily lectures and course syllabus,
Improve their orthopaedic x-ray interpretative skills through daily unknown cases and discussions with orthopaedic radiologist,
Improve their ability to apply the above skills and knowledge in an examination setting through the use of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Self-Assessment and Specialty Examinations with detailed explanations.
Case Presentations and Discussions

This is a outstanding opportunity for the Oral Examination (Part II) candidate to present cases to a subspecialist and the class, receive important feedback, and hone the skills necessary for board success. Our goal is for each candidate to present all cases at least once to a faculty member, with constructive feedback necessary for passing the oral boards.

Accreditation

Colby College has been host to educational programs for the medical and allied health professions since 1945 and is the only private liberal arts college in the nation accredited to offer Category 1 credit for the Physician’s Recognition Award of the American Medical Association.

Colby designates this CME activity as meeting the criteria for up to 50 hours in Category 1 of the Physician’s Recognition Award of the American Medical Association.

MOR is MOC (Maintenance of Certification) eligible

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This meeting is for members only.

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Further details regarding this meeting will be posted in late 2019/early 2020.
The call for abstracts will open in January of 2020.

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