Residents' Newsletter Contents

Vol. 5 No. 4 - April 2007
Editors: Jennifer M. Wolf, MD & Hassan Mir, MD

This Issue

News for residents:

• Call for Resident Authors
• MSTS/AAOS Musculoskeletal Oncology Review: Clinical Radiographic, Pathologic Overview and Treatment Principles
• Postgraduate Orthopaedic Fellowships Book Now Available in Print and On Line
• AAOS Seeking Nominations for Diversity Award
• OREF Announces New Grant Available

Features:

1. Practice Tips: Is it time for your practice to go digital?
2. Internet Resources: New Learning Opportunities on Orthopaedic Knowledge Online (OKO) for April
3. Calendar

This Issue: News for Residents

Call for Resident Authors
The AAOS Residents’ Newsletter is calling on orthopaedic residents to submit articles for publication. The articles will be subject to review by the editors, and then published in upcoming editions of the Residents’ Newsletter. The author will be given full credit for his/her work if it is used.

Topics should cover a broad range of issues of interest to orthopaedic residents. Some suggestions for topics include resident accomplishments in local/regional/national areas (both medical and non-medical), community service projects, interesting cases (with images/photos), work-related issues with/without solutions, study tips or ideas, job search or fellowship search tips or advice, residents’ opinions on current trends in orthopedics (medical/legal/business), etc.

Articles should be brief, and in a format easily readable in the Residents’ Newsletter. Submissions can be made at any time, but the article may be held for use in a later edition due to time/space constraints. There will be no limit to the number of articles an author may submit.

The goal is to make the AAOS Residents’ Newsletter more focused on what residents want, and to do so we will need your input. Please submit any articles or ideas/suggestions to Hassan Mir, MD; Jennifer Wolf, MD and Jeffrey Kramer, FACHE, CAE.

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MSTS/AAOS Musculoskeletal Oncology Review: Clinical Radiographic, Pathologic Overview and Treatment Principles - May 10 -12, 2007 · St. Louis, MO

A course designed for you!
Intended for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th year residents, this course helps you develop a strong foundation and deeper understanding of pathology in musculoskeletal oncology. A highly experienced faculty of orthopaedic oncologists applies innovative teaching techniques to give you a comprehensive overview of musculoskeletal oncology including: malignant tumors, benign tumors, and reactive lesions of bone and soft tissue. Supplement your studies with these lectures on dynamic clinical, radiographic, and pathologic presentations, and a substantial review of metastatic bone disease. To view the full daily schedule, click here.

This course is designed to give you the knowledge and skills to:

• Evaluate patients with bone and soft tissue lesions
• Compare and contrast various surgical and non-surgical treatment protocols for benign and malignant bone tumors as well as metastatic disease
• Compare and contrast techniques for diagnostic bone and soft tissue tumor biopsies
• Discuss complications of bone and soft tissue tumor biopsies and how to avoid them

Residents pay only $395! To register call 800-626-6726 or go on line.

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Postgraduate Orthopaedic Fellowships Book Now Available in Print and On Line
The Postgraduate Orthopaedic Fellowships Book 2007 is now available. This resource provides a listing of 428 fellowship opportunities arranged into 11 subspecialty groups. Each listing includes the director’s contact information; participating hospitals; stipend; the goals and characteristics of the fellowship; ACGME accreditation and match program participation. You can either purchase the print version which includes on line access (product number 02854) or the online directory only (product number 02855). Order yours today online or by calling Customer Service at 800-626-6726.

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AAOS Seeking Nominations for Diversity Award
Nominations are now being sought for the 2008 Diversity Award. This Award recognizes Academy Fellows who have distinguished themselves through their outstanding commitment to making orthopaedics more representative of and accessible to the diverse population it serves. This award is presented annually at the AAOS Annual Meeting and the recipient receives a $5,000 honorarium. You are invited to nominate an individual for the Diversity Award. Examples of activities that qualify for the Diversity Award include, but are not limited to:

• Actively working to reduce obstacles that prevent greater numbers of women and under-represented ethnic groups from entering the field of orthopaedics in the U.S.
• Teaching culturally competent care in a clinical and/or institutional setting.
• Sponsoring, mentoring and/or guiding young orthopaedists, culturally diverse and female medical students.
• Acting as a role model to colleagues and leading by example in promoting diversity.
• Staffing clinics that provide musculoskeletal care for underserved U.S. populations.
• Recruiting and encouraging diverse ethnic and/or female medical and pre-med students to pursue a career in orthopaedics.
• Acting in a leadership role in eliminating disparities in health care and/or promoting culturally competent care.
• Supporting diversity-related legislation, activities, and issues in health care.
• Writing and publishing materials that relate to culturally competent care and/or health care disparities.

For information on the Diversity Award or to submit an application online, please visit the AAOS web site. Nominations must be received by June 15.

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OREF Announces New Grant Available
NIAMS/OREF National Research Service Award Post Doctoral Fellowships in Epidemiology, Clinical Trials, and Outcomes Research in Orthopaedic Surgery (F32)

The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), in partnership with OREF, announces the availability of individual National Research Service Award Postdoctoral Fellowships to support the training of orthopaedic surgeons. These awards will supplement surgeons’ knowledge of orthopaedics with training in epidemiology, clinical trials, and outcomes research.

The fellowships are intended to support up to two years of advanced training to obtain a Masters of Public Health — or similar relevant area of study — and/or a Ph.D. in epidemiology, which will qualify the fellow to pursue a career in these areas as they relate to orthopaedic surgery.

OREF will provide a supplemental yearly stipend to the fellow of $30,000. Application deadlines are June 23 and October 23 of 2007, and February 23 and June 23 of 2008.

Click here for further information and application materials. For more information about grants at OREF please log on to www.oref.org/grants. New grants and deadlines will be posted in the spring of 2007.

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Practice Tips

Is it time for your practice to go digital?
By Jennie McKee

That’s the question Michele M. Zembo, MD, MBA; Glenn Sumner, MBA, and Ira H. Kirschenbaum, MD, hoped to help audience members answer during the Practice Management Symposium for Practicing Orthopaedic Surgeons, held on the Tuesday before the 2007 Annual Meeting.

Their session, “Preparing your office for the digital world,” explored the benefits of implementing electronic medical records, digital imaging, and other technologies. Read the complete article in AAOS Now

Internet Resources

New Learning Opportunities on Orthopaedic Knowledge Online (OKO)
Volume 5, Number 4, April 2007

• Arthroscopic SLAP Lesion Repair in a Baseball Pitcher (Video) by Craig D. Morgan, MD
• Distal Tibia Fractures (Video) Updated topic by John L. Marsh, MD; Thomas A. DeCoster, MD
• Family Violence: Facts and Tools for the Orthopaedic Surgeon - CME Available (Click here) by Debra A. Zillmer, MD; Mininder S. Kocher, MD
• Fibrous Dysplasia by Ronald W. Hillock, MD; Craig Zuppan, MD
• Hammer and Claw Toe Deformity by Emilio Wagner, MD
• Mallet Toe Deformity by Emilio Wagner, MD
• Revision ACL Reconstruction (Video): Updated topic by Bernard R. Bach, MD; August D. Mazzocca, MD; Jeff A. Fox, MD; John-Paul H. Rue, MD
• New ICL Volume Available on the Virtual Bookstore: Volume 56
• New Orthopaedic Theater Video: Ulnar Collateral Ligament Reconstruction of the Elbow: The Docking Procedure

Useful Resident Links

AAOS Course Calendar	AAOS Job Placement
AAOS Practice Management Website (Login Required)	AAOS Resident Website
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (ABOS)	AMA Fellowship & Residency Interactive Database (FREIDA)
US Bone & Joint Decade	OITE & ABOS Preparation
OREF	Orthopaedic Knowledge Online (OKO)

Calendar

For a complete listing of AAOS sponsored CME Courses: AAOS CME Course Calendar

May, 2007	2007 Part I ABOS Candidates Receive Notification of Admission and Admission Cards
July 9, 2007	2007 Part I ABOS EXAMINATION Location: Riverside Center/Hyatt Regency Chicago Chicago, Illinois
September, 2007	2007 Part I ABOS Candidates Receive Examination Results (the Board office does not release results by phone)