Residents' Newsletter Contents

Vol. 9 No. 12 - December 2011
Editors: Prerana N. Patel, MD & MaCalus Hogan, MD

This Issue

Hot Topics:

• Do You Know This About the AAOS?
• ABOS Part 1 Certifying Exam
• HOT TOPIC: FREE: 2012 Practice Management Symposium for Residents (#151)
• HOT TOPIC: FREE:  Basics of Coding for Starting Your Practice

News for residents:

• Save the Date! AAOS/AOSSM Fundamentals of Knee and Shoulder Arthroscopy
• AAOS Safe, Accessible Playground Build
• Increasing Interest on the Part of Residents in Hospital Employment
• Support OREF in 2011, and Grant recipients to be announced at Annual Meeting

Features:

1. Practice Tips: "When It’s Not Your Complication"
2. Internet Resources: December Issue of OKO
   
3. Calendar

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This Issue: Hot Topics / News for Residents

DO YOU KNOW THIS ABOUT THE AAOS?

New advanced search options on OrthoPortal now include JBJS-American
On your next visit to the Academy's OrthoPortal site, be sure to try the new Advanced Search option. The enhanced functionality allows you to further customize your information search by selecting additional parameters. Specify an orthopaedic specialty, limit your search results by media format, or select specific publications and journals.

Among these journals you'll find the newest OrthoPortal addition, the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American). The Academy's partnership with JBJS adds the journal's content to your expanded OrthoPortal search. OrthoPortal delivers the convenience of one site and the speed of one search for the relevant outcomes you need. Access to the OrthoPortal website is an AAOS member and resident benefit.

Visit www.orthoportal.org to log in and try the new advanced search today!

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HOT TOPIC: ABOS Part 1 Certifying Exam
A message from Shep Hurwitz, MD, ABOS Director: PGY-5 orthopaedic residents may go the ABOS website and create an account for the application to the part I certifying exam in 2012. The deadline for this application is December 15, 2011. A three week late period follows the December deadline, which carries an additional $350 fee. The absolute, no excuse, application deadline is January 6, 2012. Residents who miss the January deadline will not be allowed to take an exam in 2012. Graduating orthopaedic residents are not Board Eligible until they pass the part I exam.

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HOT TOPIC: FREE: 2012 Practice Management Symposium for Residents (#151)
Learn how to evaluate practice opportunities, negotiate a contract, and much more at the 12th Annual Practice Management Symposium for Orthopaedic Residents #151, presented on Tuesday, February 7, from 12:00 Noon until 5:00 PM at the AAOS 2012 Annual Meeting in San Francisco. This symposium, located at the San Francisco Marriott Salon 7, offers a rare opportunity to learn first-hand from experts on the legal and business aspects of orthopaedics in today’s challenging environment. Topics include “How to Build a Successful Practice” and “Risk Management.” A discussion on the ABOS and practice management resources available from the AAOS will also be offered. The symposium is free to U.S. residents. Residents who register before December 27 will also receive free registration to the AAOS 2012 Annual Meeting. Get details and register now at the AAOS Website.  Sponsored in part by an educational grant from Zimmer.

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HOT TOPIC: FREE:  Basics of Coding for Starting Your Practice
Learn how modifiers help protect reimbursement, why you need to be involved in the reimbursement process, and much more. Designed especially for Orthopaedic Residents #150, this outstanding introduction to coding will be presented on Tuesday, February 7, from 8:00 AM until 11:00 AM at the AAOS 2012 Annual Meeting in San Francisco. Margaret Maley from KarenZupko and Associates brings energy and humor to this topic so critical to orthopaedic practice management. The course is free to U.S. residents. Get details and register now at the AAOS Website. The course will take place at the San Francisco Marriott.

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Save the Date!
AAOS/AOSSM Fundamentals of Knee and Shoulder Arthroscopy for Orthopaedic Residents
Andrew J Cosgarea, MD and Jon K Sekiya, MD; Course Directors
September 15-16, 2012; OLC Rosemont, IL
This surgical skills course is designed to provide orthopaedic residents with the skills necessary to become proficient at knee and shoulder arthroscopy procedures.  Each course session begins with a brief lecture outlining OR set up, equipment, procedural sequence, and pitfalls to avoid.  At the conclusion of the course, residents will be proficient at completing diagnostic knee and shoulder arthroscopy procedures, and will begin developing skills for procedures including partial meniscectomy, meniscus repair, subacromial decompression and biceps tenotomy.  Residents attending this course will also gain exposure to ACL reconstruction, rotator cuff repair and labral repair surgery to gain a perspective on the intricacies of these procedures. More information, and registration, can be found here.

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AAOS Safe, Accessible Playground Build
Join us for an experience you will long remember! Be a part of the 2012 AAOS Safe, Accessible Playground Build and give the gift of a playground to a deserving community in San Francisco so children with and without disabilities can play safely together. Register as a build volunteer—join us for a couple of hours or all day!

To register, e-mail Kayee Ip or call (847) 384-4035, or to register online go to www.aaos.org/playground. All volunteers will receive detailed information prior to the event. We look forward to seeing you there!

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Increasing Interest on the Part of Residents in Hospital Employment
Merritt Hawkins, a national physician staffing company, recently published its annual Survey of Final-Year Medical Residents.  The survey is available free of charge online (although registration is required). The survey covers a wide array of topics including number of job solicitations respondents received; their knowledge of business; the importance of various factors in choosing a practice location; and earnings expectations.  Perhaps most interesting was a question that related to practice setting preferences.  Nearly one in three residents who responded to the survey stated they would be most open to becoming a hospital employee, an increase of ten percentage points from 2008.  28% said they would be most open to becoming a member in a partnership.  Only 10% said they were most open to becoming an employee in a single-specialty group.  This is a thirteen percentage point decrease relative to 2008.  Given that more and more graduate medical trainees are interested in affiliating with hospitals, residents will find value in reading an Academy primer entitled, “Hospital Employment of Orthopaedic Surgeons.”  The publication is available on-line and member log-in is required. The primer covers subjects such as (a) the reasons physicians are seeking hospital employment, (b) reasons hospitals are seeking to employ orthopaedic surgeons, (c) types of hospital employment, (d) benefits and drawbacks, (e) legal considerations, and (f) tips for ensuring long-term success.  Additional resources are provided at the end of the publication for those seeking more information.  For more information, contact Matt Twetten Senior Manager Regulatory, Quality & Medical Affairs at AAOS.

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Support OREF in 2011 to support your specialty
Thanks to the generosity of orthopaedic surgeons and industry leaders, OREF has funded clinically relevant research and education for more than 50 years.

JOIN THEM NOW to support the research and education that advance our specialty. Help OREF:

• Encourage gifted investigators and educators.
• Renew resident grants, awards and skill development programs.
• Fund a steady stream of clinically relevant research and education.

Residents who contribute $20…$50…$100…or more will receive a special resident pin and recognition in the annual report. Every gift makes a difference. Make a secure online gift by Dec. 31, 2011 to be recognized in 2012: www.oref.org/residents.

Congratulations
OREF congratulates the 46 orthopaedic residency programs that were awarded OREF Journal Club Grants.

OREF grant recipients to be announced in San Francisco
THANK YOU to all residents, fellows and other orthopaedic surgeons who have applied for funding for Academic and Project Year 2012. Proposals are being considered by the Educational and Research Grants Committees, and grant and award recipients will be announced at the 2012 AAOS Annual Meeting in San Francisco.

Please stop by the OREF exhibit—Moscone South/Exhibit Level Concourse—in San Francisco or visit www.oref.org on or after Feb. 8, 2012 to view a roster of individuals and institutions that received 2012 OREF grants and awards.

Contact:
For more information about OREF’s opportunities for residents, please contact: Jean McGuire [847-384-4348] or Mary Marino [847-384-4359].