Residents' Newsletter Contents

This Issue

Hot Topics:

• Looking for a practice opportunity?
• A Great Final Review Before the Part I Examination

News for residents:

• Orthopaedic Research Society 2012 Call for Abstracts
• OTA Fall 2011 Residents Comprehensive Fracture Course
• Orthopaedic Trauma Association Annual Meeting (OTA)
• AAHKS Update
• American Association for Hand Surgery (AAHS) - 2012 Call for Abstracts
  
• OREF Grant Recipients Announced

Features:

1. Practice Tips: "Someone is Watching You"
2. Internet Resources: June Issue of OKO
3. Calendar

This Issue: Hot Topics / News for Residents

HOT TOPIC: Looking for a practice opportunity?
Take advantage of the AAOS Physician Job Placement Service
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• Reach employers across the United States
• Access detailed information on employment opportunities
• Submit/View/Edit your availability profile and search for job opportunities on our convenient and easy-to-use Web site.

Sign up with the AAOS Placement Service and start your job search today! - THIS SERVICE IS FREE

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HOT TOPIC: A Great Final Review Before the Part I Examination
Keep the important topics fresh and top-of-mind by attending two 90-minute refresher webinars before you sit for Part I of the ABOS Certification Examination! Led by Frank J. Frassica, MD and A. Jay Khanna, MD – directors of the AAOS Board Preparation and Review Course – these webinars expand beyond the narrated slide to include interactive test questions and real time feedback, explanations of preferred answers, references for additional study, and tabulation graphs of each question to compare your score relative to your peers.

AAOS Board Preparation and Review Refresher Webinar: Spine  
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 – Course #3491
8:15pm ET; 7:15pm CT; 6:15pm MT; 5:15pm PT

AAOS Board Preparation and Review Refresher Webinar: Basic Science and Pathology
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 – Course #3490
8:15pm ET; 7:15pm CT; 6:15pm MT; 5:15pm PT
Key features of these webinars include: radiographs, histology slides, treatment grid, test-taking skills, and a concise review of basic science. From the convenience of your own computer, review and master the topics in all aspects of spine, pathology, and basic science that you need for the examination.

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Orthopaedic Research Society 2012 Call for Abstracts
The ORS Program Committee invites you to submit your innovative, novel research abstract for the 2012 Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California (Saturday through Tuesday), February 4-7, 2012—held prior to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) meeting.

• The ORS is the premier, international scientific Society for basic, translational and clinical researchers. 
• The ORS Annual Meeting attracts more than 3,500 participants from across the globe and offers unparalleled opportunities for multidisciplinary exchange of knowledge and ideas                       

Experience Excellence…2012 Annual Meeting

• More than 2,400 scientific papers are presented—podium presentations, short talks and posters
• Global leaders in the musculoskeletal field present their latest research
• Preeminent faculty present Clinical Research Forum on key methodologies
• Outstanding networking opportunities with multidisciplinary colleagues from across the globe
• Senior professionals tackle new investigator career issues in the popular “Professional Advancement Series”
• “Hot” and emerging musculoskeletal topics are addressed in dynamic and interactive forums and workshops

Submit your online abstract at www.ors.org. Submissions open:  June 13, 2010 and close:  August 8, 2011 at 5 p.m.  CT

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OTA Fall 2011 Residents Comprehensive Fracture Course
The OTA is offering its basic comprehensive fracture course for junior residents October 12-15, 2011.  The course focuses on all aspects of orthopaedic trauma care.  Interactive teaching approaches include hands-on skills labs that emphasize common fracture stabilization and fixation techniques, small group discussions and case discussions.  The course includes concepts of bone healing, general concepts in fracture care, imaging techniques, indications for both non-operative and surgical care of fractures, and the common implications related to fracture care and related prevention and management techniques.

We encourage PGY 2-4’s to attend, as well as others who can benefit. The course is being held at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center near the Marriott Riverwalk in San Antonio, Texas in conjunction with the OTA Annual Meeting.  The cost of this course is: $725.

Orthopaedic Trauma Association Annual Meeting (OTA)
The Orthopaedic Trauma Association will hold the 8th Annual Advanced Trauma Techniques Course for Residents, January 13-14, 2011 in Florida. This meeting is designed for the advanced level orthopaedic resident with basic surgical fracture fixation experience. Discussions will focus on techniques for patient positioning, surgical exposure, fracture reduction and application of fixation for extremity fractures. Sessions include the use of video, photographs and diagrams to illustrate techniques, as well as hands-on surgical skills sawbone labs and small group case discussions where typical problematic fracture cases are discussed in detail.

Please mark your calendars for January 13-14, 2012 and check the OTA website for details about the course as they become available. City location, hotel information and scholarship information will be posted as soon as it is available. Questions can be directed to the OTA staff office by email or at 847.698.1631 OTA@aaos.org. 

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AAHKS Update:
AAHKS is Looking for Resident Members
The Resident status of membership was designed for Residents who have an interest in total joint replacement of the hip and or knee and who are planning on selecting an Arthroplasty Fellowship.  Resident applicants must be a Resident member of AAOS, the Royal College of Surgeons of Orthopedics in Canada or the American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopedics.  Members are voted in multiple times a year.

The membership application can be downloaded from the AAHKS website www.aahks.org.  Please contact Krista Stewart, Membership Services Specialist, at krista@aahks.org with any questions or for assistance with your application.

AAHKS 3rd Annual Resident Arthroplasty Course - November 4, 2011 Sheraton Dallas Hotel, Dallas, TX
The American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons is proud to announce the 3rd Annual Resident Arthroplasty Course sponsored by the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons. This course has been specifically created for residents in the R3 year of orthopaedic surgery training and will take place just before the AAHKS 21st Annual Meeting. Course attendees receive free tuition for both the Resident Arthroplasty Course and the AAHKS Annual Meeting. In addition, airfare up to $400, lodging, and meals will be covered by AAHKS. 

This course provides residents with the opportunity to learn the latest information regarding total joint arthroplasty from nationally renowned experts. The meeting includes both didactic and small group sessions where surgical techniques and cases will be reviewed. This should be a unique learning experience and includes significant interaction with the faculty. A total of one hundred residents from the United States and Canada will be eligible to participate in this novel learning opportunity. 

All applications must be accompanied by a letter from your residency program director confirming your ability to attend the course. Application deadline is July 1, 2011. For more information and application visit the Residents/Fellows page on the AAHKS web site.

Applicants selected to participate will be notified by mail or email, and their names will be published on the AAHKS web site.

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American Association for Hand Surgery (AAHS) - 2012 Call for Abstracts
We welcome the submission of your abstract for the 2012 Annual Meeting of the AAHS! Please visit the abstract submission site for instructions. Abstract Submission Deadline: Friday, July 1, 2011, 11:59 EDT.

The 2012 AAHS Annual Meeting will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Red Rock Hotel, January 11-14, 2012.
AAHS Program Highlight: Joint Presidential Keynote Lecture - Steven D. Levitt, an American economist who is a brilliant but uncomplicated man who uses simple questions to reach startling conclusions. Though he has no political agenda, his theories have set off a firestorm of controversy and have had both conservatives and liberals up in arms. Winner of the 2004 John Bates Clark Medal, he is currently the William B. Ogden Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago. He co-authored the best-selling book Freakonomics and its sequel Superfreakonomics.

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