Residents' Newsletter Contents

This Issue

Hot Topics:

• ResStudy 2011 – 2012
• AAOS Practice Forward: Managing Your Practice in an Era of Health Care Transformation

News for residents:

• Orthopaedic Research Society 2012 Call for Abstracts
• OTA Fall 2011 Residents Comprehensive Fracture Course
• 8th Annual Advanced Trauma Techniques Course for Residents
  
• ACPOC Call for Papers Deadline
• Coming soon: OREF Grants and Awards Open for Application

Features:

1. Practice Tips: "Are You Ready for the HIPAA 5010 Conversion?"
2. Internet Resources: July Issue of OKO
3. Calendar

This Issue: Hot Topics / News for Residents

HOT TOPIC: ResStudy 2011 – 2012
ResStudy was begun in May 2010 to help orthopaedic residents prepare for the OITE and the Part 1 primary certifying examination. Is your residency program participating in ResStudy?  If yes, it is time to complete your 2011 – 2012 subscription.  If not, it is time to begin participating.

ResStudy is a unique educational experience for orthopaedic residents. There are two sections to the ResStudy program. ResStudy Exams provide orthopaedic residents access to ten AAOS special interest examination programs, online, for an annual fee of $96 for each resident. All residents in the program must participate.  ResStudy video is new for 2011 – 2012. This program provides orthopaedic residents with access to more than 130 online orthopaedic videos for an annual fee of $39 per resident when programs subscribe to both ResStudy Exams and ResStudy Video. Like ResStudy Exams, all residents in the program must participate. 

Call AAOS Customer Service to subscribe…800-626-6726

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HOT TOPIC: AAOS Practice Forward: Managing Your Practice in an Era of Health Care Transformation
You are beginning your orthopaedic career in the era of health care reform.  Find out what that means for you and your future. AAOS Practice Forward: Managing Your Practice in an Era of Health Care Transformation (Course #3484), held in Chicago, IL, September 23-24, is a valuable opportunity to help you understand the new legislation and how it will shape your orthopaedic practice.

This 2-day course helps you understand and apply health care reform in the context of orthopaedics so you can make the right decisions every step of the way. Starting now! Learn how to determine effective physician compensation strategies, engage digital era technology to enhance your practice, define the time line of important benchmarks in the Affordable Healthcare Act, and forecast the future of orthopaedic care over the next 10 years. This course is also a unique opportunity to help you demonstrate practice-related competencies as required by the ACGME.

Register at a special rate of only $299 – a $250 savings off the regular resident course price! Regular resident course fee is $549. Call AAOS toll-free 1-800-626-6726 to register.

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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 across from the Marriott Riverwalk in San Antonio, Texas in conjunction with the OTA Annual Meeting.  The cost of this course is: $725.

8th Annual Advanced Trauma Techniques Course for Residents
The Orthopaedic Trauma Association will hold the 8th Annual Advanced Trauma Techniques Course for Residents, January 13-14, 2011 in Orlando, 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. Hotel information and scholarship information will be posted as soon as it is available. Hotel and scholarship inform ai ton 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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ACPOC Call for Papers Deadline:  October 1, 2011
The Association of Children’s Prosthetic-Orthotic Clinics (ACPOC) invites professionals interested in Pediatric Prosthetics and Orthotics to begin planning for their involvement in ACPOC’s 2012 Annual Meeting being held at The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada from April 11-14, 2012. Please visit www.acpoc.org for more information to submit an abstract on-line.

TOPICS REQUESTED
We are particularly interested in the following topics for symposia and instructional course development:

• spinal orthoses,
• orthoses used with limb lengthening,
• tibial deficiency: salvage vs. amputation,
• clubfoot orthoses,
• limb salvage in the treatment of malignant tumors, and
• orthotic use in arthrogryposis

Surgical presentations require a review of appropriate imaging studies for proper planning and execution. All presenters are strongly encouraged to include not only clinical photos, but also radiographs in their presentations.

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