Residents' Newsletter Contents

Vol. 10 No. 5 - May 2012
Editors: MaCalus Hogan, MD & Clifford Evans, MD

This Issue

Hot Topics:

• Do You Know This About the AAOS?
• Specialty in the Spotlight: Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society (LLRS)
• HOT TOPIC: A Great Final Review Before the Part I Examination
• HOT TOPIC: 2013 AAOS Annual Meeting Call for Abstracts
• HOT TOPIC: Poster Enhancement Project
• HOT TOPIC: MSTS / AAOS Resident’s Musculoskeletal Oncology Review
• HOT TOPIC: Fundamentals of Knee and Shoulder Arthroscopy - For Residents!
• HOT TOPIC: Attend the 15th Annual OREF/ORS Resident Research Symposia

News For Residents:

• AAOS Now, Now on Twitter!
• Physician Compensation Plans: State of the Art Strategies
• AAOS Physician Job Placement Service - FREE!
• Orthopaedic Trauma Association Resident Updates
• AOFAS Resident Review Course 
• AAHKS 4th Annual Resident Arthroplasty Course
• AAHKS is Looking for Resident Members
• AAHKS Resident Mentoring Program

Features:

1. Practice Tips: Build Referrals with Nine Milestones in Patient Care
2. Internet Resources: May Issue of OKO
   
3. Calendar

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This Issue: Hot Topics / News for Residents

DO YOU KNOW THIS ABOUT THE AAOS?

RESIDENT SURVEY!
The Candidate, Resident and Fellow Committee (CRFC) has received requests that the AAOS consider creating a separate resident body within the Academy that is governed exclusively by residents. With this survey, the CRFC can establish the need for this resident group. This survey is intended to assess overall resident awareness of the AAOS and its respective involvement with residents, and also gage general interest in such a body, and how it should be organized (including resident issues that should be preferentially represented by such a group). Your input is critical to the future of this project. All responses will be anonymous.

SPECIALTY IN THE SPOTLIGHT:

Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society (LLRS)

Karen R. Syzdek, Executive Director
ksyzdek@assocconvspec.com
(512) 301-7328

Summary of Society:
Founded in 1989 as ASAMI-North America (The Association for the Study and Application of Methods of Ilizarov), the Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society is an organization devoted to stimulating scientific exchange and fostering research and clinical excellence in limb lengthening, limb reconstruction, extremity deformity correction, and complex fracture treatment. Learn more at www.llrs.org.

Mission/Purpose:
The Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society: ASAMI-NA is devoted to the continuum, study and evolution of knowledge based on the understanding of bone biology, osteogenesis, regeneration, and musculoskeletal applications. Our purpose is to resolve acute and chronic musculoskeletal problems of pediatric and adult patients. We strive to maintain the highest competency in the field of musculoskeletal deficiencies and reconstruction: limb length and extremity defects, long bone and joint deformity, limb salvage, trauma, and complex limb reconstruction. As an AAOS subspecialty society we are committed to provide educational resources, research, clinical excellence and collegial cooperation.

Leadership Quote:
The Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society is the association for those interested in learning about the specialty from those who “wrote the book” on limb lengthening/reconstruction/deformity and related health issues.

Resident Education Opportunities:
All information may be found at www.llrs.org.
Specialty Day – held annually as part of AAOS’ Annual Meeting
Essentials of Limb Deformity Course – July 28, 2012
LLRS Scientific Meeting – held annually in July

Upcoming Meetings:
Essentials of Limb Deformity Course – July 28, 2012 in Cincinnati, OH
LLRS 22nd Annual Scientific Meeting – July 27 & 28, 2012 in Cincinnati, OH

Membership Information:
Various types of memberships are available. The application is online. Visit www.llrs.org or contact the Executive Director Karen Syzdek.

Leadership Opportunities:
Executive Board and Committee Chair positions are available. Visit www.llrs.org or contact the Executive Director Karen Syzdek.

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HOT TOPIC: A Great Final Review Before the Part I Examination
Keep the important topics fresh and top-of-mind before you sit for Part I of the ABOS Certification Examination! Attend two 90-minute refresher webinars on hand/upper extremity and pediatrics, based on the content covered in the AAOS Board Preparation and Review Course held April 11-15. Participate in these live events through interactive questions and get real time feedback with explanations of preferred answers and references for additional study. Compare your scores relative to your peers using the tabulation graphs at the end of each question. Take 90 minutes to review and master the testable topics in hand and upper extremity, and pediatrics in final preparation for the Board Examination.

Webinar: AAOS Board Preparation and Review: Refresher- Hand/Upper Extremity
Pedro K. Beredjiklian, MD, Webinar Director
Thursday, June 14, 2012 – Course #3260
8:15pm ET; 7:15pm CT; 6:15pm MT; 5:15pm PT
Review the highest-yield material from the hand section of the board review course. Focus on commonly tested hand surgery topics to get ready for the exam.

Webinar: AAOS Board Preparation and Review: Refresher- Pediatrics
John J. Grayhack, MD, Webinar Director
Thursday, June 21, 2012 – Course #3257
8:15pm ET; 7:15pm CT; 6:15pm MT; 5:15pm PT
Go over the highest-yield material from the pediatric section of the board review course, and identify commonly tested pediatric topics from the Orthopaedic In-Training Examinations and the Self Assessment Examinations.

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HOT TOPIC: 2013 AAOS Annual Meeting Call for Abstracts
Submission deadline:  June 1st!  The AAOS Annual Meeting Program Committee is soliciting abstracts on a wide variety of orthopaedic topics. Share your research and insights with orthopaedic professionals from around the world at the 2013 AAOS Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois, March 19-23. Experience the honor of presenting your research at the most important educational event for our profession.  Abstract submissions are now open at www.aaos.org/abstracts

ATTENTION SUBMITTERS: KNOW YOUR COAUTHORS! Obtain a valid email address for each coauthor. AAOS will use your co-author’s email address to contact them about database registration and disclosure. The presenter and all coauthors must disclose financial relationships in the AAOS Disclosure Database Program prior to abstract submission. Disclosure reported on April 1, 2012 or later is acceptable. Abstracts will not be graded without the disclosure of the presenter and all coauthors.

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HOT TOPIC: Join the discussion!  The “Poster Enhancement Project” sponsored by the AAOS Education Enhancement Fund (AEEF) interactive iPoster Website presents highlights from the AAOS 2012 Annual Meeting! Tour, study, and discuss over 270 iPosters from the AAOS 2012 Annual Meeting.  Hear the presenters’ own narrations.  Email questions to the presenters and share interesting posters with your colleagues!   Post on the blogs and take part in discussions.  Search and sort iPosters by topic – then create your own library of iPoster highlights.  Ideal for research and self-directed learning.   Open a new world of knowledge at the AAOS iPoster Website - http://aaos.posterview.com!  First time site users need to register with a new user name and password.  Thank you AAOS members and staff for your generous contributions to the AEEF and  making the Poster Enhancement Project possible.  For more information contact Bonnie Emberton.

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HOT TOPIC: MSTS / AAOS Resident’s Musculoskeletal Oncology Review – September 21 – 22, 2012 Tampa, FL
This new course designed for residents helps you develop a strong foundation and deeper understanding of musculoskeletal oncology.  The clear and concise faculty presentations help you correlate the clinical, radiographic, and pathologic components of these tumors to make the correct diagnosis and treatment plan.  Content includes:

• Benign Bone Lesions
• Benign & Malignant Cartilage Lesions
• Cystic Lesions of Bone
• Giant Cell Tumor
• Metastatic Bone Disease
• Metabolic Bone Disease
• And MORE

Look for information in your mail on this unique educational program for residents.  Ask your residency program director for funding support to participate in this valuable course.

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HOT TOPIC: Fundamentals of Knee and Shoulder Arthroscopy – Strictly for Orthopaedic Residents! Join us for a brand new surgical skills course that provides orthopaedic residents with the skills necessary to become proficient at knee and shoulder arthroscopy procedures. Each pair of residents will spend the vast majority of the course working on their own knee and shoulder specimens in the lab, to build confidence and skill in arthroscopic techniques.

Directed by Andrew J. Cosgarea, MD, and Jon K. Sekiya, MD, the AAOS/AOSSM Fundamentals of Knee and Shoulder Arthroscopy for Orthopaedic Residents course starts Friday evening, September 14, and runs through Sunday afternoon, September 16, at the Orthopaedic Learning Center in Rosemont, IL.

Each session begins with a brief lecture outlining O/R set up, equipment, procedural sequence, and pitfalls to avoid. Gain exposure to and learn the intricacies of ACL reconstruction, rotator cuff repair, and labral repair. The course will help you become proficient in diagnostic knee and shoulder arthroscopy procedures, and gain the skills base necessary for other procedures including partial meniscectomy, meniscus repair, subacromial decompression, and biceps tenotomy.

Registration is open to residents and post-resident fellows for the low rate of only $750! This course is not open to other member categories or non-members. For more information or to register for the course, call AAOS Customer Service toll-free at 1-800-626-6726 or go online to www.aaos.org/3281  

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Join OREF and ORS at the 15th Annual Resident Research Symposia
In 2012, the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF) and the Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) will again give residents the opportunity to participate in annual Resident Research Symposia.

Made possible through grant support provided by Synthes and Biomet, seven regional symposia are being held this year. Thank you to everyone who participated in the Western Gulf Coast Symposium in April, and congratulations to the top presenters. The remaining six symposia will be held in June:

Midwest Region Friday, June 1 >Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine >Registration begins at noon; symposium starts at 1 p.m. >Host: Terry Light, MD >Guest speaker: Marc Swiontkowski, MD	Southeast Region Friday June 1 >University of South Carolina School of Medicine >Registration begins at 7 a.m.; symposium starts at 8 a.m. >Hosts: Michael Horan, MD and Gregory Grabowski, MD >Guest speaker: Michael J. Bosse, MD
Central Florida Region Friday, June 1 and Sunday, June 3 >Florida Orthopaedic Society at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Plaza I, Sarasota, Fla. >June 1: Poster competition and fellow presentations from 11:50 a.m. to 12:40 p.m. >June 3: Registration begins at 8:45 a.m.; symposium starts at 10:25 a.m. >Host: Adam Bright, MD	Northeast Region Friday, June 8 >Boston University School of Medicine >Registration begins at 9 a.m.; symposium starts at 10 a.m. >Hosts: Thomas Einhorn, MD and Paul Tornetta III, MD >Guest speaker: David C. Ayers, MD
Philadelphia Region Friday, June 8 and Saturday, June 9 >University of Pennsylvania >June 8: Poster competition time TBD >June 9: Registration begins at 7 a.m.; symposium starts at 8 a.m. >Host: L. Scott Levin, MD >Guest speaker: Adam M. Grant, PhD	Pacific Coast Region Friday, June 15 >University of California, Irvine Medical Center >Registration begins at 8 a.m.; symposium starts at 9 a.m. >Hosts: Ranjan Gupta, MD and Bang H. Hoang, MD >Guest speaker: John H. Healey, MD, FACS

Check OREF’s Resident Research Symposia page to learn more or sign up for OREF’s e-minder service to receive alerts as information about the 15th Annual Resident Research Symposia becomes available.

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

 

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News for Residents

AAOS Now, now on Twitter!
AAOS Now has its own Twitter feed! Follow AAOS Now on Twitter and receive access to breaking medical and orthopaedic news, and links to notable AAOS Now articles you may have overlooked. Visit the AAOS Now Twitter page at: http://twitter.com/aaosnow

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Physician Compensation Plans: State of the Art Strategies
By Bruce Johnson, JD, MPA and Deborah L. Walker Keegan, PhD, FACMPE
Navigate the maze of methods by which income for physicians is determined and paid in a wide variety of healthcare organizations, including group practices, academic medical centers, hospitals and integrated delivery systems. Find innovative approaches, plans and a step-by-step guide to assess or modify an existing physician compensation plan or develop a new plan. This comprehensive resource covers all the bases:

·  Plan analysis and the pros and cons of various plans
·  Plan development and information on pay-for-performance programs
·  Implementation methods
·  Legal and regulatory compliance issues, including Stark III
·  Methods to achieve physician buy-in

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Looking For a New Practice Opportunity?
Take advantage of the AAOS Physician Job Placement Service!
AAOS provides the most comprehensive placement service for the orthopaedic community.

• 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 at www.aaos.org/placement

Sign up with the AAOS Placement Service and start your job search today!
Questions? Call 847-384-4259 or email placement@aaos.org
THIS SERVICE IS FREE!

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Orthopaedic Trauma Association Resident Updates
OTA/SF Match Information:
Registration for the 2012/2013 orthopaedic trauma match (for positions beginning 2014) will open June 2012. 

• General Match Details
• Fellowship Programs at-a-glance
• Ortho Trauma Match: Applicant Tips

The OTA Resident Grant Deadline: June 25, 2012
Grant Application
Grant Cyle: January 2013 - December 2013
The OTA offers $20,000 resident research grants.
OTA Research Grant Details, deadlines, and on-line applications

Membership Information:
The OTA offers a candidate membership rate of $50 for residents. An incredible value!

• Membership Benefits
• Membership Requirements

OTA Annual Meeting
October 4 - 6, 2012
Minneapolis, MN

Comprehensive Fracture Course for Residents (PGY2 – PGY4)
October 3 - 6, 2012
Minneapolis, MN

Go to the OTA website for additional information on all the above:
http://www.ota.org

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AOFAS Resident Review Course  - -  Expand your foot and ankle training -- Two locations to choose from:

Saturday, October 6, 2012 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Tampa General Hospital Tampa, Florida

Saturday, October 20, 2012 9:00 am – 4:00 pm University of California San Francisco San Francisco, California

This course is a great opportunity for residents to enhance their knowledge of foot and ankle surgery while preparing for the OITE exam.  The Tampa Course is chaired by Michael P. Clare, MD and the San Francisco Course is chaired by Eric Giza, MD.  Each course will include in-depth review of foot and ankle surgical techniques and highlight the types of reconstruction, sports, and trauma cases treated in foot and ankle practice. The courses will also offer discussion of orthopaedic foot and ankle as a career choice.

The registration fee for the course is $60 (before September 22 for Tampa, before October 6 for San Francisco and $75 after these dates) and includes lunch, refreshments and program material. Download the form or register online.

Arrange your call schedule and make your travel plans today!

For more information e-mail Peggy Reilly or by phone at 847-384-4379.

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AAHKS 4th Annual Resident Arthroplasty Course
November 2, 2012 Sheraton Dallas Hotel, Dallas, TX
2012 Application

The American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons (AAHKS) is proud to announce the 4th Annual Resident Arthroplasty Course sponsored by the AAHKS. This course has been specifically created for residents in the R3 year of orthopaedic surgery training and will take place just before the AAHKS 22nd 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 include your residency program director’s signature confirming your ability to attend the course.

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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.  Please contact Krista Stewart, Membership and Coding Specialist by email or 847-384-4376 with any questions or for assistance with your application.

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AAHKS Resident Mentoring Program
The AAHKS membership committee with the help of Dr. Jay Lieberman, Education Committee liaison, has developed a Resident Mentorship Program.  It is designed to place a resident in contact with an AAHKS Fellow Member who would be available as a resource for a variety of reasons. The intention of this program is not to replace a resident’s mentor within his or her program, but this program should be seen as an additional resource for residents.   We are looking for Resident Members or Resident Non-members wishing to become Resident members, to participate in the Mentoring Program. For additional information, or if you are interested in becoming a mentee, please contact Krista Stewart, Membership and Coding Specialist by email or 847-384-4376.

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