Published 3/1/2026
Wouldn't it be great if…
…learning fit your schedule, plus your specialty?
…staying current took less effort, plus less guesswork?
…CME credits were simpler to earn, plus easier to manage?
Learning that adds up in your favor. More ways to stay current. Less time deciding what you need. It's here. AAOS Access Plus makes that experience a reality.
Orthopaedic learning doesn't happen on a fixed schedule. Questions come up between cases. New techniques emerge mid-year. Specialty interests evolve. And staying current often means balancing clinical demands with ongoing education, CME, and assessment requirements.
AAOS Access Plus is a single subscription that gives you access to more than 200 AAOS online learning resources that are available when and how learning fits into your day. Subscribers unlock nearly $25,000 in educational value for less than $500, with the flexibility to engage across specialties, formats, and levels of depth without having to plan far ahead or make individual purchasing decisions along the way.
What you get with Access Plus
With AAOS Access Plus, you have broad access to education designed to support clinical decision making, professional development, and ongoing assessment needs. Your subscription includes a wide range of trusted resources:
- Special Interest Self-Assessment exams across orthopaedic specialties;
- Generalist Series content focused on essential, everyday clinical scenarios;
- Cases Solved, featuring real patient cases across orthopaedic topics;
- Practice Prep Plans that help structure and focus your study time;
- Surgical Insights, led by experts and focused on complex surgical techniques;
- Guidelines Navigator, supporting confident application of AAOS Clinical Practice Guidelines;
- ICL360, offering curated expert videos and integrated learning experiences;
- Orthopaedic Care for Physician Assistants, strengthening surgical teams and collaborative care;
- Diagnosis Spotlight, focused on musculoskeletal diagnosis and clinical accuracy; and
- Recert Ready, designed to support preparation for the ABOS Web-Based Longitudinal Assessment.
You'll also receive early access to newly released products such as Overuse Injuries Playbook, Scoped: Arthroscopy Fundamentals, and Procedural Orthopaedics for PAs, along with first access to new product releases as they become available.
Why it matters to you
AAOS Access Plus isn't just about having more education resources available. It's about making it easier to complete and manage CME and Self-Assessment Examinations throughout the year.Assessment Examinations Assessment Examinations
With ongoing access to a broad range of CME online learning and self-assessment examinations, you can keep up with your Maintenance of Certification as part of your normal workflow rather than rushing to meet requirements at the last minute. Your learning is organized in one place, reducong time spent tracking your progress and increasing confidence that you're staying on course.
Whether you have 10 minutes between cases or time set aside for focused study, you can engage when it works for you. Learning fits around you, not the other way around.
Because content spans specialties and formats, your education stays relevant as your practice evolves. You can focus deeply on your area of expertise, explore beyond it when needed, and return to resources as questions arise, all while steadily working toward CME and SAE goals.
Exceptional value, clear choice
With more than 200 resources included at launch and new content added regularly, AAOS Access Plus offers both breadth and depth of knowledge through one predictable subscription. For members seeking flexibility, variety, and trusted orthopaedic education in one place, AAOS Access Plus delivers clarity in an increasingly crowded learning landscape.
It's not about choosing one learning resource over another. It's about having access when you need it and the confidence that what you're learning is relevant, reliable, and rooted in AAOS expertise.
Visit the AAOS Access Plus booth in OrthoLive, Great Hall, Monday through Thursday, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., or learn more and subscribe at aaos.org/accessplus. Plus take advantage of a special offer available during the AAOS 2026 Annual Meeting.