26th Annual AAOS Workers’ Compensation and Musculoskeletal Injuries Course
Workers' Compensation Course #2403370
Successfully integrate the clinical and non-clinical aspects of workers’ compensation
Turn to this unique and practical course to develop and improve your handling of the medical and non-medical components of workers’ compensation cases. Explore the current legal, administrative, ethical, and insurance issues in your cases and how to address them.
New topics and faculty offer current perspectives on causation, diagnosis, and treatment options that can improve your outcomes for occupational injuries and illnesses. Learn effective strategies for utilization review, causation analysis, report writing, medical liability, depositions, and communications skills with patients.
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“I have come to the course for many years and each time I improve the evaluation of not only my workers’ compensation patients, but all other patients I see on a daily basis." - Previous Course Attendee
Course Director
J. Mark Melhorn, MD, FAAOS
The Hand Center, University of Kansas School of Medicine
Wichita – Department of Orthopedics
Wichita, KS
Course Faculty
Robert J. Barth, PhD
R. David Bauer, MD, FAAOS
Charles N. Brooks, MD
Eugene Carragee, MD, FAAOS
Marjorie Eskay-Auerbach, MD, FAAOS
Barry Gelinas, DC, MD
Kurt T. Hegmann, MD, MPH
Emily E. Heid, MD, FAAOS
Mark H. Hyman, MD, FACP, FIAIME
Les Kertay, PhD
Diana Kraemer, MD
Judge David Langham
David C. Ring, MD, PhD, FAAOS
Naomi N. Shields, MD, FAAOS
Richard E. Strain, Jr, MD, FAAOS
Marilyn L. Yodlowski, MD, PhD, FAAOS
Enjoy these articles featured in AAOS Now, written by Course Director J. Mark Melhorn, MD:
- New! Review Key Concepts about Medical Necessity in Orthopaedics (July 2022)
- Workers’ Compensation Cases: Learn the Differences between ‘Medically Necessary,’ ‘Reasonable,’ and ‘Appropriate’ (July 2021)
- What About Whiplash? (July 2020)
- Determining Return to Activity Isn't Easy, but There is Help (July 2019)
- How Causation Is Determined in Workers’ Compensation Cases Continues to Evolve (July 2018)
- Meeting the Unmet Need: Independent Medical Examinations (July 2017)
- Why Workers' Comp Matters (July 2016)
Registration Fees
Member Rates
AAOS Member, Candidate Member, Associate Member, International Member
$499
AAOS Emeritus Member, Resident Member
$449
Post-Residency in Fellowship, U.S. Military, PA Member
$399
Nonmember Rates
Nonmember, Other Physician
$699
Nurse, Allied Health, PA Nonmember
$499
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Supplement your notes with the 2023 Workers Compensation Course, hear it all again for improved retention, and earn additonal CME! This self-directed web-based program lets you engage at your convenience across your devices.
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