CME Course

11th Annual AAOS Occupational Orthopaedics & Workers' Compensation Course

Registration Fees:

Members, Resident/Post Residency Fellow/Allied Health, Nonmembers, Emeritus

Course #: 3329 Nov 06 - 08, 2009 06:00AM - 06:00PM Boston, MA Maximum Enrollment: 190	Online registration is currently unavailable. For more information, please call Customer Service Monday-Friday, 8AM-5PM CST at US and Canada - 800-626-6726, International ++847-823-7186 or email custserv@aaos.org.
Course Director: J Mark Melhorn, MD Co-Director: Joseph S Barr Jr, MD CME Credit: 23 Please Note: Course participants are required to submit a completed evaluation in order to receive CME Credits.

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The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons designates this educational activity for a maximum of 23 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Educational Display opportunities available for this course. Display registration form can be completed online. Your AAOS id number is required for entry and a credit card number is required for online registration.

Bridge the gap between workplace injuries and health care

In handling work-related injuries your patient care role expands beyond clinical treatment to incorporate legal, administrative, ethical, and insurance issues. For a decade, orthopaedic surgeons and other health care professionals have turned to this course to increase their effectiveness and understanding of the elements that comprise worker s’ compensation cases.

Dr. Melhorn and an expert group of returning and new faculty give a fresh perspective to the treatment options that help you improve your outcomes for work-related injuries. your faculty will guide you through patient care management with stay-at-work and return-to-work options, and effective strategies for handling the non-medical issues associated with workers' compensation.

Your mornings are devoted to return-to-work, occupational orthopaedics, liability, and plaintiff and defense perspectives. Each afternoon, you will rotate through concurrent breakout session dedicated to understanding impairment and disability using the AMA Guides 5th and 6th Editions, ODG and ACOEM Guides. Topics also include new technology, physician cross-examination and expert witness, back pain, nonspecific musculoskeletal pain and additional topics

Who should attend?

Physicians who perform IMEs or are interested in developing and improving their approach to treating occupational injuries and illnesses

Physicians planning a shift in their focus to a nonsurgical format can explore how to include workers’ compensation cases in their practice

Orthopaedic residents will cover issues that are not addressed in medical school

Health care providers and support staff in physical and occupational medicine will find this course helpful in expanding their supporting roles

This course is designed to give you the knowledge and skills to:

• Evaluate patients with musculoskeletal pain associated with the workplace and formulate a treatment plan with appropriate return-to-work guides
• Review anatomy and basic science of musculoskeletal pain
• Compare and contrast surgical and nonsurgical treatment protocols for workplace injuries
• Apply alternative treatments, rehabilitation techniques, and outcomes to care for work-related injuries
• Identify how to avoid unnecessary disability
• Gain familiarity with impairment evaluations and reports
• Improve report writing and develop new skills in office management for work-related injuries
• Use science to support return-to-work decisions and documentation
• Recognize inconsistencies and problematic issues regarding physical impairment

Faculty:

Robert J Barth, PhD	Charles N Brooks, MD	Eugene Carragee, MD
David DePaolo, JD	John DiPaola, MD	Gary C Freeman, MD, JD
Ian Blair Fries, MD	Kurt T Hegmann, MD, MPH	Charles W Kennedy, MD
Ingrid Pederson	James R Rainville, MD	David C Ring, MD
Wanda Roehl, CSP	Naomi N Shields, MD	Dan M Spengler, MD
Richard E Strain Jr, MD	James B Talmage, MD	Keith M White, PhD, CPE, CEM
Marilyn L Yodlowski, MD
Please note: Course content and faculty are subject to change.

DO NOT make your travel reservations until you have received written confirmation of your Course Registration.

Course Location/Housing:

Hyatt Harborside Hotel & Conference Center
101 Harborside Dr
Boston , MA 02128
Hotel Phone Number: 888/233-1234
Rates: $209 Single/Double Occupancy
You can make your housing reservations online

If the room block fills prior to the deadline, the hotel cannot guarantee availability and/or the special AAOS rate.

Discount Airfare/Car Rental:

Call CorpTrav Management Group toll-free (800) 211-8016, or United Airlines at (800) 521-4041, to receive special discounts for the following carriers: United, Ted, US Air, Air Canada, Lufthansa - Reference# 549KD

For discount car rental, call Hertz Rent-a-car (800-654-2240) (www.hertz.com) - Reference Number# CV02KS0014

Individuals traveling from outside the US and Canada will need to contact a travel agency or the airlines directly within their country.

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons has appointed CorpTrav Management Group as the official air travel coordinator. To book your air travel online, please review the Housing and Air Travel Information.

Request for a refund must be received in writing in the Academy Office (AAOS, 6300 North River Road, Rosemont, IL 60018-4262) by October-30-2009. In all instances a cancellation fee will be charged. Beyond these dates, no monetary refunds will be issued. Instead, the tuition amount, less cancellation fee, will be credited toward another AAOS course within one year.

The Academy reserves the right to cancel a course thirty (30) days prior to the course date. Any person who has registered for the course will be notified by email and/or certified mail at the address noted in the AAOS member database. A telephone call will also be made to each registrant for whom a number is available. Persons whose registration is received after a course is cancelled will be notified by telephone, email or mail. Registration fees will be refunded in full. However, other costs incurred by the registrant, such as airline or hotel penalties are the responsibility of the registrant.

For additional information or to register, contact Customer Service at 1 (800) 626-6726 (US and Canada) or 1-847-823-7186 for outside US and Canada Monday - Friday 8AM - 5PM CST or email custserv@aaos.org.