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CME Course

AAOS Board Preparation and Review Course

Registration Fees:

Course #: 3807
Apr 28 - May 02, 2010
06:00AM - 12:00PM

Chicago, IL

Maximum Enrollment: 275

A credit card number is required for payment. Registration is not complete until you receive a confirmation number after payment.
Course Director:
    Frank J Frassica, MD
CME Credit: 45
    Please Note: Course participants are required to submit a completed evaluation in order to receive CME Credits.

The American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery(ABOS) does not provide content or material for this educational program

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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.

You are about to sit for the most important examination of your career and the Academy will help you prepare. Spend 41/2 days in intensive, examination-focused review sessions that are consistent with the organization of the ABOS Part 1 Exam covering: Basic Science and Pathology, Pediatric Orthopaedics, Orthopaedic Trauma, and Orthopaedic Specialties.

Comprehensive Test Preparation
Dr. Frank J. Frassica and his carefully selected faculty guide you through the testable material you need to study to prepare for the Board Examination. In addition to in-depth lectures, this AAOS course features:

  • A pre-test to help measure your knowledge and focus your study time

  • Daily on-site test questions you can answer anonymously through an Audience Response System and receive immediate feedback

  • Informal evening sessions focusing on anatomy and pathology

  • Bonus study materials including 7 basic science lectures on CD, online access to self-assessment activities and exams, and a CD with pathology images to study.


    After-the-course Extras From the conclusion of this course to the start of the Board Examination, you have 59 days to master the material, tips, and strategies taught in this course. Special post-course tools help you build and retain your knowledge.

  • Free registration to two Refresher Webinars before the Board Examination: one dedicated to pathology and basic science, the other to spine. June 29 and July 6

  • Bonus testing materials and resources in your complete syllabus.

  • A 30% discount on the already low resident price for the new Orthopaedic Basic Science Examination (print version only) and the third edition Orthopaedic Basic Science book.


    Who should attend this course
    If you are a graduating resident preparing to take Part I of the Board Examination in the summer of 2010, this course is your examination study solution. Fourth year residents are also encouraged to attend, to give additional focus to your final year of residency. This course is also popular with Fellows interested in a general review.

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

    • Apply the differential diagnosis, treatment, prognosis of tibial lesions, hand lesions, sacral lesions, characteristic lesions, and soft tissue lesions to the young and adult patient
    • Recognize the most important features of bone, cartilage, nerve, muscle, and tendon/ligament, normal anatomy and physiology, and abnormal conditions
    • Identify the essential traumatic and non-traumatic spine and hand conditions
    • Apply the important diagnostic and treatment concepts in adult hip and knee reconstruction
    • Recognize the essential features of pediatric genetic, congenital, dysplastic, and traumatic conditions
    • Identify the import features of traumatic and non-traumatic foot and ankle conditions
    • Apply the testable systemic factors and emergency conditions in trauma care
    • Recognize the essential concepts in upper and lower extremity sports medicine

    Faculty:

    Pedro K Beredjiklian, MD John J Grayhack, MD Marc Wilson Hungerford, MD
    Anish Raj Kadakia, MD A Jay Khanna, MD Greg Michael Osgood, MD
    David R Richardson, MD Paul D Sponseller, MD John E Tis, 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:
      Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza
      350 N. Orleans
      Chicago, IL 60054
      Hotel Phone Number: 312/836-5000
      Rates: $215 Single/Double Occupancy
      Housing cut-off date: April-01-2010
      You can make your housing reservations online
      The Group/Corporate # for this course is AOA

      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 CV# 02KS0015

      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 April-21-2010. 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.

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