CME Course

43rd Annual AAOS Course for Orthopaedic Educators

Registration Fees:

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

Course #: 3817 Oct 31 - Nov 04, 2010 07:00PM - 05:00PM Maximum Enrollment: 38	A credit card number is required for payment. Registration is not complete until you receive a confirmation number after payment.
Course Director: Kevin P Black, MD Co-Directors: Edmund R Campion, MD; Stephen J Pinney, MD

This course is designed for orthopaedic educators, residency program directors, instructional course chairs, and others responsible for orthopaedic education. The accelerated five-day program will keep you on the cutting edge of today’s most important educational developments. Small group discussions, lectures and problem-solving exercises give you the tools to facilitate resident learning, evaluate resident and program goals and problems, and address important considerations in academic faculty career development. You’ll learn a variety of approaches to teach orthopaedic residents and communicate educational concepts and proposals to students, peers, and leaders.

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

• Understand a variety of approaches to teaching orthopaedic residents
• Develop appropriate curricula to facilitate resident learning
• Formulate specific resident learning goals and develop educational experiences to allow residents to achieve these goals
• Develop strategies to assess resident learning
• Evaluate the current effectiveness of your own teaching practices
• Clearly communicate educational concepts and proposals to learners, peers, and leaders
• Help you analyze and develop your own career as an orthopaedic educator
• Contribute to the ability of your residency program to comply with ACGME guidelines

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

Course Location/Housing:

Hilton Chicago/Indian Lakes Resort
250 West Schick Road
Bloomingdale, IL
Hotel Phone Number: 630-529-0200

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 October-24-2010. 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.