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CME Course

12th Annual AAOS Occupational Orthopaedic & Workers' Compensation

Registration Fees:

Course #: 3830
Nov 04 - 07, 2010
07:00AM - 05:00PM

Phoenix, AZ

Maximum Enrollment: 200

A credit card number is required for payment. Registration is not complete until you receive a confirmation number after payment.

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.

Bridging the gap between workplace injuries and health care
In handling work related injuries your patient care role expands beyound clinical treatment to incorporate legal, administrative, ethical, and insurance issues. For over 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 workers' 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 outcome 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.>br>
You mornings are devoted to return-to-work, occupational orthopaedics, liability, and plaintiff and defense perspectives. Each afternoon, you wil rotate through concurrent breakout sessions dedicate 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, nonspecfic musculoskeletal pain, and additional topics.

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

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

Course Location/Housing:
    Pointe Hilton Squaw Peak Resort
    7677 North 16th Street
    Phoenix, AZ 85020
    Hotel Phone Number: 1-800-HILTONS
    Rates: $149 Single/Double Occupancy
    Housing cut-off date: October-07-2020

    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 November-01-2010. 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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