What's new

• Deadline extended to apply for International Affiliate Membership
  The completed application and payment must be received by November 1st.
• Free Webinar for Members - “Navigating Competitive Marketplaces: Use Standards of Professionalism to Avoid Running Aground”
  This 90-minute live, interactive webinar on Nov. 12, 2008, presents the Standards of Professionalism (SOPs) on Advertising by Orthopaedic Surgeons and the recently revised Providing Musculoskeletal Services to Patients. Participate and ensure that the marketing approach for your practice adheres to these new SOPs.
• Bridging the spine care gap
  New spinal care training program in China will bring surgeons to the U.S., as well as send U.S. surgeons to China.
• Clinical competence and the aging surgeon
  A member of the AAOS Ethics Committee wonders whether age is the issue, and what steps the profession could take to help ensure patients receive safe, effective care.
• The impact of childhood obesity on bones
  Tibia vara, slipped capital femoral epiphysis, and upper body fractures are just some of the orthopaedic effects.
• Tort reform in Ohio
  Addressing the state's liability required both a judicial effort and legislative reforms, but the mutli-year effort is paying off for physicians and patients.
• New on OKO: Current Concepts in Management of the Terrible Triad Elbow Injury
  by Paul K. Mathew, MD, FRCSC; George S. Athwal, MD, FRCSC; Graham J.W. King, MD, MSc, FRCSC
• New on OKO: Medial Instability of the Ankle
  by Beat Hintermann, MD

New Home Study CME & Products

• Orthopaedic Knowledge Update 9, Softcover  (02864)
• Orthopaedic Knowledge Update: Shoulder and Elbow 3  (02863)
• Masters Experience: Arthroscopic Surgical Techniques - Hip Arthroscopy (DVD-Video)  (02946)
• Orthopaedic Knowledge Update: Foot and Ankle 4  (02990)
• Surgical Atlas of the Musculoskeletal System  (02882)
• Fractured Wrist (DVD-ROM)
  Virtual Fellowship Interactive Multimedia Program  (02888)

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