Primary Care Orthopaedics
- Employ physical exams to help determine next steps
- Select optimal imaging modalities and interpret x-rays and MRIs
- Splint and immobilize both upper and lower extremeties
- Distinguish whether a patient should be referred to an orthopaedist
- Initiate non-operative management of common orthopaedic conditions
- And more…
Commercial Support: This CME certified activity has not requested or received any support or funding from commercial interests. This includes, but is not limited to, pharmaceutical companies and medical device manufacturers.
Target Audience
Learning Objectives
- Describe how to diagnose common problems in the following orthopaedic areas: trauma, spine, foot and ankle, pediatrics, sports medicine, upper extremity, and adult hip and knee;
- Distinguish patients who should generally be referred to an orthopaedist from those best treated by a primary caregiver;
- Outline how to initiate non-operative management of common orthopaedic conditions;
- Name key elements of the orthopaedic physical examination and how to employ them;
- Select the optimal imaging modalities for common orthopaedic problems;
- Analyze how a team approach to interdisciplinary care of orthopaedic problems can improve patient care.
- 23.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 23.25 Participation
COURSE DIRECTOR
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Medicine
COURSE CO-DIRECTOR
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Medicine
Director, Sports Medicine Fellowship Program
Disclosure Declarations
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Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 23.25 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
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