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The Maurice E. Müller Foundation-España is carrying out a program for continuing education in Orthopaedic Surgery. We deliver Post-graduate courses accredited by the Universitat de Barcelona and the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona.

Orthogate Event Calendar. Contains important dates for Meetings, Symposia, Conferences and other CME Events.

International Trauma Symposium - Yearly in August. The Edinburgh International Trauma Symposium was established in 1987 with the aim of disseminating and discussing current philosophies of orthopaedic trauma management. Different aspects of orthopaedic trauma and its management are discussed each year with the emphasis being on new ideas and philosophies.... Highly Reputable

AAOS online CME course 2003 Editor Marc Swiontkowski

Knee Injury: ACL Reconstruction, Gender Issues in ACL Injury, and Meniscus Repair Don Johnson, MD
Published: 03/17/2000; Updated: 03/15/2000
In the past, orthopaedic surgeons have relied on the classic article by Daniel and colleagues[1] in counseling patients on what to expect after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) surgery. Daniel and colleagues reported that patients...

Diagnosis and Treatment for Osteoporosis: Current Status and Expectations for the New Millennium Author: Thomas J. Schnitzer, MD, PhD Release Date: December 18, 2001; Valid for credit through December 18, 2002

Osteoporosis: Consider the Outcomes Authors: Richard Eastell, MD, FRCP, FRCPath, FMedSci; Nelson B. Watts, MD Medical Writer: Joyce Sherman Kelly, PhD Release Date: March 8, 2002; Valid for credit through March 8, 2003

The kNEEguru website presents a new course by Dr Frank Noyes on the reasons for ACL graft failure and the pitfalls of reconstruction surgery. Aimed at the consumer, but at a good level for family practitioners, the rehabilitation team, nurses and medical students.  [Free]

December 3, 2007 — An algorithm composed of 11 readily available clinical variables offers a simple means to stratify the 5-year risk of hip fracture in postmenopausal women, according to the results of a study published in the November 28 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
There were...

What does this mean for my patients? Upon completing this activity, you should be able to differentiate between the van der Heijde-modified Sharp, modified Genant, and Larsen scoring systems and describe how they are utilized in measuring joint alterations in RA patients, identify 3 different imaging techniques used in assessing RA...

A presentation from the NCCN 14th Annual Conference: Clinical Practice Guidelines & Quality Cancer Care held in Hollywood, Florida. Dr Judy Gralow 2008
The agenda and topics for our task force meeting that are currently being put into a draft report were the screening and detection of osteoporosis, treatment options for...

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Executive Summary
The goal of this activity is to education health professionals about the latest evidence for comparing treatments for osteoporosis.
The summary addresses the following questions
Key Question 1. What are the comparative benefits in fracture reduction among and also within the following treatments...

Case Presentation of a patient with De Quervain's Tenosynovitis; account of the condition, MR imaging and treatment options

The goal of this panel discussion is to highlight optimal approaches to Rheumatoid Arthritis disease management involving a multidisciplinary team, to identify barriers that may lead to lack of confidence in optimally managing patients with RA, and to identify strategies to overcome such barriers.
Victoria Ruffing, RN, CCRP; Jon T. Giles,...

Fractures are a clinical consequence of osteoporosis, and represent a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Several treatments have been shown to decrease the risk of fracture, but problems arise in identifying individuals at high fracture risk so that treatments can be effectively targeted. The case for widespread population...